http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/feed/? Latest topics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:10:41 GMT 10 http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/79/44/05/forum_10.jpg http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/feed/? http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/thoughts-important-stats-for-pet-tanking-t138.htm Kurasu Now before people get hopeful, this isn't going to have a lot of heavy numbers theorycrafting in it. I'm allergic to numbers, and clinically mathematically retarded. Due to this, my thoughts are from the point of view of 'This is what I see', and I welcome (in fact, practically beg) people who can either correct the views or add in real and heavy numbers. With 3.3 coming up fast, and the net buffs we are going to be getting for tanking, I figured I'd put down the usual measure of what I ... Tenacity Theorycraft Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:10:41 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/thoughts-important-stats-for-pet-tanking-t138.htm#1195 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/thoughts-important-stats-for-pet-tanking-t138.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/threat-aspect-t14.htm Doug
I would like to find out whether Thunderstomp scales with the Pet Spell power (which scales with hunter RAP) or Melee AP of the pet?

It would seem to me that Hawk is the correct aspect for tanking threat generation, am I correct in this?]]> Tenacity Theorycraft Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:20:49 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/threat-aspect-t14.htm#61 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/threat-aspect-t14.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/resilience-cap-t75.htm Durante So now that pets will be able to gain uncritability though resilience, its going to be important for us to know exactly how much resilience we need. The following are the amounts of resilience you need to be uncrittable against different level mobs. 2/2 Grace of the Mantis Mob LevelChance to be Crit Player Resilience Needed 80 1% 236 81 1.2% 283 82 1.4% 331 83 1.6% 378 1/2 Grace of the Mantis Mob LevelChance to be Crit Player Resilience Needed 80 3% 708 81 3.2% ... Tenacity Theorycraft Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:12:24 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/resilience-cap-t75.htm#669 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/resilience-cap-t75.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/the-ultimate-challenge-too-late-hehe-t137.htm Doug So I claimed to have done ALL the bosses in heroics, but I realised today that is not quite true: The missing one is the timed run boss in CoS, I would venture that that is the ultimate pre-3.3 pet tanking challenge! I therefore propose a Grande Challenge! First one to down him after MT'ing the whole instance gets a Ice-Cream sundae on the house. I'm sure Durante (being our most esteemed great leader) wouldn't mind coming up with the prize and sending it by ship . The most difficult ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:18:23 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/the-ultimate-challenge-too-late-hehe-t137.htm#1154 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/the-ultimate-challenge-too-late-hehe-t137.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/what-is-it-with-them-thar-shammies-or-random-scaling-musings-t129.htm Doug I have been running heroics somewhat more regularly of late and one thing I have noticed is that group composition with buffs makes a huge difference. This is fairly obvious of course, but what I have been noticing is that shammies do something that makes threat go through the roof. I was wondering if anyone has noticed this too, and whether anyone knows specifically what causes it. From what I can tell it is specifically enhance shammies, leading me to think that windfury may be at ... Tenacity Theorycraft Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:57:56 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/what-is-it-with-them-thar-shammies-or-random-scaling-musings-t129.htm#1110 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/what-is-it-with-them-thar-shammies-or-random-scaling-musings-t129.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-toc-with-the-apple-dumpling-gang-t131.htm Doug Not sure if this is a feat, but our little group managed to do H ToC today We were two pallies, two priests (Holy,Shadow) me and George the turtle. The skele's you see are from trying to do the first group, our first strat was to have me tanking the rogue and mage and the the pallies take down the Shammie... This didn't work, after five minutes he was still on 50%. Next time we did it with me tanking them all and interrupting with intimidate, but the mage got loose and killed ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:32:44 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-toc-with-the-apple-dumpling-gang-t131.htm#1124 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-toc-with-the-apple-dumpling-gang-t131.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/not-in-33-you-won-t-t134.htm Doug
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/12/21038229051-icecrown-citadel-raid-access-progression.html]]> General Discussion Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:28:52 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/not-in-33-you-won-t-t134.htm#1145 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/not-in-33-you-won-t-t134.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-ok-achivement-run-and-all-the-heroics-t135.htm Doug So i completed my mission to do all the heroics today with OK, and we made it into an achievement run. The first one was "Respect Your Elders" (*Edit*), this needed a bit of choreography to move him down to the next room (remember to clear) and up to the far stairs. DO NOT PULL HIM OUT OF THIS ROOM AS HE WILL ENRAGE. We found this out the hard way when we tried to have one pally kite him to the entrance. Otherwise it is fairly straightforward if you have someone who can OT the ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:44:49 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-ok-achivement-run-and-all-the-heroics-t135.htm#1147 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-ok-achivement-run-and-all-the-heroics-t135.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/tmnt-vs-h-uk-t136.htm bigfootzz After clearing H VH about 5 or 6 times I decided to try another instance that was always simple to tank on my druid. So UK here we come! Group Hunktank TMNT (Turtle) Ret pally Arcane Mage Ele Shaman Resto Druid The run started out nice and smooth no issues with trash at all leading up to the first boss. Having plenty of cc in the group we sheeped and hexed the 2 mobs on the right side of the boss room well focusing on the left side. Once those mobs were down we downed ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:08:16 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/tmnt-vs-h-uk-t136.htm#1149 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/tmnt-vs-h-uk-t136.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-hos-achievement-run-t133.htm Doug I know HoS is old news, but I did my first full run of this today, definitely one of the easier instances if you have a good group. The only thing special about this run was that we managed to do all three of the achievements first time, something helped not inconsiderably by the fact that the dps comprised 2xPally and 1xDK. The biggest difficulty was Abuse the Ooze, but I think we ended up killing many more oozes than required to be sure, unfortunately resulting in the death of my ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:47:19 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-hos-achievement-run-t133.htm#1136 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/h-hos-achievement-run-t133.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/tanking-in-icecrown-t126.htm Doug Any thoughts on the implications of this: For Icecrown Citadel, we are implementing a spell that will affect every enemy creature in the raid. The spell, called Chill of the Throne, will allow creatures to ignore 20% of the dodge chance of their melee targets. So if a raid's main tank had 30% dodge normally, in Icecrown Citadel they will effectively have 10%.? In the current implementation this will effectively reduce our dodge to zero. I am not quite sure what that means, but potentially ... General Discussion Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:48:51 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/tanking-in-icecrown-t126.htm#1078 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/tanking-in-icecrown-t126.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/cought-on-video-t132.htm bigfootzz


Theres my first crack at filming my H UK Run. My buddy Erhan (Mage) will be filming as Ill be Tankin lol.

Ed]]> General Discussion Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:27:31 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/cought-on-video-t132.htm#1130 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/cought-on-video-t132.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/future-of-bm-hunters-t130.htm Nordh Am I the only one getting very worried that we're so late into PTRs and we have yet to see an actual DPS buff to BM hunters? In the beginning I thought "Don't worry, it will come", but now I'm worried BM dps will remain low until at least the expansion (or the 4.0 patch just before it). I'm sick of playing Surv in raids. What happened to the pet scaling that was promised? I have yet to see any values, have I missed it? And every time I read something new about hunters and ... General Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:02:22 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/future-of-bm-hunters-t130.htm#1119 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/future-of-bm-hunters-t130.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/the-pets-f1/turtles-the-only-tanks-what-about-worms-t128.htm bigfootzz So whats the deal here almost all of us tank with turtles I know shel shield is fantastic but does that mean the other pets are worth less? I have worm that I love armor reducer is great and really seems to help down mobs faster. Now with my worm I went with a stam build went all the way down to get teh stam ap increaser with one point in SB. But the issue im havign is my worm still dies faster then my turtle would. What can I do to improve this or am I going to have to wait till they imp ... The Pets Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:36:58 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/the-pets-f1/turtles-the-only-tanks-what-about-worms-t128.htm#1098 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/the-pets-f1/turtles-the-only-tanks-what-about-worms-t128.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/4-man-h-up-t127.htm Doug Okay, so this wasn't exactly a feat but still amusing. So I get into a group for the daily H, but the tank keeps dc'ing, so I suggest we clear some trash while we wait. The dps shammy says: 'Go!', thinking most likely we will be kiting (and me thinking he was a healer, which he was not )... Long story short, we end up four manning the whole instance. Towards the end one of the guys says he has a guild tank who would like the daily, so we all run out to invite him and run back up, at ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:59:57 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/4-man-h-up-t127.htm#1094 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/4-man-h-up-t127.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/enchant-armsman-t38.htm Ihlos Does anyone know if the Armsman enchant http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44625#comments Increases pet threat too? At first I just assumed it wouldn't, but then I started thinking that technically the hunter wouldn't be getting 2% threat without the pet threat too, and I figured it was worth looking into. I should be able to test this by looking to see if the pets basic attacks do more threat than damage, with and without the enchant. Anyone know? Then of course we will need to see ... Tenacity Theorycraft Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:12:11 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/enchant-armsman-t38.htm#311 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/enchant-armsman-t38.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/tmnt-vs-h-vh-t123.htm bigfootzz So last night after talking to a few of my guidies that have been very intrested in the concept of a Hunter Tank and that fact that Im nuts they wanted to see what I could do. Group Make up Hunter Tank (BM) Turtle pet (TMNT) Frost mage Resto shaman Shadow priest Blood DK What really seemed to help is I had the mage nova all the multi groups of mods in place I sent my turtle into the center mob to build aggro on the entire group with thunderstomp and MD. Now I have a macro ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:16 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/tmnt-vs-h-vh-t123.htm#1051 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/tmnt-vs-h-vh-t123.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/a-new-build-t124.htm bigfootzz Ive been looking over my full BM spec and I think if I toy with it a bit I can get a bit more out heres the make up. What do you think? Level 80 Hunter (51/5/15) Beast Mastery (51 points) Improved Aspect of the Hawk - Rank 1/5 While Aspect of the Hawk or Dragonhawk is active, all normal ranged attacks have a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 3% for 12 sec. Endurance Training - Rank 5/5 Increases the health of your pet by 10% and your total health by 5%. Focused ... Tenacity Theorycraft Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:54:03 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/a-new-build-t124.htm#1060 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/a-new-build-t124.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/feat-h-dtk-t125.htm Doug I don't know if anyone else has done this and I didn't take a screenshot, but I just thought I would share my experience here. This was tricksy, I messed up the room before the first boss (I forgot to put George on passive for the LoS pull and proceeded to pull the whole room) and we wiped twice on Dred. Part of the problem on Dred was me using shell shield pre-emptively, saving it for the talons phase did the trick here. The Master's call/Distracting/Deterrence trick also works here ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:42:36 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/feat-h-dtk-t125.htm#1067 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/feat-h-dtk-t125.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/some-new-designs-t119.htm bigfootzz Hi guys its Bigfootzz aka Ed. Well, I've been working on my Huntank alot lately nothing new as of yet just gearing and reading all your posts (which I think is great!). Im sure most of you dont know but I have my own custom apparel site. PimpDuckApparel.com Ive come up with some designs I think you all may like...let me know what you think. General Discussion Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:37:45 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/some-new-designs-t119.htm#1012 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/some-new-designs-t119.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/main-tank-strategy-gundrak-heroic-t58.htm Kurasu No screenshots for this one. I was too distracted, which is certainly not an excuse, but... well, OK. It's an excuse and it's all I've got! Our heroic group lost its paladin tank, but managed to gain a druid. ... who wanted to go Boomkin. Well, I figure why not go tanking, and see how well it goes? It actually surprised me how well it went; the tanking for Gundrak is fairly straightforward. As always, make sure that you are the leader and that you can mark your pet's target. The groups ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Sat, 23 May 2009 16:11:59 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/main-tank-strategy-gundrak-heroic-t58.htm#517 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/main-tank-strategy-gundrak-heroic-t58.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/the-headless-horsmen-t121.htm eggomoo So after making my runs through Gar and Geddon still no luck today) I realized I hadn't use my horseman summons. So keeping my gear and my spec, I decided I'd see how I do trying to solo the headless horseman. Despite taking a bit long, I found I could get him to phase 3,(his head to about 30%, with it getting close call to Blastoise dying at a few points, but I just taunted horsemen off for a sec. I had my PVP trinket equipped for the extra AP and to remove confalg, but it didnt do much dmg ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:25 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/the-headless-horsmen-t121.htm#1031 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/the-headless-horsmen-t121.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/jarrhead-t122.htm Doug
I might be able to get my guild to give it a try on 10-normal (bleeding edge for us). Apparently most his damage is magic, but I was wondering if anyone knows how much his melee hits for on roughly 60% physical reduction?]]> Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:46:55 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/jarrhead-t122.htm#1042 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/jarrhead-t122.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/eyes-of-the-beast-macro-t120.htm Doug
/cast !eyes of the beast

This way you can refresh the effect endlessly as long as you have LoS. I'm not entirely sure if this changes anything about the usefulness of this spell, but I thought I'd mention it anyways.]]> Pet Tanking Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:53 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/eyes-of-the-beast-macro-t120.htm#1018 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/eyes-of-the-beast-macro-t120.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/zero-vs-heroic-violet-hold-t78.htm Ground-DH I finally got my new turtle to 80 (he is named after the damage he does....Zero) and was looking for a chance to try him on a heroic something or other. As luck would have it, my time lined up so I could do a dungeon about the same time as a group of guildies was trying to do a HVH run for the new 80s in the guild. I volunteered to tank (with the response of many jeers) and we headed off. Group makeup: Huntank Resto-druid Boomkin Arms/Fury warrior Rogue The rest of the crew ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:10:11 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/zero-vs-heroic-violet-hold-t78.htm#695 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/zero-vs-heroic-violet-hold-t78.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/chillmaw-t118.htm Ground-DH Well, it's probably not super unusual, but after soloing Chillmaw for a month or two, I finally succeeded in getting him alone with no other groups around (usually they dive in and help no matter if you are trying an experiment or not cause they want to get the next spawn faster). Anyway, in my BM tank setup (30k pet, 33k hunter) I was finally able to kill Chillmaw and the adds without getting my pet killed and without having to do the fight twice. Here's how it went down. 1. Misdirect ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:02:57 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/chillmaw-t118.htm#1007 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/chillmaw-t118.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/good-better-weapon-for-pet-tanking-t104.htm Kurasu Exactly what it says on the tin: for tanking, I use The Undeath Carrier for its absolutely ginormous stamina boost (+151 stamina). I've yet to find a weapon with a better stamina, aside from PVP and arena weapons, and frankly my skill with arena is... somewhat lacking. OK. It sucks. I've done all of three arena battles, lost every one of them, and decided it really wasn't for me. As a high-level raider, getting *into* places isn't too difficult, but can someone give me a suggestion ... Pet Tanking Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:05:20 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/good-better-weapon-for-pet-tanking-t104.htm#896 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/good-better-weapon-for-pet-tanking-t104.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/wrath-instances-i-solod-t100.htm dreamscaper New to forums so if this doesn't belong here delete it or whatever. Found forums when I decided to start tanking, but soloing is fun. UK - First boss. I just haven't been back to solo the other 2 bosses (this was such a long time ago. Nexus - Only the last boss was a challenge of constantly having to move your pet. AN - First and 3rd boss. 2nd boss if you FD it resets. Again, a very early solo that i jus need to go back to clean up. OK - Easy except 2nd boss requires ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:12:33 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/wrath-instances-i-solod-t100.htm#873 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/wrath-instances-i-solod-t100.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/forum-feedback-f6/update-to-main-website-t117.htm Kurasu I happened to look at the 'pre-raid' equipment list, and noticed that they haven't been updated in a very long time. With the Crusader's Seals, the Conquest Badges, ToC, and Wintergrasp marks (although I guess that's considered PVP gear), there is a *lot* of new equipment available for tanking hunters. Suggest that maybe you want to go through and give it a few updates, in particular with the Wintergrasp stuff since it's so easy to obtain comparatively. Plus, there's no mention made of ... Forum Feedback Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:09:15 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/forum-feedback-f6/update-to-main-website-t117.htm#1003 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/forum-feedback-f6/update-to-main-website-t117.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/hunter-hit-rating-t116.htm dreamscaper I can not find a clear answer to this, so maybe you guys know. I might be one of the few hunters who actually wants to know so maybe you can give me mobs to test hit ratings out on maybe? I assumed: 80 - 5% 81 - 5.5% 82 - 6% 83 - 8% This might be a throw back from level 70 hit stats. Someone posted a wiki saying: 80 - 5% 81 - 5.2% 82 - 5.4% 83 - 8% Which is right? I assume the 2nd one, so i'm thinking the reverse would be: 79 - 4.8% 78 - 4.6% 77 ... Tenacity Theorycraft Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:48:52 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/hunter-hit-rating-t116.htm#990 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/hunter-hit-rating-t116.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/hunter-tanking-spec-t112.htm nextone Hi, Can Hunter Tanks post their talent's tree/specs for 3.2.2 ? I tried a PvP Specs that works well with PvP/Frost/Pve mixed Gear. But I'm looking for a real good specs and have many questions ... - I have a Beast/MM spec but does Hunter vs Wild and Survivalist better ? - I have 2 T5 gear, 4 T9 Gear, Frost/PvP Gear what should be the best => 2 T5 good for heal but low stats and need good dps so less hp => 4 T9 should gives +600AP to pet but not really suitable for ... Pet Tanking Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:40:48 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/hunter-tanking-spec-t112.htm#966 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/hunter-tanking-spec-t112.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/game-changers-for-pet-tanking-in-330-t115.htm Kheldul The patch notes look very good for hunter pet tanking. They are patch notes so we won't get them all, but they look nice all the same. Call the pet you need for each encounter you face: Call Stabled Pet: Cooldown reduced from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. Don't stack as much Resilience just to have an un-critable pet: Pet Resilience: All player pets now get 100% of their master’s resilience. Avoid 90% of AoE instead of just 75%: Avoidance: This talent has been replaced by Culling ... Pet Tanking Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:10:00 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/game-changers-for-pet-tanking-in-330-t115.htm#988 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/game-changers-for-pet-tanking-in-330-t115.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/silverback-vs-spiked-collar-t114.htm Doug I did some more calculations for Silverback versus Spiked collar because it has been bothering me, could someone see if I made any glaring errors here? My calculations are as follows- The first bit is easy because SB gives 1.43 TPS per 1k health per point (10 health per 3.5 seconds*0.5 threat per point healed.) or 0.013 threat per second per point of stamina per point. 30k pet health yields ~85 TPS and 50K yields ~144TPS. (Roughly) *Edit* I forgot the healing modifiers, ... Tenacity Theorycraft Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:24:14 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/silverback-vs-spiked-collar-t114.htm#984 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/tenacity-theorycraft-f3/silverback-vs-spiked-collar-t114.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/another-challenge-tank-t109.htm Kurasu Anubarak, at 30%, begins to assault the whole raid with a Leeching Swarm. This affects everyone in the raid, and must be healed through to keep them from dying. This includes the tank, who must be spam-healed more than usual lest he get eaten alive by the swarm. Pets are immune to this aura. Discuss. He doesn't hit as hard as some of the brutal bosses hit-per-hit (at least not on 10-man), but those hard hits might be a bit too fast to make it a possibility. He has a three second ... Pet Tanking Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:11:18 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/another-challenge-tank-t109.htm#953 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/another-challenge-tank-t109.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/33-ptr-notes-md-super-change-t110.htm Bear behind From PTR notes for Patch 3.3 - A superb change to Misdirection Hunters Misdirection: Redesigned. Instead of having finite charges, it now begins a 4-second timer when the hunter using Misdirection performs a threat-generating attack, during which all threat generated by the hunter goes to the friendly target. In addition, multiple hunters can now misdirect threat to the same friendly target simultaneously. Pure win - More threat on single target - More burst with extra hunters ... General Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:16:21 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/33-ptr-notes-md-super-change-t110.htm#962 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/33-ptr-notes-md-super-change-t110.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/33-potential-avoidance-change-t113.htm Kurasu I didn't want to hijack the MD thread to mention this, but going t oMania's brought a big burst of hope. We know that the avoidance is being considered for 30/60/90%, but not work on PvP. Ghostcrawler posted, later on, the following: It is likely we will just replace the hunter pet Avoidance talent with one that increases pet dps. It is too situational to have as a talent now. Hunter pets will just take 90% less damage from creature AE the same as other pets do (meaning “for ... General Discussion Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:04:00 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/33-potential-avoidance-change-t113.htm#972 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/33-potential-avoidance-change-t113.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/inspirational-videos-t42.htm Kurasu I'm sick with the flu, and the European WoW is down for the newest patch. So I decided to wander over to YouTube and type in a few search terms, just to see what sort of inspirational videos I was able to come up with. Primarily, I looked for 'hunter' 'tank' 'pet' and 'warcraft', drifting to a few others from there. Please note: a lot of these are pre-WotLK, and some are even pre-BC. Even so, they make for some very interesting watching, if only to go 'Look at what we can do, Guys!' Please ... General Discussion Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:02:20 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/inspirational-videos-t42.htm#327 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/inspirational-videos-t42.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/322-some-good-news-at-least-d-t108.htm Bear behind Ok - so the BM/TBW nerf/buff thingy is not great for hunter tanks. But for those of us attempting heroics - Rejoice! Blizz has helpfully give us 3 new consumables (Runescroll of fortitude, Drums of forgotten kings and Drums of the Wild) which give raidwide GF, BOK and GOTW buffs respectively. So even a 5m HC (or Solo ) can benifit from the major buffs a 10/25man raid would probably have even without a Priest, Pally or Druid in it. Note - These dont apply to pets tho so it's all ... General Discussion Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:59:01 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/322-some-good-news-at-least-d-t108.htm#946 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/322-some-good-news-at-least-d-t108.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/md-on-ptr-t111.htm Doug Misdirection: Redesigned. Instead of having finite charges, it now begins a 4-second timer when the hunter using Misdirection performs a threat-generating attack, during which all threat generated by the hunter goes to the friendly target. In addition, multiple hunters can now misdirect threat to the same friendly target simultaneously. Beast Mastery I am still in process of figuring out how this might work for threat, but the very idea is exciting. As far as I can tell this is a large ... Pet Tanking Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:30:45 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/md-on-ptr-t111.htm#964 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/md-on-ptr-t111.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/duo-advice-needed-please-t101.htm Frojax Hello all, I'm an old Hunter, returning to the fold after a long time. I was a Hunter Pre-BC and it taught me how to play the game, but at the time, Hunters weren't exactly welcomed in groups back then on the EU servers. I ended up multiboxing 5 shaman and played that way for the longest time. Now I am playing on the US servers and have managed to get my wife interested. She wants to roll a Hunter and I have decided to roll one along with her. The advice I need is on builds, I love the idea ... General Discussion Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:00:52 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/duo-advice-needed-please-t101.htm#876 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/duo-advice-needed-please-t101.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/322-is-coming-t107.htm Nordh New BW is coming with it. A very small buff to PvE dps. But since BM's main dps stat is ArP, and that will be nerfed by 12% I think BM is biting the sour apple for yet a while more. I was really hoping we'd get at least a bit more dps before 3.3, but obviously not. General Discussion Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:39:57 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/322-is-coming-t107.htm#941 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/322-is-coming-t107.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/new-1-tanking-trinkets-t105.htm Kurasu Limited time only: Corin Direbrew's new trinkets have been updated for level 80 content. Including the two stamina mugs: Bitter Balebrew Charm BoP Unique Trinket +170 Stamina Requires Level 80 Item Level 200 Use: Right click to summon the Black Brewmaiden, who will smite your fores with your empty tankards. Wave at her for Brewfest Brew! (10 min cooldown) Bubbling Balebrew Charm BoP Unique Trinket +170 Stamina Requires Level 80 Item Level 200 Use: Right click ... General Discussion Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:20:37 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/new-1-tanking-trinkets-t105.htm#932 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/new-1-tanking-trinkets-t105.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/a-second-taunt-t106.htm Doug I managed to successfully clear UP yesterday with the help of a friendly group (my first full run of a heroic ) and was fiddling around with some threat builds based on the experience. I wanted to try out a build that takes either 2/3 Spiked collar or 2/2 Silverback. Now the obvious way to do that is either dropping taunt or charge, but I don't feel entirely comfortable with losing the taunt and charge is useful to have available. So I devised a cunning plan with the following macro: /petattack /cast ... General Discussion Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:09:02 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/a-second-taunt-t106.htm#936 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/a-second-taunt-t106.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/the-data-mined-big-red-nerf-t103.htm Doug If you haven't heard the uproar yet... TBW reduced to 10 secs with a 10% passive damage boost added to the hunter in the latest data-mined patch notes. This follows directly from the success of BM/Enh Beastcleave in the recent tourney (i.e. they countercomped RMP). My reasoning says this is a very slight dps buff to BM in PvE raiding. A substantial nerf to threat generation for tanking. A huge blowout, remove from the face of the planet, zomg, obliteration of BM as a PvP ... General Discussion Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:30:56 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/the-data-mined-big-red-nerf-t103.htm#881 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/the-data-mined-big-red-nerf-t103.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/tenacity-above-all-t102.htm Nordh ]]> General Discussion Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:16:49 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/tenacity-above-all-t102.htm#879 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/tenacity-above-all-t102.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/feat-hodir-25-mt-t94.htm Durante Thursday night Bubbles successfully tanked Hodir 25. It took two attempts, the first one being an aborted attempt a couple minutes before the enrage timer once it was clear Bubbles wasn't generating enough threat to beat the enrage. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAHzzU2RmPQ Download: http://www.filefront.com/14426367/Bubbles-Does-Hodir.wmv/ For the first attempt, I had planned on 2-3 rogues being in the raid and had brought Glyphs of Tricks of the Trade for them to use during ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:35:24 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/feat-hodir-25-mt-t94.htm#822 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/feat-hodir-25-mt-t94.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/how-can-i-determine-my-pets-avoidence-t99.htm xTheDron Topic, I dont know what it is. Pet Tanking Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:15:33 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/how-can-i-determine-my-pets-avoidence-t99.htm#862 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-tanking-f4/how-can-i-determine-my-pets-avoidence-t99.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/heroic-nexus-t98.htm Kairu Group composition: Myself + Panda (Bear) - Tank Paladin - Healer Priest - DPS Hunter - DPS Death Knight - DPS Buffs: Fortitude Kings Fish Feast Spiced Mammoth Treats Devotion Aura Panda had 32.9k health, I had just about the same. The Run: Had no issues with trash at all, everything went swimmingly up to Commander Kolurg. My paladin healer is normally a tank, so his healing set isn't all that, and he was a tad bit rusty in the healing department...so ... Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:34:29 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/heroic-nexus-t98.htm#857 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/heroic-nexus-t98.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/heroic-utgarde-keep-boring-t97.htm Ground-DH Yup, boring. We mowed the place. The most exciting moment in the entire run was when the cat-druid who normally plays his MT pally dived in and pulled the first group up on the balcony on the way to the final boss. Nothing to see here, but I thought I'd report it at least. Hunter health: 31k Turtle health: 30k Ho hum. Ground PS: At least I found a healer that likes to run with me due to the challenges of keeping the pet up. Pet Feats and Walkthroughs Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:45:38 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/heroic-utgarde-keep-boring-t97.htm#854 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/pet-feats-and-walkthroughs-f7/heroic-utgarde-keep-boring-t97.htm http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/depth-focus-testing-not-the-mana-replacement-t96.htm Nordh Just did a test of using depth focus in footage made with WoW Machinima Tool. Just wanted to show it off and perhaps spread some ideas on what can be done in the movie department if people are interested in such things. This is merged footage from my own private server (don't use WoWMT on public servers ), taken in two passes, one colour pass, and one with a modified depth black and white pass. Mulgore Focus General Discussion Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:51:48 GMT http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/depth-focus-testing-not-the-mana-replacement-t96.htm#851 http://bigredrhino.forumotion.com/general-discussion-f5/depth-focus-testing-not-the-mana-replacement-t96.htm