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by Brian Wood 
Aug 23rd 2010 at 4:00PM
Welcome to Scattered Shots, written by Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union and the Hunting Party Podcast. Each week, Frostheim uses logic and science (mixed with a few mugs of dwarven stout) to look deep into the hunter class. Got hunter questions? Feel free to email Frostheim.
While the pet design pass has not yet been done for hunters in the beta, we do have a handful of new pets in the game, as well as new skins for old pet families. Also, our fox pet is no longer in the wolf family -- it's in the new fox family now! Monkeys also get their own family.
This video will give you a look at a handful of the more impressive new pet skins in the beta. If you want a complete list of changes, Mania is keeping up to date with every pet change over at Petopia. Be sure to watch to the end of the video -- the most impressive pet ever is saved for last!
[Update: in the last beta build (after this video was made) that last pet was indeed fixed.]
Scattered Shots is dedicated to helping you learn everything it takes to be a hunter. See the Scattered Shots Resource Guide for a full listing of vital and entertaining hunter guides, including how to improve your heroic DPS, understand the impact of skill vs. gear, and getting started with Beast Mastery 101 and Marksman 101.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
wutsconflag Aug 23rd 2010 4:14PM
That "new" bear model looks like the diseased bears from Felwood and Western Plaguelands.
dgstone18 Aug 23rd 2010 4:16PM
Yes but this bear comes with pus oozing from it's butt....Thats new...Right?
Tori Aug 23rd 2010 4:29PM
It's actually a new colouration of the diseased bear model, though it's not an obvious one. Before we had Black, Brownish-Red, and then White (in Northrend). This one is almost a gray colour. It's hard to tell unless you compare all of them side-by-side, but it *is* a brand new skin. :)
foxish.sunrise Aug 23rd 2010 7:49PM
Heck, there's a level 16 version in the Draenei starting zone - my space goat ran with that cuddly guy until Tanaris. :P
Craig Aug 23rd 2010 4:16PM
Last pet = crucial!
Poo throwing eh not a fan....sounds good for like a level then just gross after
Gonna stick with my polar bear pus bursting bear is nasty ewww
Models in general look sharp especially the carrion and serpent
Grovinofdarkhour Aug 23rd 2010 4:15PM
For a moment I thought Blizzard really loved us hunters and wanted us ALL running around with tamed Ancient Silithid Bosses! Damn them.
T Aug 23rd 2010 4:22PM
That poo-flinging monkey is going to be the must-have pet for all the male, night elf hunters out there.
Grovinofdarkhour Aug 23rd 2010 4:33PM
As a male night elf hunter, I can honestly say that I have no idea what you're
**SPLAT!**
Dammit George, I was trying to talk to that guy.
Tirrimas Aug 23rd 2010 11:12PM
All they'd need is yellow tier gear, complete with a monstrous yellow hat.
Doom Aug 23rd 2010 4:23PM
Am I the only person who thinks the Fox should've been a Cunning pet instead of Ferocity?
Telwar Aug 23rd 2010 8:30PM
Yes.
squig_masta Aug 23rd 2010 11:21PM
No
Oni Stardust Aug 24th 2010 4:20AM
Maybe.
Delloga Aug 24th 2010 7:45AM
I don't know.
Marcosius Aug 24th 2010 9:13AM
Can you repeat the question?
Aaron Aug 24th 2010 10:30AM
You are not the boss of me now.
Eternauta Aug 24th 2010 11:01AM
I agree.
Ikarus Aug 24th 2010 3:58PM
Perhaps?
feniks9174 Aug 23rd 2010 4:32PM
Can someone spoil the end of the video for me? I'm at work and not really in a position to be watching videos.
Grovinofdarkhour Aug 23rd 2010 4:35PM
See my post above.