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popman98:
I'm a level 56 tauren hunter, should I get a pet that can tank for me or one that does good dps?
Sony:
--- Quote from: popman98 on November 22, 2011, 10:29:20 AM ---I'm a level 56 tauren hunter, should I get a pet that can tank for me or one that does good dps?
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Depends on your spec
Headcrab Zombie:
--- Quote from: popman98 on November 22, 2011, 10:29:20 AM ---I'm a level 56 tauren hunter, should I get a pet that can tank for me or one that does good dps?
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Get both and switch betweeen them depending on what you're doing.
My hunter has a bear for tanking, a spider for pvp, and for PVE I use either a cat or a wolf depending on what buff the group needs. I should probably get another that has a different buff
Honestly though when I was leveling my hunter I found tanking pet a waste, they couldn't do stuff to hold aggro off of me until I got misdirect (and glyphed it) and everything died before it even got close to hitting me, so I'd much rather use a cat/wolf to get a good DPS buff. The only time I used my bear was in wrath instances when the tank was horrible and we used my bear as the tank and I spammed glyphed misdirect.
aludane:
--- Quote from: Headcrab Zombie on November 22, 2011, 11:52:38 AM ---Get both and switch betweeen them depending on what you're doing.
My hunter has a bear for tanking, a spider for pvp, and for PVE I use either a cat or a wolf depending on what buff the group needs. I should probably get another that has a different buff
Honestly though when I was leveling my hunter I found tanking pet a waste, they couldn't do stuff to hold aggro off of me until I got misdirect (and glyphed it) and everything died before it even got close to hitting me, so I'd much rather use a cat/wolf to get a good DPS buff. The only time I used my bear was in wrath instances when the tank was horrible and we used my bear as the tank and I spammed glyphed misdirect.
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I still do that in Cata because the tanks are stuff.
Headcrab Zombie:
--- Quote from: aludane on November 22, 2011, 12:25:48 PM ---I still do that in Cata because the tanks are stuff.
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How well does that work? I only see it doable for a few normal bosses.
But yeah, the first time I did it, it was because the first thing the tank did when he joined is say "Kick me. I'm not going to do anything or leave so kick me" but no one could kick him so I just had my pet tank. After that, seeing how well it worked, my friend and I starting queuing up to do it like that - resto druid queued as tank, shadow priest queued as heals, and I queued as DPS of course, and it worked far better than most of the tanks we got before.