Alright! Finished
So, my theme was the Safari Theme.
And after doing the fishing daily (and experimenting with artistic screenshot composition), I set off to tame the first of 5 pets for my challenge - a dire condor form Redridge. The tame went off easily, and we also got to
one-shot battle a rare dragon!
Next up was the Grey Hyena, and I chose to tame one of the Snickerfang Hyenas from blasted lands. However, he was much tougher a tame then the condor, and he dodged my trap and interupted tame beast! But I tried again and, this time at least, was victorious.
Next stop: Silverpine... and the longest flight in history. However, it turned out to be not at all uneventful! The first amusing/exciting thing was when I spotted a rare in Wetlands, not tamable, but it made the flight slightly less boring. Then, while flying over The Hinterlands, mousing over gryphons on track beasts, absentmindedly wondering just where in The Hinterlands OCJ spawned, I noticed a little yellow dot on track beasts. I had a second to mouse over it before it disapeared, and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the words "Old Cliff Jumper". Yelling at my gryphon to land, heart pounding, I could do nothing but wait. Soon, the gryphon I was taking landed in Andorhal, and I mounted up on my own gryphon and flew off towards The Hinterlands. I landed to see the beautiful creature... chewing on a haybale?
Determined and undeterred, I tamed him, and tried explain to him that the diet of a wolf was much different then the diet of a horse or goat.
Then, being an insane, easily-sidetracked hunter, I went off to look for Araga...
Determined to get back on track, however, I left the beautiful cat to nurse her cubs, and continued on into Silverpine, taming my next two targets: a black boar and a color-changing crockolisk. I also may have killed a few rare gargoyles... and maybe a dwarf... and/or gorefang... >.>
Glad that only one more pet remained to tame, I set off to the barrens. I waved hello to Humar and *cough* "
visited" Swiftmane, The Sludgebeast, and Takk the Leaper. But I wasn't after Humar, I was after one of his kin, a regular yellow lion, and I quickly tamed one of the Highmanes lazing around his tree.
And now... for the reviews.
I like the model for the most part, and the special is pretty useful, too. Being a more recent Model/Skin it doesn't have many problems, but the warty face put me off a little. Unfortunately, the condor's flight animation is glitched, and I already have Spiteflayer (who isn't glitched! Yay), and doubt I will be keeping Uglyface. A good pet, easy to get at a low level, and not bad if you don't mind the glitched flight/the warty face.
I'm not a big fan of color-changing pets, honestly, though I do love the Cata Croc skin. Being a new skin, there aren't many problems, though the back-breaking run animation that some people have pointed out is a little weird looking. Their special is, in my opinion, extremely useful, especially with my playstyle (which is basicly: Concussive shot, Hunter's Mark, Serpent Sting, Arcane Shot spam and hope it's dead or the pet has aggro by the time the mob gets to me
). Both colors it changes between are quite pretty, though the black teeth on the white variation is weird. Animation and sound wise, I really like Crockolisks, but I already have my Sewer Beast, so I don't think Shifty will be staying.
I love boars, their animations and sounds... They're just so happy and cheerful, they're just so squee! How can anyone not love them?
Oh, right. Their special is 30% increased bleed damage
WTB different special ability plz.
But, special ability aside, I really like boars as pets (omg rly?!), and though their model may be old, the only real problem I see with it is the Pixely mane. Their animations and sounds are great, as I've said before, and I would totally have a boar if it wasn't for their special. Unfortunately, Skiddles will not be staying, but if blizzard ever changes the boar special ability, I will without a doubt be retaming him, although, maybe reincarnated in a different color.
I love hyena's in real life, but I really didn't like Scarred much...
There are so many problems with the model/skin. The legs look like they are burnt or scarred, making me wince, and the neck just doesn't look natural. Their mane is very pixelated and 2D, and really, there's not much I like about the skin. As for the special... see Skiddles' review. Their sounds are maybe the only nice thing about them, and their animations, aside from the weird neck, aren't
all that bad, all things considered. I really hope blizzard does a revamp on the model, and maybe the special, sometime in the future.
Finally, last but not least, Thornclaw!
The lion models are fairly nice, though I don't like the yellow version as much as white or black. The pixel whiskers are weird looking, and the 2D mane is strange as well, and the marks on his legs... are they supposed to be scars, or what? But, looks aside, abilities/animations/sounds are great, and I don't hear the slobber roar thing that everyone complains about. But, since there are so many different cat models, I would probably tame a different one if I needed a cat just for the special. Still, a fairly nice skin, just not the best, in my opinion.
Another?
Name & Level: Velyana (Pawtrack on the forums), level 63, but you can give me anything up to about 65, just expect the report to be a bit later than usual/
Exotics: Too low ):
Pet Slots: 19
Restrictions:
Additional Notes: I've done gothic, orange, and safari theme.
She'll get back to this. There's a lot of processing to do, especially with repeat participants in the challenge. ^_^
