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Zeilla8 on the MMO Champion forums has found a way to tame those Oil Stained Wolves in BT while also keeping the oil stained color. Unfortunately these can only be tamed as allies or with the help of an allie friend. This is also in live so it can be done immediately!

Here is the video she posted

This is all from the MMO Champion Hunter Forums found here

So go out and catch your oil stained wolf allies.

Hyolith

Bombardment

When you critically hit with your Multi-Shot your next Multi-Shot’s focus cost will be reduced by 25/50%.

(WowTal)

Serpent Spread

Targets hit by your Multi-Shot are also inflicted by your Serpent Sting equal to 30/60% of its total duration.

(WoWTal)

First off is a BM PvE build (first 31 points)

I believe this will be pretty much the standard BM PvE build. It incorporates all the DPS talents will also including a little survivability with Spirit Bond. It can easily be changed around to get Improved Mend Pet if your pet has a problem surviving. This still gives 10 point to put into the other trees.

The MM PvE build (first 31 points)

This will probably be the basic cookie cutter build for the first 31 points in a MM build. If Cataclysm goes back to the roots of CC then you will see end game builds with points in Silencing Shot and Concussive Barrage. Resistance is Futile could be a good talent if it has a chance to proc anytime the target simply moves. If anyone has any information on that, that would be great. Unless a lot of adds spawn on end game raid bosses I don’t see Rapid Killing being all that useful. The 4 talents that has not been chosen are all situational.

The SV PvE build (first 31 points)

This seems like a really solid foundation for a SV build. The only problem I’m seeing in these first 32 points are Hunter vs. Wild and Point of No Escape. Since Hunter vs. Wild has been changed around and does not increase AP for stamina, that makes Hunter vs. Wild a survivability talent with no dps increase. Point of No Escape would be good in conjunction with Trap Launcher to throw out a frost trap and receive the crit increase, but frost trap offers no dps increase and you would be wasting a GCD and 30 focus. So if the 6% increase in crit outweighs the cost of trap launcher and the GCD then it will be worth it.

I’ve only taken a look at the first 31 point builds. With the exception of SV which I used 32. These are all pretty solid starts to each of these talent trees. The final 9-10 points will of course most likely be spread across the other trees.

Some excellent talents that should be grabbed after finishing a tree would be:

BM: Improved Kill Command, One With Nature
MM: Efficiency
SV: Improved Tracking, Improved Serpent Sting

I hope this gives a little bit of an insight on the new talent trees and some builds in Cataclysm.

Hyolith

The position in the beginning will be for a “contributor” meaning that you can write articles that will have to be approved by me before being published. Eventually being able to move up to author and be able to publish your own articles. This is just something to do for fun with no incentives right now.

I would prefer someone with the cataclysm beta to write articles about the progress of hunters in beta. If you are interested in this position please leave a comment with a little info about your knowledge of hunters and if you have been invited to the beta or not and I will get back to you.

Or please email me at whiteguy492@hotmail.com

Thanks for anyone interested

I’m sure most of us all recognize this legendary item. The hunter item of all hunter items from “The Burning Crusade.” If you are new and don’t recognize this item, this is the legendary bow from Kil’jaeden in Sunwell Plateau. While I never had the chance to play this raid at level 70, I started about 2 months before the release of “Wrath of the Lich King.” I did have the opportunity of running SWP right when I hit 80. I was excited because this was my first raid ever in WoW and was dying to have this bow in my inventory. Since this was a pug raid we struggled on a few bosses but eventually got it done and arrived at Kil’jaeden.

Excited and hoping to replace my green bow we start the fight. Dead, we finish him off in one attempt and lo and behold. The bow of all bows from BC drops. Hunters rejoice, rogues and warriors get all uppity hoping it might be a free roll for them. Luckily the raid leader was nice enough to make it a hunter roll only. Three hunters total, including me…we roll, first ones a 10, sweet, I still have a chance. I roll, 43, not the best but one more left, 54…Ouch! I was very disappointed that I did not win this amazing item.

So, my first time ever to experience SWP the legendary bow drops. I unfortunately did not win, but it was a fun experience none the less. So, in conclusion, hunters look back and think about the memories of SWP and possibly setting your eyes upon this masterpiece. With the new expansion comes new opportunities and better weapons but we can all look back and remember the old days.

1. Use an authenticator! Here for users in the US, and here for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America.

This little device that only costs $6.50 can save you a whole lot of hassle if anyone attempts to compromise your account. The authenticator adds an extra level of protection to your account by forcing the user to enter a 6 digit number into their account upon log in to either the game, battle.net, or the official forum boards. The numbers generated are specific to the S/N associated with that authenticator. The numbers are also timed and will change approximately one minute after being generated.

2. Be careful of what sites you visit. As some people have said, “if it’s too good to be true, then you probably shouldn’t do it.” Most scammers get people by telling them they can earn an awesome item if they just click and enter their information. Pretty much the only way an item or reward would be given out through blizzard or anyone else would be from a contest. If you are not being directed to a offical blizzard website or a forum board that you know and trust, chances are you will be scammed. Plus, Blizzard nor will forum boards ever ask for your WoW account information.

3. Watch out for scam emails. A lot of scam emails will tell you that something is wrong with your account and that to need to visit some website to verify everything is ok. NEVER click on any link, or give anyone your information without first checking it’s authenticity. First, Blizzard will never ask for your information, if they ask you for your account information that’s a dead give away that it’s fake. Second, check to make sure they links are sending you to where they say they are. If you hover over the link it should tell you the location it will send you, unless the scammer has masked the link info. Finally, if you have any doubt, call customer support. If there is in fact anything wrong with your account they will be able to tell you.

4. Look into protection your computer with anti-virus software such as, Avast!, AVG Free, and more. You can also get some free software that will scan your computer for any harmful components such as Malware Bytes, Ad-Aware, and more. Running these programs can greatly decrease your risk of having unwanted programs and files being installed onto your computer.

With these tips and software I hope you are able to secure your account and your computer to provide for more worry free play.

These tools are extremely useful when trying to determine your DPS. They allow you to import your gear and talents from the offical armory. You can change your gear around if you think another piece might be better to check what it does to your DPS along with being able to change gems and enchants. This is very useful if you decide to go from AGI to ArP. You can also physically change your rotation around to determine the best possible rotation.

Here is an excellent guide on how to get started using FemaleDwarf.

And here is an excellent guide for using Shandara’s Spreadsheet.

The All-in-One Pet

This is a very simple macro to use and can be altered anyway you would like. The tooltip shows Call Pet, at least for me, but you could add Mend Pet or whatever you like to see. If your pet is dead and you are in combat it will cast Heart of the Phoenix. If your pet is dead and not targetable you will need to hold down a modifier, in this case ctrl and it will revive your pet. If it not out and alive it will call it, if it is targetable and dead then it will cast Revive Pet, lastly it will Mend Pet if it’s alive and out the reset is at 15 so that you’re not wasting mana overlapping mends.

Aspect Switching

I find this misdirection very simple and easy to follow and prevents people from having to go into /m and altering a tanks name every time they need to MD. Simple to use, click your target and hold the modifier and click, this will set focus to your target and cast MD onto them. If you don’t hold the modifier it will cast MD onto your pet.

Hunter Buffs

I know some people will do this a lot differently than I have right now, wanting to save their Readiness and such for a specific time like BL or Heroism. This is for a troll hunter but could remove the /cast berserking and leave Rapid Fire and Readiness. Trinkets are added to the end with the /use 13, and /use 14 line respectively. This sort of “all out” macro can easily be adjusted to the persons tastes to maximize cooldowns.

Hunter’s Mark

This was supposed to be an auto tracking Hunter’s Mark macro. It works perfectly in a solo situation but I can not seem to get it to work while in a raid. You don’t need to specifically track the target to get the bonus damage anymore, but sometimes it helps to track what you want to be killing. If you are in a solo situation you can add /petattack at the end so when you cast hunter’s mark your pet will be on his way.

Steady Shot

This is a steady shot macro with silencing shot in it. You can macro silencing shot into any of your shots to make sure whenever it’s off cooldown that it will be used right away. Since silencing shot is not on the GCD it will be shot and you will also begin to cast Steady Shot. Also if your pet is alive and has a target it will use Kill Command. Some people like to save Kill Command I always just go ahead and use it when it comes up. When Cataclysm comes out you won’t want to macro silencing shot to anything anymore, it won’t do any damage anymore and will strictly be situational.

This weeks winner is:

The Grey Bone Spider! They can be found in game under the name of Carrion Fleshstripper and Necrotic Webspinner from Icecrown and the Rare Elite Terror Spinner found in Zul’Drak.

Spiders are a very popular pet for those in pvp with their web ability and if you are like me you like to have a good looking pet by your side to help defeat your foes. Simply put the grey bone spider is a menacing looking creature and something I wouldn’t want to find in my house either!