Just tamed Terrorpene at level 82 and it was the hardest tame I have ever done. I died 6 times before I finally got him. Time I saw him was about 11:05 server time on magtheridon. I had no haste or stamina items or anything like that. I was MM and the one thing that made the difference for me was Silencing shot. It gives you an extra 3 seconds before you start taking damage. I started taming with 45k health and ended up with 12 health. No not 12k healh just 12. The red in my health bar was barely even visible. You have to hit tame a split second after u fire of Sshot or you won't have enough time.
Grats Xtapharr. 12! That's even closer. Great approach with Silencing Shot!
If I go MM and would go about taming Terrorpene again, I'd definitely use this:
/tar Terrorpene
/cast Silencing Shot
/cast Tame Beast
Okay... I got Terrorpene, too. Although, I have to admit that I got him on kind of a cop out. Not as valiantly as all of you.
I first saw him Friday night and was trying to tame him when an 82 pally killed him in front of me. He doesn't count for any achievement, so it's doubtful that people will camp him as much Krush, Loque, or Aotona. Still, I went to bed pissed. I had a hard time falling asleep, actually.
I parked my hunter on top of his spawn point and went on to level my priest on Saturday in Vashj'ir (very cool zone). I logged back on to my hunter every 15 minutes or so to check if he'd popped. No dice. Continued with the same strategy on Sunday and saw him at about noon. So... this is where I kind of cheesed out. I offered 500g to a healer in zone chat. An 85 priest pinged me, joined group, I tagged him, aggro'd him a bunch, and put the tame down. Ding! Pretty new turtle.
So, I have to ask. I know there's the challenge of solo taming, so I figure I lose that street cred. Still, since it is a rare spawn and more people will start to go for taming him, I just want to get him while the gettin' is good. Any objections from my fellow hunters? Should I be ashamed?
malza said:
Should I be ashamed?
Ashamed?! Of taming a pet you want?! NEVER!
Who cares if you did it by yourself or with an army of healers. He spawned, you found him and you figured out a way to bend him to your will. Sounds like Mission Accomplished to me. NOT something to be ashamed of!
BIG GRATZ!
As an aside: I'm really starting to be bummed out by the number of hunters who take the attitude, in game or out, that a tame is not special if it is one widely available. To hell with that! Every single pet in my stable is there because I WANT it there. Not because I feel like a special little snowflake for having it. Stay true to yourselves people!
No apology necessary, Lawman hit it right on the head, congrats on a great tame!!
No you should not be Ashamed. If it makes you feel any better, one thing I left out on my post was after the 5 death I whispered a random priest and offered him 1k gold to heal me while I tamed him. I would have gladly paid it too only the priest never responded. The only reason I did it myself is because I had too. I was worried that anyone else I whispered by the time they got there someone else would have nabbed or killed Terrorpene, but if help was available I woulda gladly accepted it.
Lol. You do get a lot of weird responses when you chat in /1 "LF Healer. Paying 500g"
lawman30 said:
malza said:
Should I be ashamed?
<chomp <– king krush was here –> >
As an aside: I'm really starting to be bummed out by the number of hunters who take the attitude, in game or out, that a tame is not special if it is one widely available. To hell with that! Every single pet in my stable is there because I WANT it there. Not because I feel like a special little snowflake for having it. Stay true to yourselves people!
@malza No need to be ashamed! Any tame is a good tame… it's yours and you should be proud of your accomplishment.
@lawman30 Yeah, I hate those hunters too — one of the major reasons why I'm posting here at the Lodge than in other pet discussion sites. Just PM me though if I seem to be heading towards the dark side. 🙂