Nov
Of course one of the first thing I had to do upon my return was check out the official World of Warcraft site to see if there was anything new revealed about the game in my absence. And lo and behold, the Patch 1.9 test servers are live and they’ve posted the really detailed notes.
There’s so much stuff in this patch! Is there always this much stuff in a patch? I just don’t even remember right now. One of the first things I noticed (that was new info, not something that I’d read before - see my first post on patch notes for general big feature items) was the changes to the Hunter pets.
- Turtles can now learn Shell Shield, allowing them to reduces all damage taken by 50% for 10 sec.
- Hunters can now tame Sons of Hakkar. Sons of Hakkar are in the Wind Serpent family and will know Lightning Breath (Rank 6).
- Boars can now learn Charge, an ability that allows them to charge to an enemy, immobilize that enemy for 1 second, and add a large amount of Attack Power to the boar’s next attack.
- Gorillas can now learn Thunderstomp, an ability that causes high threat area Nature damage.
Definitely seems like they’re trying to give the Hunters a reason to actually have a stable of pets and pick ones that are better for different circumstances, like one if you’re soloing, one in a group when you’re the tank, one in a group as support, etc. Right now, I just always use my cat. But if different types of pets have really cool unique abilities, it becomes way more of a decision to be made!
