PTR 4.0.1 Hunter changes !!!

[Grigg]

Hunters

• Five pets can now be stored with the hunter at all times. Any one of these five pets can be summoned via the Call Pet ability.
  Focus has replaced mana as a new resource.
  Hunters now start with a pet at level 1.
  The Stable will now store 20 pets. If a pet is moved into the Stable, its talents are wiped.

Ammo has also been removed.


Looks like we may just be getting our new stables before Cata!
I don't know how much of a concern that is now that all current models have been confirmed found and tamable in beta, but there you have it.

[bluddy]

stables before cata? HUZZAH!!!! i'll get my silithid tan and lupos + some rares i regretted i abandoned

[Darknez]

This "isn't" before Cata... it's what you'll see when Cataclysm has occured but you haven't purchased the expansion (or the expansion content has been enabled).
The old world is affected the same way but you can't access any new features or zones.

[Knobhead]

This "isn't" before Cata...

It is. It's the pre-expansion patch that gets released a month before the release date of the expansion.

[Kalliope]

It's before Cataclysm the Expansion, but not before Cataclysm the Event.

(And way, way after Spaceballs the Movie...)

[Darknez]

This "isn't" before Cata...

It is. It's the pre-expansion patch that gets released a month before the release date of the expansion.

What I'm referring to is that Hunter's shouldn't get their hopes up thinking they can go and tame 25 current creatures and then move into Cataclysm. If you have 25 stable slots, then the pet changes have already occured.

Also when I log into the PTR build I see the same characters I have on the beta build - so it's the same realms.

[Darknez]

From what I've read:
Classes changes are up, new talent builds, new glyphs (not fully implemented yet), etc ...
Revamped old zones are NOT available
New graphics (textures, water effects) are NOT available
Archaeology is NOT available
Guild leveling is NOT available
Flying in Azeroth is NOT available
New content is NOT available

I wonder if that means they are using phasing to make the game "look" like Live - even though really this is Cataclysm. I might try and get to Gnomeregan and see if Timber is present on the PTR. That'll prove one way or another whether current pets are available.

[Darknez]

Timber is not present on the PTR. Although the old world looks as it does on live (with amusing consequences when NPC's are either hovering or falling out of the sky due to trying to be where they should with the new landscapes) the NPC's do appear to be Cataclysm ones.

Update:
Hmm.. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong.
I've been logging into WoW2 so it's quite possible that it's allowing me on to the beta content with the wrong client... let me see what things look like on WoW1 if there are any realms up.

[Kalliope]

New race/class changes are NOT available either.

[Darknez]

Yes... looks like it was me ^.^
Ok.. if you are in the beta then you're probably used to logging in to WoW2 at the log on screen. WoW1 is PTR.
So I was getting the clients confused by using beta chars on the PTR client... and then for a laugh a PTR character on the beta client!

Anyway - on the PTR, (PTR Client, WoW1 game) the "Winter Wolf" NPC's are back on the hill. I've not seen Timber yet, but I'll keep an eye out for him.

Of course if he is present - then you may get your "dream come true" and be able to tame all the soon-to-be extinct (or changed to something else) pets prior to Cataclysm.

Silithid Swarmer for example currently converts to a tan worker model....

Once I've confirmed Timber's presence - we'll have to get a list of "tame these" pets together that either become extinct (rares not skins) or morph into something far more interesting!

FOUND HIM!

Timber on the 4.0 PTR!

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[Kalliope]

Since I can't get in yet....could you please check and see if Chatter's still there in Redridge? I already have him, but I'm dreading him no longer being there.

[Darknez]

You want me to get to Redridge at level 2?

[Kalliope]

YES!

No, I'm kidding. xD I hadn't realized you trekked a level 1 out there. xD (You hadn't found Timber yet when I posted, so wasn't sure.)

I'll find him when my copy is over! But YAY, this is good news.

[Darknez]

Unfortunately I can't copy any chars to the PTR... It's around 8 days queue and it's full too!

[Kalliope]

Ewww, lame! It's only 3 days on the US servers, for some reason.

[Phantomwolf]

I will tame everything.... *drool*.....Anyway back on topic this only means that cata is closer than generally exspected. XD Oh the joy...I have like a huge tame list too. >:P

[Slivers]

I'm still getting up to speed on the changes as I've been busy with a sick 8-year old for the past few days ...

Although I see this as a benefit in 10-Man, I don't see it mattering a whole lot in 25-man where nearly all these "buffs" are already filled be their parent-class. Maybe a situation arises every so often, but I simply cannot see many times a pet will be called on for a buff in 25-man.

However, as mentioned, I've only scratched the surface of the information and am happy to be shown the "error of my ways"

[Darknez]

It will be useful outside of raids as well tho...
I don't mind having heroism following me around even though my shaman/mage friend is unavailable.

10 man raids will also drop the same (although less of) loot as 25 man raids. Some queried how long 25man raids would last with this situation.

[Worba]

Hunters

• Five pets can now be stored with the hunter at all times. Any one of these five pets can be summoned via the Call Pet ability.
  Focus has replaced mana as a new resource.
  Hunters now start with a pet at level 1.
  The Stable will now store 20 pets. If a pet is moved into the Stable, its talents are wiped.

How does call pet work in cata? Still just for end game or is it now a lvl 10ish spell?

Do you get all of the 5/20 slots up front or do they have to be unlocked with levels/gold?

[Zeilla8]

stables before cata? HUZZAH!!!! i'll get my silithid tan and lupos + some rares i regretted i abandoned

There are tan silithids running around Thousand Needles. Unless you wanted specifically the rare one. (in case you didn't know)