Another thread about a failed tame... (Updated!!)
Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 5:47 pm
Wall of text incoming...
So, my last stable slot has been an unstable one- no pun intended
I've swapped out pets quite a bit- I once had 3 Loques, one left when Gondria released, the other was a Worgen when tamable. When Skoll released, I got him. Due to Spirit Beasts and Gezzerak, I was pretty tight on stable slots (aren't we all hehe). Somewhere down the line, I decided I would release my wolf (that I could never make up my mind which skin I wanted), and get Arcturis. I camped him and got him, leveled him up to 80, and took him to ICC.
I'm not actually sure when or how it happened, but I got antsy and bored and wanted to tame a new pet. My Spirit bear was the 'weakest link' so to speak, as I guess I didn't bond with him like my other pets, possibly due to a few different reasons, but regardless, with a heavy heart, I let him roam the wilds of Sholazar when I happened across Aotona. I had lightly been camping Krush, but Aotona spawned instead, so in a panic of only seeing the bird once prior, my other half agreed I should tame it, so I did. I let a rare go for a rare. The bird was beautiful and I was shaking during and after the tame, but I didn't get giddy like I normally would. One of my guildies was searching for the bird a few days prior to this, his pc crashed as he was about to tame it, but he was in an instance on an alt when I found it. I promised I would keep an eye out for it for him. I took the bird to my favorite pet leveling spot, and started grinding. I really wasn't feeling it and realized it had to be due to my having my heart set on Krush. I decided I would re-tame both Arcturis and Aotona when we get the expanded stable slots, as I love them both and would use them, but being limited in the pets I can have currently, they just weren't the pets I wanted to own right now.
I went to Ungoro to try to practice on King Mosh, but like usual, when you want to find a mob, they aren't around. I roamed around a bit until I found an Ironhide, my fav Devilsaur behind Krush, and bit my Aotona farewell for the time being. Leveled him up and brought him to the raid that night- and did great
He was a fun change to my Spirit Beast companions, so I felt like I made the right choice, but it made me want to find Krush more. I still wasn't camping hardcore, I still would do dailies and run stuff, but when I would get bored, I would park at my camp spot, kill mammoths, or just nap while hovering in the air on my drake.
Finally I got bored enough with camping that I went to level my Shaman in the basin, figuring I could swap over if I saw him, or at least know of a spawn time to go off of if another rare popped. Well after doing a bit of quests, I decided to do a routine flyby... got to glimmering piller and what happens? NPCScan screams at me that Krush was up! Sure enough, I see his green figure in the distance, and squealed loudly. I logged out as quick as I could, shaking to a point of almost inability to function, hopped on my hunter, and my boyfriend got on his priest and met me at the basin. Tame after tame failed, until the poor majestic beast fell. In my panic and haste, he and wasps kept aggroing everyone around, not allowing him to reset, refilling his hp. Each distracting shot, scorpid sting, and whatever anyone else accidentally hit him with whittled away at his health. I was crestfallen. A Draenei huntress was watching the ordeal and comforted me after the dino fell. I thank her for her kindness.
So here I am in Org, getting haste potions, and pondering regemming my old T9 gear haste/stam and seeing how my health and haste is, reading posts here; boyfriend glyphed his fear ward to make it better. Hope to be better prepared next time we meet. /sigh
Sucks when tame fails at 2 seconds left! (good thing was the guildie that had his pc crash came to help with the wasps, and after krush dies, he started camping for his bird, which spawned an hour later. At least one good thing came out of this!)
So, my last stable slot has been an unstable one- no pun intended
I've swapped out pets quite a bit- I once had 3 Loques, one left when Gondria released, the other was a Worgen when tamable. When Skoll released, I got him. Due to Spirit Beasts and Gezzerak, I was pretty tight on stable slots (aren't we all hehe). Somewhere down the line, I decided I would release my wolf (that I could never make up my mind which skin I wanted), and get Arcturis. I camped him and got him, leveled him up to 80, and took him to ICC.
I'm not actually sure when or how it happened, but I got antsy and bored and wanted to tame a new pet. My Spirit bear was the 'weakest link' so to speak, as I guess I didn't bond with him like my other pets, possibly due to a few different reasons, but regardless, with a heavy heart, I let him roam the wilds of Sholazar when I happened across Aotona. I had lightly been camping Krush, but Aotona spawned instead, so in a panic of only seeing the bird once prior, my other half agreed I should tame it, so I did. I let a rare go for a rare. The bird was beautiful and I was shaking during and after the tame, but I didn't get giddy like I normally would. One of my guildies was searching for the bird a few days prior to this, his pc crashed as he was about to tame it, but he was in an instance on an alt when I found it. I promised I would keep an eye out for it for him. I took the bird to my favorite pet leveling spot, and started grinding. I really wasn't feeling it and realized it had to be due to my having my heart set on Krush. I decided I would re-tame both Arcturis and Aotona when we get the expanded stable slots, as I love them both and would use them, but being limited in the pets I can have currently, they just weren't the pets I wanted to own right now.
I went to Ungoro to try to practice on King Mosh, but like usual, when you want to find a mob, they aren't around. I roamed around a bit until I found an Ironhide, my fav Devilsaur behind Krush, and bit my Aotona farewell for the time being. Leveled him up and brought him to the raid that night- and did great
He was a fun change to my Spirit Beast companions, so I felt like I made the right choice, but it made me want to find Krush more. I still wasn't camping hardcore, I still would do dailies and run stuff, but when I would get bored, I would park at my camp spot, kill mammoths, or just nap while hovering in the air on my drake. Finally I got bored enough with camping that I went to level my Shaman in the basin, figuring I could swap over if I saw him, or at least know of a spawn time to go off of if another rare popped. Well after doing a bit of quests, I decided to do a routine flyby... got to glimmering piller and what happens? NPCScan screams at me that Krush was up! Sure enough, I see his green figure in the distance, and squealed loudly. I logged out as quick as I could, shaking to a point of almost inability to function, hopped on my hunter, and my boyfriend got on his priest and met me at the basin. Tame after tame failed, until the poor majestic beast fell. In my panic and haste, he and wasps kept aggroing everyone around, not allowing him to reset, refilling his hp. Each distracting shot, scorpid sting, and whatever anyone else accidentally hit him with whittled away at his health. I was crestfallen. A Draenei huntress was watching the ordeal and comforted me after the dino fell. I thank her for her kindness.
So here I am in Org, getting haste potions, and pondering regemming my old T9 gear haste/stam and seeing how my health and haste is, reading posts here; boyfriend glyphed his fear ward to make it better. Hope to be better prepared next time we meet. /sigh
Sucks when tame fails at 2 seconds left! (good thing was the guildie that had his pc crash came to help with the wasps, and after krush dies, he started camping for his bird, which spawned an hour later. At least one good thing came out of this!)
