{"id":292,"date":"2008-10-21T01:21:15","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T09:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huntsmanslodge.flywheelsites.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2012-09-03T12:27:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:27:44","slug":"upcoming-pet-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huntsmanslodge.com\/staging\/292\/upcoming-pet-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Pet Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just about the time I was going to chime in on the Hunter forums, I saw this information posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/mmo-champion.com\" target=\"_blank\">mmo-champion.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Pet changes (Build 9095)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Swipe (Bear) focus cost reduced from 25 to to 20. Damage increased (60-84 to 90-126 for Rank 6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Snatch (Bird of Prey) focus cost reduced from 40 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Gore (Boar) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage increased. (122-164 for Rank 6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Rake (Cat) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage lowered. (From 59-83 + 21-27 over 9 sec to 24-34 + 22-28 over 9 sec)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Fire Breath (Dragonhawk) now has a 20 yards range.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Froststorm Breath (Chimaera) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage increased. (64-86 to 128-172 for Rank 6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Lava Breath (Core Hound) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage increased. (64-86 to 128-172 for Rank 6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Monstrous Bite (Devilsaur) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Stamped (Rhino) damage increased (from 91-123 to 182-246 for Rank 6). Knockback reduced from 15 yards to 10 yards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Spirit Strike (Spirit Beast) damage increased. (from 43-47 + 43-47 over 10 sec to 85-115 + 85-115 over 10 sec)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Acid Spit (Worm) damage increased. (62-88 to 124-176 for Rank 6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Thunderstomp (Gorilla) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Tendon Rip (Hyena) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Savage Rend (Raptor) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Ravage (Ravager) damage increased. (89-125 to 106-150 for Rank 6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Scorpid Poison (Scorpid) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20. Damage lowered. (From 85 to 45 for Rank 6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Poison Spit (Serpent) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Spore Cloud (Sporebat) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Lightning Breath (Wind Serpent) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00c0ff;\">Sting (Wasp) focus cost reduced from 25 to 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The reduced focus costs of the unique skills was badly needed. Lowering the cost 5 points means that the pet will always use its unique skill when the cooldown is up. Why they didn&#8217;t do this sooner, I do not know.<\/p>\n<p>However, I can&#8217;t help but shake my head at the fact that 3 out of 4 of my pets are not included on this list. Wolves, Wind Serpents, and Bats are receiving no love.<\/p>\n<p>Furious Howl looks great on the tooltip, but can be a complete waste since it doesn&#8217;t stack with Battle Shout or Blessing of Might. Having a Warrior or Paladin in your group negates the usefulness of this pet. That makes me sad. I&#8217;d like to see this changed to a % damage increase similar to Ferocious Inspiration, so that casters may benefit from it as well. Maybe that&#8217;s too much to ask, but ya never know.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning Breath went from the hottest pet skill pre 3.0.2, to utterly useless. It either needs a serious damage buff, DoT, or debuff added to it. Another possible solution could be to lower its cooldown from 10 seconds to 6 like some of the other pet skills.<\/p>\n<p>Ravage received a 20% damage increase to an already powerful skill. Yet, Bats&#8217; Sonic Blast damage was left alone. C&#8217;mon guys&#8230; buff the nature damage just a little. Even with the allure of a ranged stun, the damage boost to a similar skill with a shorter cooldown makes me want to take another look at the Ravager. Good thing I already happen to have one in the stable. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I&#8217;m glad they left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wowhead.com\/spell=63900\" target=\"_blank\">Thunderstomp<\/a> alone. It just may be a bit overpowered at the moment, but let&#8217;s keep that on the down low. Ssshhhh&#8230; it&#8217;ll be our little secret. 1570 Thunderstomp crits at level 69 isn&#8217;t too powerful I don&#8217;t think. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Mwahahahahahaha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about the time I was going to chime in on the Hunter forums, I saw this information posted on mmo-champion.com. Pet changes (Build 9095) Swipe (Bear) focus cost reduced from 25 to to 20. Damage increased (60-84 to 90-126 for Rank 6) Snatch (Bird of Prey) focus cost reduced from 40 to 20. 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