Spirit Bond animation

[Anloch]

Hi All
I'm sorry if this has been answered before - I couldn't find it using the search feature:

I recently trained and then Untrained Spirit Bond because I found the constant + to health animation really annoying when not in combat. Is there any way to turn that animation off ?

[Saturo]

I think you can turn it off in the settings. It's called combat messages or something. I'd recommend to keep it tough, it shows you when you get buffs, debuffs and heals.

[Anloch]

okay - thank you for the advice =)
I'm a lvl 53 BM Hunter right now - is Spirit Bond something that I should really have ?
Thanks again - sorry for the newbie questions.

[Saturo]

Spirit Bond is awesome. Just... Awesome...

[Jadvya]

I have it in my BM spec at all times; it increases the heals of Mend Pet, if I recall correctly, and it works in combat, too, so... I jst think it's very useful. Reduces downtime, too.

[Sarayana]

Mmm I have the same problem as survival, I keep getting the sniper training message pop. It gets annoying, but I love seeing things in my sct when I'm in combat so...

[Valinai]

Spirit Bond is one of the awesome perks of BM. We don't get a high end damage boost, but we do get that little bonus. If you're playing BM, I highly recommend making use of it, and I've never seen a BM spec that didn't include it (not that I've seen all of them, but I have done my research).

[Rhyela]

Spirit Bond is one of the awesome perks of BM. We don't get a high end damage boost, but we do get that little bonus. If you're playing BM, I highly recommend making use of it, and I've never seen a BM spec that didn't include it (not that I've seen all of them, but I have done my research).

I don't use it, lol...maybe I'm a noob. I can see how it would have its uses but I figure I've gone 65 levels without it, so I can't have missed too much. I suppose I see it as more of a leveling talent than anything. With my playstyle, I try to get as much damage out of my build as I can, so I forego talents such as that in favor of some of the other ones from other trees. In fact, soon I'll have to re-work my talents and get rid of Endurance (I think that's what it's called - the stamina talent?) and put those points somewhere else. I'll keep it for now since I'm still questing but as I approach 80 I'll probably scrap it. It's just how I play.

[Valinai]

Don't forget that Spirit Bond is not just the 1% every 10 seconds. It also increases ALL healing done to you AND your pet.

Like...in raids/dungeons. That means the Healer's spells are more effective, which means you move away from the dying at a faster rate.