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Not as much of a huntard as I thought...
Sep. 25th, 2008 07:34 amfrom WoWWiki:
You should set your pet on passive or defensive mode (pets have been known to respond to the presence of World Dragons when in defensive as if on aggressive) as well as disabling autocast for Growl and any other AoE abilities to be secure.
...Heh. I've been doing this all along, anyway (I leave my cats on defensive mode), because I don't like it when my kitty dashes off on random tangents when I'm trying to run through a field of aggressive MOBs without getting into too many fights.
I tried 'aggressive' last night with Shidhe's cat. Got about three MOBs pulled on me at once because she went after the one in the middle, and in two other instances, I'd managed to get past a few MOBs without aggro...and then she pulled the aggro for me and I had to go back for her. It's really annoying to be over the hill and already engaged when you realize your pet stayed behind to beat up on a different MOB and might be getting surrounded (and you're not exactly sure where she is, either).
That would be my advice to anyone trying to teach a hunter how not to pull MOBs--run 'em through a thick patch of the buggers (Objective being to get from point 'a' to point 'b' with as few fights as possible), with their pet's aggro on and then off. Granted, there's a pause before your pet will attack a MOB attacking you if it's in defensive unless you're right on top of the MOB, or it swipes first, but I actually think that's better anyway, because it gives you a chance to decide if you can concentrate on the one in front of you, or if you need to shoot another one that's coming up and then let your pet handle that one while you deal with the first one. (Obviously, I'll need to learn a whole different tactic style if I play in a group, which is why I'm reading so much).
You should set your pet on passive or defensive mode (pets have been known to respond to the presence of World Dragons when in defensive as if on aggressive) as well as disabling autocast for Growl and any other AoE abilities to be secure.
...Heh. I've been doing this all along, anyway (I leave my cats on defensive mode), because I don't like it when my kitty dashes off on random tangents when I'm trying to run through a field of aggressive MOBs without getting into too many fights.
I tried 'aggressive' last night with Shidhe's cat. Got about three MOBs pulled on me at once because she went after the one in the middle, and in two other instances, I'd managed to get past a few MOBs without aggro...and then she pulled the aggro for me and I had to go back for her. It's really annoying to be over the hill and already engaged when you realize your pet stayed behind to beat up on a different MOB and might be getting surrounded (and you're not exactly sure where she is, either).
That would be my advice to anyone trying to teach a hunter how not to pull MOBs--run 'em through a thick patch of the buggers (Objective being to get from point 'a' to point 'b' with as few fights as possible), with their pet's aggro on and then off. Granted, there's a pause before your pet will attack a MOB attacking you if it's in defensive unless you're right on top of the MOB, or it swipes first, but I actually think that's better anyway, because it gives you a chance to decide if you can concentrate on the one in front of you, or if you need to shoot another one that's coming up and then let your pet handle that one while you deal with the first one. (Obviously, I'll need to learn a whole different tactic style if I play in a group, which is why I'm reading so much).
