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Experiencing God Mode

June 1, 2016 By Garwulf Leave a Comment

It’s been a really long time since I routinely paid careful attention to patch notes and things like that, so somewhere along the way I missed the bit about level scaling in lower level pvp. Many of you probably knew this, but I just discovered it tonight.

What you may not know, however, is that if you’re toggling back and forth between dungeon and BG queues, like I was, there is a chance your pet’s level will stick at its scaled PvP version. Additionally, as long as you keep chain-queuing dungeons, there’s a good chance it will remain bugged out.

I first noticed something was a bit odd when I came out blasting my way to 16K+ in Throne of the Tides at level 81. I started out thinking I was just having some exceptional RNG and a perfect group composition – allowing me to slay the meters. It’d been some time since I hit Cata dungeons on a hunter, so I wasn’t altogether sure that some 15k-20k burst wasn’t out of the ordinary. ‘Cause…well…Hunters, you know. We’re just that epic.

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After the first dungeon, I finished with 15.8K average DPS at level 82, with my pet’s Kill Commands hitting for between 90 to 110K! The second dungeon I ran, I focused on my gameplay and managed 18.6K overall at level 83.

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Although I was really enjoying the godly DPS, I knew something was amiss. When we entered our 3rd dungeon, I paused to have a look at things and noticed my pet’s level was showing as 91 and my level was also showing one higher than it actually was.

This screenshot shows my level in chat as 83, which is correct, but then it also shows my level as 84 on the tooltip and my pet's level as 91!

This screenshot shows my level in chat as 83, which is correct, but then it also shows my level as 84 on the tooltip, and my pet’s level as 91!

My Spirit Beast got stuck at 89 after I left my BG to run a dungeon, then continued to level from there, all the way to 91 – proving way too much for the bosses of Throne of the Tides and The Stonecore. It was awesome. My party members were especially pleased with my performance, and we ended up smashing 6 dungeons in 1hr, 15mins, in which I went from 81 to half-way through to 86.

If you have a leveling hunter sitting around 80-85 (not sure that it works in Panda content), you gotta try this out. Enter a random BG and see if your pet’s level stays scaled after you exit. I Googled this bug and it seems to be something that’s been in-game for awhile, so it’s doubtful Blizzard cares too much about fixing it.

It was certainly good for a few laughs this evening and I basically charged through Cataclysm in just over 90 minutes!

Filed Under: General, Hunter Pets Tagged With: cataclysm dungeons, hunter pet level bug, random battlegrounds

Taming Ban’thalos in Legion

February 3, 2016 By Garwulf 8 Comments

Post has been updated to reflect the hunter changes in Legion. The same basic strategy as before holds true, but since we no longer have Distracting Shot, we’ll use Concussive Shot to pull Ban’thalos instead.

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Taming Ban’thalos has always been a bit of a challenge. He spawns up in the sky above the Sanctuary of Malorne, so you need to be on a flying mount to engage him. Second, he’s neutral, so you need to get his attention somehow. Third, you need to not die from fall damage once you do get his attention.

At level 100, he poses another interesting challenge. How do you aggro him without killing him?

Back in Cataclysm, the taming challenge involved a strategy which was basically: tag Ban’thalos by attacking him, then tame him without dying. At level 100, however, this strat no longer works because even if you take off all of your gear and punch him, there’s a chance that could still kill him. Instead, you need to use Concussive Shot an ability which a lot of hunters may not even have on their action bars…Distracting Shot. This shot will cause Ban’thalos to get angry with you while not damaging him.

How to Tame Ban’thalos at Level 100

This process is surprisingly easy once you know what to do.

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Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: ban'thalos, beast mastery, cataclysm, spirit beast

Taming Gara

February 1, 2016 By Garwulf 3 Comments

I know I’m a little late to the party here, but I gotta say…I really enjoyed the Gara taming adventure. I had so much fun with it, I put together a map with some helpful tips so that hunters who still desire to add this coveted Spirit Beast to their stable might have an easier go of it.

I’ll stop back in and update this post with a bit more info and screenshots, but for now, enjoy the infographic! Feels good to update the site again! I can’t believe it’s been a year since I last posted. Bad Garwulf, Bad!

Click the image to enlarge.

Gara the Spirit Beast Taming Quest Map

Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: beast mastery, gara, spirit beast

Taming a Direhorn

June 1, 2014 By Garwulf Leave a Comment

As I await the coming expansion, I’ve been having fun checking a few things off of my MoP to-do list. Most recently I went out and tamed one of those fancy dinosaur pets that the kids love.

I had been under the impression that taming a Direhorn required some sort of insane reputation grind, but that’s not the case at all. Many of you probably knew this already, but it’s actually quite easy. If you’ve been eyeballing the Direhorns and wondering how to go about getting one, I’ve put together a concise how-to for noobs like me.

1. Fly to northern Kun-Lai Summit

2. Hop on your flying mount and head due north.

3. Swim to the island. Horde flight point is on the right, Alliance on the left.

4. Look for Dinomancers and grind them until you get Ancient Tome of Dinomancy.

5. Read the book and learn the spell.

6. Tame your Direhorn of choice.

Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: direhorn, mists of pandaria

The Most Difficult Solo Tame EVER

January 23, 2013 By Garwulf 22 Comments

I’ll be the first to admit that my huntering skills could be a bit rusty due to my lack of gametime lately, but…like, holy s**t…I am actually a bit fatigued right now. My kiting muscles are taxed and I think I wore a hole through my mousing surface.

Taming Gumi on the PTR is easily the most difficult taming challenge I’ve ever experienced in the 7 years I’ve been playing a hunter. Those of you that solo-tamed King Krush back in WotLK…that was nothing compared to trying to wrangle this guy. Deth’tilac…pffft! Not even in the same league.

Gumi is a total badass.

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Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: gumi, spirit beast

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