Not a hunter but I always thought https://classic.wowhead.com/npc=731/king-bangalash#comments was pretty cool and as a mage I felt like he hit me harder than most pets for some reason.
I'm not going for the hunter pet, I'm going to get close enough to fear bomb both and then proceed to kill the pet's owner, right before its eyes.
@5bx Owls don't start of with screech. They get it much later. Even if they did, they aren't as good as people make them out to be - cats are still better. If I were you I wouldn't waste my time.
As for The Rake... rare mob damage on Pservers is bugged so you might be able to tame it early on in classic if you find him. However, going back for a pet is a waste of time. It gimps your pet skill progression due to pet loyalty. I'm not even going to mention having to level the said pet before you can use it to fight mobs at your level.
Lol, owls can get screech before level 20. An AoE attack that holds aggro and costs hardly any resources? Owl is hardly a waste of time. I think you would be justified in going for either the Owl or Cat. Not sure why you would bother with anything else though
Toastea Lol.
The first owl you can get is in Teldrassil.
The first level of screech you can get is at level 16 in Westfall.
The first Owl a horde hunter can reasonably get is in Felwood and the first Screech in Desolace.
Tell me again how is it not a waste of time for a horde Hunter? Are you going to run to Teldrassil at level 10 and then run to westfall at level 16? Or are you going to level to 48, drop your pet and get an owl from felwood with 0 training points?
Lol indeed.
@Toastea Lol.
The first owl you can get is in Teldrassil.
The first level of screech you can get is at level 16 in Westfall.
The first Owl a horde hunter can reasonably get is in Felwood and the first Screech in Desolace.
Tell me again how is it not a waste of time for a horde Hunter? Are you going to run to Teldrassil at level 10 and then run to westfall at level 16? Or are you going to level to 48, drop your pet and get an owl from felwood with 0 training points?
Lol indeed.
If you are Horde, sure its a waste of time. I was just thinking of hunters for the better faction
I go with Owl up to level 25, then i respec from BM to MM and get a Wind Serpent with Lightning Breath Rank 3 from Thousand Needles.
The reason i do this is because with Aimed Shot, my burst damage is higher.
The Wind Serpent has a instant cast of a ranged ability which makes it get aggro faster.
This makes it so i don't pull the mob.
The Owl is amazing, and i love it.
But after seeing a reddit post talking about getting Aimed Shot a lot earlier, i started doing some tests, and i love it.
More Crit. More Burst Damage.
sashimii that is what I’ve been thinking lately. I’ve always played as a MM hunter but I’m thinking of going BM with a cat for leveling. Just hard to pass up the aimshot and scatter. Didn’t know about the wind serpent aggro tho!
Personally I'll be using a cat from 10-60
The @Leshraque from Jubei?? Shit dude, great to see your name around. I was day 1 on Jubei watching you and Joana racing to 60, you got server (or at least horde) 2nd to 60 yeh? We also raided together briefly in.... <Dark Sun> ? (Me on my druid Ryder). It was only a brief stint before I rejoined <Ice>. Anyway, great to see your name, hopefully it's the same Leshraque I remember. Didn't you grind out Rank 13/14 also?
Hey mate,
Yea same Leshaque, you're name actually rings a bell. I did get 2nd behind Joana and went to rank 14. Going to be going for a similar approach this time :P
Broken Tooth all day
hcteKs the farm for BT is going to be insane... I can’t wait
I'm going Orc so I'll start off with a boar. If I find myself ahead of the pack I'll stick with the boar as it is easy/cheap to feed and I like the charge. I'll use my head start to camp Brokentooth and get it early.
If I lose my headstart and find myself in the middle of the pack. PvP will be an issue and I wont be getting Brokentooth until after I hit 60 because I have fallen behind, at which point I'll be grabbing any other cat to level me to 60.
Of course at 60 I'll be picking up my obligatory Blood Axe Worg for max rank furious howl and bite. With Lupos shadow damage likely being out, this will be the required entry level raiding pet for hunts (a wolf with howl) in most guilds.
As a general leveling pet on a pvp server I would recommend cat. The combination of attack speed for spell pushback, the balanced stats, prowl and dash make this a generally good choice.
As a general leveling pet for pve or if you are ahead of the pack on a pvp server, I would simply stick with an owl or boar to get you to Brokentooth. The wait time for Brokentooth will be brutal... It is worth sacrificing your lead and waiting early if you can. "Yay I hit 60 first on my server... Now to go wait for Brokentooth for 3-4 days..." VS "Yay there are only two other horde players in the Barrens, I think I made it here early, I'll camp Brokentooth for 4-6 hours and grab him."
After leveling a few hunters to 60 on private and one in retail vanilla, this is my general take away. Just my 2 cents.
Carrion bird is top dog with Screech
There is only one brokentooth.
Gonna go with a cat!
Getting a cat in teldrassil and then getting a 1.2 atk cat in Hillsbrad Hills.
There is a secret, super elite hunter pet combo. https://classic.wowhead.com/npc=5828/humar-the-pridelord plus a https://classic.wowhead.com/item=8485/cat-carrier-bombay ! If you're horde, you're going to have to get lucky finding your bombay cat. Got mine in the booty bay AH. I was the only hunter I ever saw running around with two black kitties. And thus, the most awesome hunter everyone else saw. ;)