Im Thinking About Nuzlocking...

[Skeeter]

My good friend might be coming back to play WoW, and might not be playing on my realm, so im contemplating leveling another hunter on a new realm, no heirlooms (i might end up buying new heirlooms and buyin a toon xfer tho) But ive leveled 2 hunters up, the first time, i took my time, enjoyed it alot, solo'd ALOT of instances (UBRS, LBRS, most of BRD, Ramps, just listing because im proud i did it!) and the second time, ive just kinda went with the flow, mostly rare hunting to lvl up, which is pretty fun as well.

But if im going to level another hunter, I've been thinking of another potentially fun way to level, and that is Nuzlocking my pet until 85!

Nuzlocke is a Pokemon term, where you can only catch the first pokemon you see in a route, and if u fail, you have to wait until the next route/zone to catch another.

Then, you must name that Pokemon to create a bond with it.

Then, if that pokemon faints at all, its dead forever, you must release it (or box it).

And i though that would make an interesting story for a hunter, you get to possibly tame new pets youve never tamed, id follow a strict set of rules.

so far here is what ive determined would make my play more fun

1. First beast to aggro on me in a ZONE (1 per Mulgore for example) gives me the option to tame it, this would make going on a Taming mission more of an actual mission if your forced to fight through camps and avoid wolves cougars and w/e to find your beast.

2. If the pet is dismissed, its Abandoned, so you cant essentially save a dying pet by making it vanish, this would force me to actually try to save my pet by distracting shot kiting (which you cant do for a long long time) Also if the pet dies its Abandoned, not stabled, Stables are for your Extra pets

3. Only 1 pet on my call bar at a time

4. If i die, and my pet doesnt, it still counts as a pet death, this is to avoid the mindset that you can take a bullet for your pet, and try to instill the idea that once your pet sees you perish, it must take life upon its own again

5. If number 4 happens, you can go back, and Retame the SAME EXACT BEAST (same location, unless its a rarespawn) but as long as you do not aggro any other beasts in the zone getting to it again, this feature just adds to the difficulty and makes the retame all the more precious if successful

6. ANY pets still alive when you ding 85, are immortal!

Typing that out, just made me realize, I MUST DO THIS!
But ive never read anything on here similar to this, but i read it on all my Pokemon forums, so i thought id share with my Non-Poke community!!

[Nick]

I think I'd start crying out of frustration after awhile. I can't even Nuzlocke pokemon correctly. Dx

[Skeeter]

haha neither can i, i get too attached to a Hoothoot, or bidoof, only to have them get one shot by some lucky freakin crit! thats the part where i quit, everytime lol

[Skeeter]

kinda sad there isnt any more ppl giving feedback, unfortunately my buddy isnt going to start playing again, soi have no more drive to lvl a new toon, but i hope someone reads this and gives it a shot, id love to hear the epic tale!

[Vixenon]

Camp Arcturis for 10 hours only go into a instance and wipe?

lol bye Arcturis. /wave

[Vixenon]

Also: I'll give it a shot on a hunter I'm starting up on Burning Blade. I'll try over the summer, so in 2 or so weeks, then.

So should I just shoot myself NOW, or....? lol this is going to be... interesting...

[Skeeter]

yea, the thing is with this aspect of losing your pet, you may fear losing Arc so much that you may not even choose to run instances, and maybe avoid elite quests your unsure about, causing you to skip quests, dungeons, stuff you may not do normally, i might actually start up from my level 45 dwarf i started, kinda late, but i rarely play my lowbies anymore with minecraft, diablo, call of duty and work consuming my non wow time lol

[Nick]

It doesn't even have to be an elite or wipe in a dungeon, your pet can easily be screwed over if you accidentally pull one too many mobs to handle.

[Foru21dr]

With this kind of play though don't go for the rares that require a long camp just to lose them. Stick with the common skins.