A hah! Figured it out! Oil Stained Wolf Tame!

[zedxrgal]

I tamed one last night on my alt ally hunter on Argent Dawn. Took an hour and I died once. She's got 0 haste and was fresh from turning level 70. But it can be done with the below method it just takes time. What really took the longest was avoiding getting beat up and finding level 70's which seemed like were in hiding. I just had to test it and see.

I don't think you need haste to do this. I've been freezing them and then hitting tame beast when the trap has ~7 seconds left... so far I've alternated between the tame going off right before it despawns/loses the oil, and it being a milisecond too late. I think with luck, if I keep trying, it'll work.

EDIT: I was right! I got it!

Things I learned: You can freeze them then use the bait. This screws the timing up though. You want to throw a freeze trap out, use the meat, watch the timer drop until it reads "7" seconds left, immediately smack tame beast. Hitting it as it goes to 7 is too soon... I hit it right before it was going to drop to 6 seconds left. Some wolves randomly despawn, nothing you can do about that. And it'll still probably take several tries.

EDIT TWO: A few more thoughts. With the haste on my gear (...which is pretty bad XD) my tame beast spell lasted about 19.5 seconds I believe. So, depending on yours, you may need to vary the timing a bit. Watch when the wolf starts to run away from you... you want that to happen when there's 1-2 seconds left on the tame. The wolf keeps the buff "oil coat" after taming, and I checked and found that yes, others do see the effect, not just you. I named mine Antimatter 8)

Also there was no frost trap launcher so I had to drop the trap, let wolf run in, at 10 seconds left on frost trap feed wolf, 7 seconds hit tame.

So this is truly the best method if you're running with very little to no haste. I didn't take SS's last night but might tonight.

[Zeilla8]

With the idea of sharing information in mind, I made a tutorial on how to get the oil covered wolf. I hope this helps anyone here who still hasn't gotten it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuVO_VlCkIs

[Zangor]

nice i just watched it and its got me excited to work with you later on

[Kalliope]

Agreed about Tailspin! Excellent work, as always, Z!

[Pent]

It's weird how people are saying wait til 7seconds left on trap to start tame (even without haste), but on both of my characters I have it on I had to start taming at about 9.5sec left on ice trap... if I waited any longer than that the wolf ran off without me finishing the tame...

This was done on my 71 (no haste gear) alliance hunter and my 80 (haste gear removed) horde hunter, both times I had to start tame at around 9.5sec...

I guess results vary.... maybe server lag? No clue.

BTW... my Alliance wolf is named "Limbo" and his horde counterpart is named "Nothing" (Orc's name is Tapeworm... how many of you will get the reference... my avatar is a clue... =) )

[Zeilla8]

@ Pent

yeah, I had 8.5 secs and my lower geared (no haste) friend was just under 10sec to do the tame. Guess a lot varries, factoring in lag as well.

Thanks Zangor and Kalliope, glad you liked it!

[Kalliope]

Another good reference! *cheers Pent*

[Jostin]

This is a copy and paste of my post under another thread just letting you guys know that you can still tame this guy in beta as normal


"So I've been coming to this website for while now but never made an account or posted on here but my new love for this void wolf pet has allowed me the chance to contribute to all the great stuff I've found on this site.

I got to admit this took about 3 times as long as it did on my horde live toon just f or the fact I did it without trap launcher. Plus having the premade character with around 550 base haste I had to adjust and find the new timer on it(which depending on your trap position was inbetween the 5-6 second mark for me).



There ya have it"

(my live pic yay)

[Rhyela]

Awesome! Thanks for checking!!!

[Kalliope]

Wooo troll hunters! And thanks for the stellar confirmation.

[Renle]

Wooo troll hunters!

@Jostin:
Take off your shirt!!!!!


That would be Renle shouting at you, from over there behind those boxes...
>.>


Srsly though, all male trolls should be automatically rendered topless when they /flex.
lol

[Northy179]

(my live pic yay)

hey buddy, how did you manage to get the pet with a horde character? Does paid faction changes work?

[Renle]

hey buddy, how did you manage to get the pet with a horde character? Does paid faction changes work?

You need to recruit help from an alliance player Northy. Just tag along with them when they are doing the quest and coordinate putting down your freezing traps whith them throwing the meat (vent or realID works for this)

Basically from that point the taming mechanics work just the same as if you were Alliance

[Northy179]

hey buddy, how did you manage to get the pet with a horde character? Does paid faction changes work?

You need to recruit help from an alliance player Northy. Just tag along with them when they are doing the quest and coordinate putting down your freezing traps whith them throwing the meat (vent or realID works for this)

Basically from that point the taming mechanics work just the same as if you were Alliance

thank you very much i'll give it a shot

[Agoonga]

Any Alliance on Ysondre US willing to help a Horde out? My name is Speedo and I need that dog

[Merpity]

Hello all, im new to this board and would really like some help in getting this pet. Im horde and on Thrall, my toons name is Merpity. so if anyone has a spare toon on thrall that wouldnt mind helping i would appreciate it

[Notomato]

yee-haw.
sorry for stealing your name, zed.
i actually didn't see that someone else had chosen that name until i browsed through this entire thread.
and it's fricking perfect, considering the stupidity that has gone on down here in the southeast lately.

has anyone actually taken this guy into a raid situation?
with all the different classes that cleanse and purge and cure and decurse and whatnot, i wonder if there is a way for some other class in your group to remove this buff from him.
i suppose i could take mine into icc tonite and find out for myself, but seeing as how i had to bribe an ally with 350g to help me out, i'd rather not risk it.

[Renle]

has anyone actually taken this guy into a raid situation?
with all the different classes that cleanse and purge and cure and decurse and whatnot, i wonder if there is a way for some other class in your group to remove this buff from him.
i suppose i could take mine into icc tonite and find out for myself, but seeing as how i had to bribe an ally with 350g to help me out, i'd rather not risk it.

Several people mentioned taking their oily wolves into raids and whatnot.
I can tell you myself from personal experience that nothing in a regular raiding environment has effected the oil buff.
I've taken my wolfie into ICC in both 10 and 25 man, and even against the LK with no adverse effects

Edit:
And your sig is made of pure awesome. Just so you know xD

[Evandelle]

Speaking of adverse effects...does anything...ANYTHING dispell the oily buff??

[Zeilla8]

Speaking of adverse effects...does anything...ANYTHING dispell the oily buff??

Mine lost it in Arena, but someone else took theirs in Arena and didn't have a problem. To be safe though, I'm not taking my newly tamed wolf into arena.
(i didnt try bgs yet)