Where The Wild Things Are (MoP rare information)

[Sesamee]

Hmm well I was far away from all the mobs but Portent. I was standing on the edge of my flare when he walked in and aggro'd. Stompy was pretty far away from me so that explains why he didn't aggro on me but it doesn't explain why he didn't on Kalli.

[starkittens]

Maybe the Mobs are moody at times?
or maybe Stompy just likes you Kal, and didn't want to aggro onto you

[Kalliope]

Maybe the Mobs are moody at times?
or maybe Stompy just likes you Kal, and didn't want to aggro onto you

There is always that! He was the first one found.

[Snowy]

Only drop Tears of Loyalty. These are not taming, not for killing.

I think you mean these are *for* taming.

Also Kalli, since I've either gone blind or there actually isn't anything written about it yet, since you said that when a beast spawns it is visible, does that mean you know where they spawn? Are there exact locations or are we still trying to figure this part out? Because if a hunter wanted to camp for one of these and they had exact spawning locations and were visible when they first spawn, this means NPC Scan is still a viable option in getting the pets as long as you're willing to camp it out rather than coming back later and searching for tracks.

[Kalliope]

Only drop Tears of Loyalty. These are not taming, not for killing.

I think you mean these are *for* taming.

Also Kalli, since I've either gone blind or there actually isn't anything written about it yet, since you said that when a beast spawns it is visible, does that mean you know where they spawn? Are there exact locations or are we still trying to figure this part out? Because if a hunter wanted to camp for one of these and they had exact spawning locations and were visible when they first spawn, this means NPC Scan is still a viable option in getting the pets as long as you're willing to camp it out rather than coming back later and searching for tracks.

Typing is hard; I'll fix the typo. Thanks; that's a terrible place for one.

The thing with the spawn points is that they could change (and quite frankly, I hope they do, just because of things like this). Sitting around waiting for NPCscan to go off on a spawn goes completely against the spirit of the challenge. Camping spawn points on beta is fine, but I really hope that changes before live.

[Royi]

Only drop Tears of Loyalty. These are not taming, not for killing.

I think you mean these are *for* taming.

Also Kalli, since I've either gone blind or there actually isn't anything written about it yet, since you said that when a beast spawns it is visible, does that mean you know where they spawn? Are there exact locations or are we still trying to figure this part out? Because if a hunter wanted to camp for one of these and they had exact spawning locations and were visible when they first spawn, this means NPC Scan is still a viable option in getting the pets as long as you're willing to camp it out rather than coming back later and searching for tracks.

Typing is hard; I'll fix the typo. Thanks; that's a terrible place for one.

The thing with the spawn points is that they could change (and quite frankly, I hope they do, just because of things like this). Sitting around waiting for NPCscan to go off on a spawn goes completely against the spirit of the challenge. Camping spawn points on beta is fine, but I really hope that changes before live.

I wonder if NPCSCAN would detect the pet if it was "tracking" underneath..

[Snowy]

I'm not at all for the camping idea, mind you, I simply wanted to point it out. But the fact that they don't spawn straight into stealth bothers me. If they spawned into stealth straight away instead, this will prevent camping for sure, provided NPC Scan is unable to pick them up while they're stealthed. (I don't know if it can pick them up or not, hopefully not.)

[Kalliope]

I think that's just how WoW stealth works, unfortunately. :/

[Danielfboone]

I think you're right about Portent turning around although I didn't see tracks going in different directions I did just follow Stompy's tracks and they were going backwards. He didn't aggro when I flared him though only once I started taming. Bloodtooth didn't aggro from flare either. Weird that some mob's do and some don't.

When I tamed Bloodtooth, he didn't even aggro when I started the tame. He just kept walking slowly away from me.

[Vephriel]

Perhaps they can have them spawn randomly anywhere along their path, giving them no set beginner point to camp.

[Sesamee]

Perhaps they can have them spawn randomly anywhere along their path, giving them no set beginner point to camp.

This is what I would like to see implemented as well. Thanks to Kalli's hard work we know the general path and when tracks do appear they are pretty easy to see. Because of this I think random spawn points as well as pathing lenghts and directions would be a nice challenge.

[Kalliope]

I think you're right about Portent turning around although I didn't see tracks going in different directions I did just follow Stompy's tracks and they were going backwards. He didn't aggro when I flared him though only once I started taming. Bloodtooth didn't aggro from flare either. Weird that some mob's do and some don't.

When I tamed Bloodtooth, he didn't even aggro when I started the tame. He just kept walking slowly away from me.

This is intended behavior, btw.

Agreed on the random spawn; it would be lovely (except for Patrannache, dear god). It's not just my hard work; Doomie, Sams, Quiv, and Shinryu in particular contributed to the maps section as well. (And thank you Sams for housing everything over on your blog; the first post is already so cluttered.)

[Shaded]

Amazing work everyone. I love the videos, Kalliope, added your channel to my subscription so I can keep an eye on what else comes up. Looking forward to my long hunt for Savage once the expansion hits live. Going to have to stock up on some speed potions and a tame glyph just in case. :3

[Kalliope]

Ooh, you'll be happy to know that Savage is going to be the next vid then.

[Shaded]

Oooo x3 When's it coming out? Can I fangirl a little to see my sapphire-eyed tiger break dancing pet in a guide, or... *is still digging around, hoping for a map to follow* Is that just too odd?

[Snowy]

Perhaps they can have them spawn randomly anywhere along their path, giving them no set beginner point to camp.

This is what I want to see. No camping involved, just proper hunting. As a hunter should do. And I'm looking forward to the Savage video! He's my personal favourite. (:

[Novikova]

I'm sorta torn. Camping was handy because it meant I didn't have to deal as much with wankers who would wait for me to start taming or what have you. It also meant I knew where to pat around better. I also liked being able to do homework while hunting. :/ But we'll see how it goes. I'm not really a fan of MORE RNG related stuff getting between me and a pet.

Does graphics settings have an effect on footprint visibility?

[Sesamee]

It's not just my hard work; Doomie, Sams, Quiv, and Shinryu in particular contributed to the maps section as well. (And thank you Sams for housing everything over on your blog; the first post is already so cluttered.)

Thanks to all those people as well! You all have made it so much easier for the rest of us.

[Novikova]

The information is handy! I just have to be optimistic about it and hope for the best.

[Quiv]

Checking Bristle (again), his tracks are backwards still.

He still has a gold elite dragon (I assume this is staying but I check anyway).

And even though he was marked, and we didn't enter different areas, he would phase in an out for like 2 seconds ever now and then. I have tracked him through the area he did this before so I know that before this patch, he didnt use to phase. Bug I hope.

I am also tracking to see how long it takes a track to disappear because I dont think I have seen any info on that (I saw the 5-10 estimated range).