I think I'm going to go headdesk now.

[Nick]

So, wandering through Firelands and finally get enough Marks to recruit Capt. Saynna, right? Well, I go through the dailies she gives me and I get one that makes me go down into the Igneous Depths to destroy the runes on the ground, right?

OH HAI THAR SOLIX.

(That would be a guildy running towards me there, popped into my guild chat with a "who wants Solix?" and he was like "alrighty".)

So my guildy gets there, tries a few times first and keeps dying cause the spider just absolutely chomps his head off. Well, I finally hop in to help seeing as it's obvious he won't be able to do it himself, feign when I get aggro, and he goes on shooting him down to 50% energy.
I yell out in party "TAME!", but he doesn't seem to listen/doesn't see. I didn't want to tear aggro off because I wouldn't have time to dismiss my pet and I don't really care for fire spiders on my tauren (on my troll, maybe, but he's parked in Sholazar for Krush).
I call out a few more times...









I think you can guess what happens next.

I'm just... I don't even.
He said that his tame wouldn't go off and that he'll do it right next time, but I have my doubts on when that "next time" will be seeing that the spiders are hunted like witches.
:\

[Gammaman]

R.I.P Solix ;-;

[Acherontia]

Saw the same exact thing happen today to a NE hunter. He was kiting, and didn't dismiss his own pet--instead, it got too close to Solix when Solix was rooted... And of course he didn't want to abandon his spirit beast, and I guess FD was on cooldown... Tis a shame that some of these have auto-die mechanics >.<

[Bor]

I killed my Solix too sadly the first time around. I started tamming and it would work, but thought I don't have enough distance and he might kill me, so I backed up a few steps and started taming again, but it was too late. Happens. In the end they all spawn again : -) Got him the 2nd time around

[Sarantha]

Someone TRIED to get Solix to die on me, but I got him my first try. Really lucky I guess. Payback is no Ankha spawns after 20 hours of camping. No Magria spawns either, which is REALLY weird.

[Nick]

And the next day...






Is Solix, like, the most unloved thing in all Azeroth on my server or something? Someone was trying to kite him when I went in the cave for the daily, but they died when I walked in. Nobody has attempted again as of yet.

Actually, people are attempting now that I say that. Needless to say, they are all failing rather horribly.

Aaaand a chain failure killed him. The Worgen trying to kite died and he went to go own a Draenei, but died trying because of low energy.


Apparently he still hits rather hard even after the buffs are gone, its the only reason the Worgen got owned so fully.
:(

[Thwip]

Bah! Poor Solix! The first and only one that I saw up, I helped a friend of mine tame. It took us a good 20 minutes getting coordinated enough and me watching his energy for my friend. Several deaths, one sacrifice on my part [on accident while popping concussive shot], and a deterrence later and my friend walked away with one orange spider in tow.

I'm sad to hear he's having such a hard time on your server though. :<

[Nick]

I attempted a tame myself, though I quickly gave up. He ate my head off within two seconds of shooting him.
>->

[Thwip]

Ahaha, gotta have your trap preset and pop with a concussive shot and start RUNNING. xD No time to look back! I know it's crazy though. I've had my fair share of getting spider hugs from that one.

[Sarantha]

About 80g in repairs before I tamed Solix (not to mention the gankers trying to do me in from the last post, not all of it was Solix deaths. I got hugs from those goddamn elementals too) but it was worth it. Challenge tames really are an adrenaline rush.