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Stupid tip is stupid. There's a bug involved with pets that causes them to randomly attack mobs you weren't in combat with even when your pet isn't in aggressive.

 

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If I had a gold for every time I saw a hunter tip from someone who obviously doesn't play a hunter...

 

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/cue Cawlin's sig

 

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I can't believe I'm QFTing you both here!

 

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Yeah but it's still true. I know plenty of people who don't dismiss their pets, drop down and then have the pet run the long way and pull a ton of agro. BRC lately anyone?


And yes there is a bug if a pet does an AE and it hits critters it will go kill every single critter on it's threat table regardless and doubtless agro more fun mobs to play with.


Sheeesh...Is it s stupid tip because it shouldn't have to be made or is it a stupid tip because you don't think anyone who has a pet is clueless?


And frankly forget hunters, I've had more issues with warlocks lately.

 

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It's a good tip with regards to basic operating procedure for pet classes (whose pets can't stealth anyway) but the way the tip is worded is "if I had a gold piece for every Warlock and Hunter who left his pet on "Aggressive" or don't notice it run off and aggro everything when we jump down a shortcut...I'd have a lot of gold pieces." and "Keep an eye on them and make sure they're not running wild. All too often a pet on the loose means death for the group." These editorials imply that hunters are the root cause of a lot of group wipes because they're too stupid to manage their pets, when in fact there are a raft of random, intermittent and completely frustrating bugs with pet pathing and aggro/attack mechanics. Trust the hunter players when we tell you that nobody is more frustrated than we hunters about the bugs, especially when all it takes is a moment's distraction and it's OMG HUNTARD WIPED GRP BYE.

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[edit] OMG quoting bot formatting is a PITA.

 

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Sometimes the pet comes down ledges and sometimes it doesn't. FOrtunately it behaves the same in a particular location. but the first time you go into an instance. like BRC and get to that ledge. it's barely a jump. it's more of a hill down rocks. That particular place the pet paths around the long way.

Frankly at this point you've run the instances yourself it's partially everyone's fault now-+. remind all pet users to dismiss the pets there instead of waiting to see what you know will happen.

I do solves a lot of issues.

One thing about the first time i was in BRC... pet pathed all the way around. and nothing agroed it. no idea if it is that way all the time because once i learned that spot i dismiss pet afterwards.

 

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Hunters run around with their pets on Aggressive now?

At most I use it in PvP, never once have I seen it necessary to have it in Aggro mode in PvE.

We shouldn't have to summon/dismiss the thing over and over to avoid it taking the 'long route'. If I'm forced to dismiss it, at least let me do so without LOS on it or make dismissal instant cast. That alone would go a long way to avoid the random pet pathing in certain areas.

 

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