And the S9 vigil begins. - Hunter Pet Discussion - Hunter Forums

Just recently hit 74 on my main, and I've seen Spirit Beasts get a good rap in PvP, so I thought "Hey, why not?"

After spending until 2AM grinding for XP, partially regretting that I left my dead guild which had Fast Track level 2, I finally reach it. So I fly over to Grizzly Hills, and after nearly getting into a tussle with some Alliance NPCs, found myself in the spawn site for Arcturis…

…only for me to realize there was another green blip on the map. Not an NPC blip either. It was a player.

So I go check, and sure enough there was this lone Orc hunter, also level 74, flying over the slope where Arc spawns. I /wave at him and ask if he's camping the bear, but I figured he was AFK and just logged out for the night.

Today I logged back in, after learning that the best way to catch a Spirit Beast spawn is by checking at the top of the hour (5 minutes on or before the hour is an accepted rule of thumb). 10:40AM on my end, so why not. I log in and——-he wasn't there.

Without checking the minimap, though, I accidentally mouse-overed a bush and found that there was someone hiding in it. A level 76 Undead hunter. I figure he also had Loque on him, given his level, and he's now camping Arc. I /greet him and he /waves at me, showing he wasn't AFK. So I wished him the best logged out to prepare lunch instead.

This is gonna be a looooooong month. =P

Welp, at around 8pm PDT, the bear spawned. He was HUGE. Unfortunately, said Orc hunter had been there camping him on and off, and I had openly told him that he' was free to get the first tame ahead of me since he was there first.

So I readied my Freezing Trap and told him to start the tame (he froze the bear himself though, so I didn't use up my trap), and 10 seconds later he was the owner of a brand new ghostly bear. I /cheered him at the end, after which he told me he''d seen Skoll the previous day. Which is a bummer since he's 6 levels above me and can't be tamed. >_<

The funny thing is, about 3 seconds into the tame a Dwarf hunter appeared on the scene and stared helplessly. Thankfully he was kind enough not to grief us or anything. =P

Ozolin & Agio: Thanks!

I now feel warmer and fuzzier being encouraged by a couple of fellow hunters who regularly go at each others' throats…

Joking aside, I'm now parked in Sholazar questing and RDFing while waiting for the Loque to show himself. I read that he shares one spawn point with another Hunter favorite, the ever-lovin' green dino King Krush. So after my nightly duties I log in, expecting to see something.

Nope, nothing there. No Loque waiting for me. Oh well, time to quest aga—

I walk a few yards when suddenly NPCScan goes off. I try to look around for where my quarry is, and sure enough, he's several hundred yards behind me—and closing fast.

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Remembering that he cast Fear on people who tried to mess with him, I hit Bestial Wrath, send my turtle in to pick him up, dismiss the fella and begin the tame.

That guy hits hard. He had me from 14.6k health down to 7.5k in 7 seconds. But nothing to fear:

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He'll make a nice soloing friend. =)

Niika, thanks. I love bringing out the Krush when in AV, he loves eating Priest and Mage faces. ^_^

Today after all the housework I dinged twice, getting to 81. After filling up on more Cata gear than I could shake a polearm at, I dropped by Northrend to check up on the beasties and say goodbye to all that snow for now.

Funny thing is, NPCScan didn't go off for this guy. since I forgot to clean up my cache. But there he was in his northernmost spawn point, walking around with nobody else in sight.

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Again, I froze, hit Berserking and started the tame. I was apalled by how slow I did it though. If there were a griefer there I'd have surely lost him, but I didn't.

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So I named him Providence. ^_^

Also, look who I see walking around near Loque's spawn point to the south:

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Bagged me another one! Gar's method of BG hopping sure is handy. I parked myself on the infamous Dead Tree of Malorne, queued for a BG and when I came back, poof! It became Koko Krunch!

Of course, the funky thing is I had 3k HP left when he finally succumbed. Fershluggin' Moonfire spam. I swear this bird was a Balance Druid in a former xpac that got Ghostcrawlered into a pet for using damage hacks in PvP. 

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