Random Pet Challenge [v3.0]

[Vinessa]

Name: Rosebeef
Level: 85
Exotics: yeah!
Restrictions: no restrictions

[Kormai]

Rosebeef
Red Spiked Raptor

[Cialbi]

But he's wormed his way into my heart, somehow.

Hahaha...though I'm sorry you hate him so much but love him at the same time.

And now for something completely different:

Donachan
Orange Dragonhawk

...bum ba-dum ba-*splut*

[gigandetsgirl]

This sounds amazing. I've got one spot left in my stable and haven't yet decided what to put there - maybe I will find my match!

Name: Constantyne
Level: 85
Exotics: Are more than welcome!
Restrictions: None

[Kormai]

But he's wormed his way into my heart, somehow.

Hahaha...though I'm sorry you hate him so much but love him at the same time.

And now for something completely different:

Donachan
Orange Dragonhawk

...bum ba-dum ba-*splut*

*facepalm* you, sir, are absolutely terrible!

Constantyne
Purple Ant Silithid

[gigandetsgirl]

You know, I have never once even considered a silithid of any kind. I'm super excited to try this. Thank you!

[Kormai]

You are very welcome! They are good for PvP and if you're missing a priest. And they're cool cuz they're aliens

[gigandetsgirl]

I do lots of PVP, so that is awesome We are on our way to tame one right now - I will post pictures when we do!

[gigandetsgirl]

Well, here he is! I have to say, I was apprehensive - I've never tamed anything like this guy before. But he is already growing on me. His name is Striker, because as we sat there contemplating what to call him, a fellow silithid came skittering by and Constantyne's new pet jumped out and downed the poor thing in one hit. After watching that escapade, "Striker" seemed perfect

Striker!


On the lookout for trouble...

[Kormai]

Please let us know how he does in PvP. we don't get very many reports on pets in PvP. Does he survive well? How is his damage? His special abilities?

[pengupuff]

Name: Linesk
Level: 85
Exotics: Are perfectly fine.
Restrictions: None

[gigandetsgirl]

Please let us know how he does in PvP. we don't get very many reports on pets in PvP. Does he survive well? How is his damage? His special abilities?

I've only gotten to run him through one battleground (Battle for Gilneas) so far, but just in that one battleground he made such a huge impression on me that I am simply in awe. I like defending, so I usually station myself at the mines, lay my traps and use camouflage to better hide myself. I was the only one who defended the mines the entire battleground, and I never died or gave up control of the mines once with Striker around.

I'm pretty good when it's one on one, but any more than that and I'm usually toast. I got double-teamed by a cat druid (one of Constantyne's most mortal enemies) and a shaman, but with Striker's web ability he was able to stun the cat druid before he was able to incapacitate me, and by the time the webbing faded we had him downed. I gained distance between myself and the shaman using concussive shots, and Striker's attack power against him was phenomenal. I didn't pay as much attention as I should have this time around, but he had a lot of attacks that hit for around 9k. It didn't take much before the shaman was down, too, and I still had more than a quarter health left between the two fights. Speaking of, the added stamina was a HUGE boost - I went from 116k health to 125k.

The same druid attempted to sneak up on us four or five more times during the battleground, and every time we downed him with ease. I'm sorry to say the Horde lost the battleground itself, but Striker and I kept control of the mines the entire time. I even had one of the top damage outputs - and I didn't even see much action.

I will bring more reports when we run more battlegrounds - and hopefully a dungeon in the next few days!

[Cialbi]

gigandetsgirl, your last two posts together makes for a decent report (for future reference). Nice job!

[TygerDarkstorm]

I have about a week of game time left so I'll go ahead and do one of these.

Name: Vitani
Level: 85
Exotics: Yes
Restrictions: None
Rares I Have: Kri, Mosh, Chromaggus, Red Madexx, Terrorpene, Skoll, Karoma

And since we don't see it as much, I'll try to make a report from a PvP perspective too.

[Kormai]

pengupuff (Linesk)
Blue & Red Boss Wasp


Tyger (Vitani)
Karoma

[Blackavar]

this sounds like fun, and i still have a few slots free.

Name:Blackavar
Level:85
Exotics:yes
Restrictions:no cats plz, i have alot of them
Rares i have : karoma, sambas, humar, lk spirit beasts, GC, krush, madexx and chromaggus

[Kormai]

Blackavar
Dark Green Ravager


Enjoy!

[Blackavar]

awsome cant wait, will do a report on quests/dungeon if i have time and a bg report, questing and bg will be easy dungeon if i have time will do

[TygerDarkstorm]

So...I swear I haven't totally forgotten about this. >_>

My challenge this time was: . This is the spirit beast, Karoma, not to be confused with the ghost wolf from BC that was briefly tamable.
You can see Xella's report about the Grimtotem Spirit Guide here.

And with that said, let's begin:

Like many people, I was beyond ecstatic when Blizzard re-implemented the ghost wolf skin as a tamable pet, and her being a spirit beast didn't bother me in the least. My wolf has earned her name from an excellent book called The Sight. Anyway, she has easily become my favorite spirit beast to use.

Looks wise I find the ghost wolf skin covers most of the flaws of the old world wolf model, but it can still be a little strange looking. The little spiky hairs on the backs of the legs being one of those strange things (bottom left). I think they're supposed to represent the feathering wolves get on the backs of their legs, but they look more like defensive weapons or something. One nice thing that the skin hides is the goofy way the ruff sits on their back--it looks more smoothed out with this skin (2nd from bottom right). The goofy snarl still looks just as weird, however (2nd from bottom left). And when viewing Karoma from the front, her face sort of seems to disappear and you can see right through her.

Animations and Sounds:

So wolves have three idle animations, however, Karoma did NOT want to do the howl one so I'm lacking a screenshot for it. Their other two idles are the scratch (top left) and the ground sniff (bottom left). The old world wolf model has one of my favorite run animations; they sort of lope along and it looks pretty graceful (bottom middle). Her swim is a basic doggy paddle (top right and bottom right). Sound wise, Karoma's barks and growls are actually sort of ghostly sounding while she's in combat, which is really cool.

Combat:

So for the combat, I did the usual of putting Larka on a dummy and capturing her animations, and I also did a battleground with her.
I'll start with her fighting animations. She has two basic animations, a lunge and bite to the left (top left) and a lunge and bite to the right (middle left). I found a strange shot of her under BW where it looks like her jaw is completely unhinging (bottom left). I also managed to catch a shot of her using Spirit Mend on herself (top right).

And now to the nitty gritty. Spirit Beasts have three special abilities. The first is Prowl, allowing them to stealth and gain a bonus to their first attack. The second is Roar of Courage, which is arguably one of the best hunter buffs to have around as it gives a bonus to agility and strength. The third spirit beast special is Spirit Mend. Spirit Mend is a single target heal ability that works just like druids' Regrowth spell. It's also decently powerful, making these guys great for soloing and PvP.

I did do a BG on my hunter like I promised, granted, I hadn't played the game in a while so I was a bit rusty, especially since SV is my PvP spec. But anyway, I felt that I did decently well considering my crappy gear level and lack of any real skill. Karoma definitely makes for an excellent PvP buddy. The ghost wolf skin is kind of hard to see and that heal is definitely powerful for keeping yourself alive in a tight pinch. Not to mention the decent amount of damage Larka was putting out since I never really saw her get focused during the BG. Overall, they're definitely handy pets to have around in both PvE and PvP and in the right hands can probably be really powerful.

I might come back and do another one of these once I figure out which hunter I want to use and hope that I don't forget about it. XD

[Azunara]

TYGER.

TYGERTYGERTYGER.

I love that book series. >.> Carry on.