WoW Insider http://wow.joystiq.com WoW Insider http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogobig.gif WoW Insider http://wow.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2015 AOL, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. View our terms of service here: http://legal.aol.com/terms-of-service/full-terms/ Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Trust me]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/02/06/bigredkitty-we-lie-even-when-we-speak-the-truth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/02/06/bigredkitty-we-lie-even-when-we-speak-the-truth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/02/06/bigredkitty-we-lie-even-when-we-speak-the-truth/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

The announcements for Hunter-changes in 3.1 was published, but it's all rubbish and lies. Don't believe it! Seriously, who are you going to trust: Blizzard or BigRedKitty?

The BRK Department of Secrets, Lies, Inane Babble, and Outrageous Shenanigans are doing the voodoo that they do so well. While Blizzard is busy filling your head with deceit and false hope, we're going to give it to you straight.

We all know that Blizz has lately just been rolling a d20 for our class's specs and talents; it's either that or they're playing quarters and winning extremely frequently. But according to our spies, things are looking up! New talent points, reworked hunter-pets, and some general developer-love are on tap for us all.

BM-nerf got ya down? Explosive Shot tweaking freaking you out? Non-consumable ammo just not hitting your sweet-spot? That's OK, we've got the prescription!

For your reading pleasure, we present the totally true, honest to Elune, no way we'd make 'em up, Hunter Changes for 3.1.

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]]> 3.1bigredkittyhumorhunterhunter-petstalents (Daniel Howell) Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Power Auras]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/02/01/bigredkitty-power-auras/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/02/01/bigredkitty-power-auras/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/02/01/bigredkitty-power-auras/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Since BRK Worldwide Amalgamated switched to Survivalist with the massive Beastmaster Hunter Nerf of 2009, we've started using a new addon called Power Auras. It puts pretty pictures on our GUI when conditions the user sets are met.

Although the movie covers a great deal about the addon, something we didn't mention was the fact that one can export and import codes for any aura one creates. On the continued page, you'll find the codes for all seven auras we demonstrate in the movie.

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]]> addonsbigredkittyhuntermoviestraining-dummy (Daniel Howell) Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BRK's top ten weird things my WoW client is doing after 3.0.8.9506 installed]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/brks-top-ten-weird-things-my-wow-client-is-doing-after-3-0-8-95/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/brks-top-ten-weird-things-my-wow-client-is-doing-after-3-0-8-95/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/brks-top-ten-weird-things-my-wow-client-is-doing-after-3-0-8-95/#comments
10. Blizz has given up on gold-ads and just made the Launcher scan my hard drive for credit card information, charge me $10, then I receive 5000 gold in an in-game email.

9. The Frogger gauntlet in Naxx has been moved to west-door of Ogrimmar. Alliance raids going for Thrall shall be forced to go through the front door.

8. The daily quest to steal 12 puppies for the walruses has been modified. We now have to hand out 12 packages of contraception to the Wolvar.

7. The hunter Beastmastery tree has a new talent, "Shutdah3llup", which adjusts all damage-meter addons so that the BM hunter's numbers are always 150DPS higher than anybody else's.

6. Warlocks get a new spell, "Invite2RaidPlz" which allows any warlock to transform into an Arcane-spec'd mage for five minutes

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]]> bigredkittypatch-3.0.8top-ten-list (Daniel Howell) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Trap-Dancing]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/24/bigredkitty-trap-dancing/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/24/bigredkitty-trap-dancing/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/24/bigredkitty-trap-dancing/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Patch 3.0.8. has introduced a new term to many hunters: Trap Dancing. A mainstay of the en-vogue 2/18/51 Survivalist hunter, the concept is to keep your enemy engulfed in an Immolation Trap to provide 100% chance that Lock and Load will proc, after which the SV hunter will reap mondo-benefits. The trick is: how to stay in melee-range to trap while continuing to fire from range. This movie will give you the basics of how this is accomplished.

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]]> bigredkittyhuntermoviessurvivalisttraptrap-dancing (Daniel Howell) Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Crocolisks?]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/08/bigredkitty-crocolisks/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/08/bigredkitty-crocolisks/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/01/08/bigredkitty-crocolisks/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

The Oracles have some nice stuff for hunters, the least of which is a pretty trinket, the Oracle Talisman of Ablution. But there's more to the Oralces than loot and a cool hipster named Lafoo. (Don't mention Moodle to us; he's a cad and very ungentlemanly.)

You are invited to download the full-sized version (82MB) of this movie here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

Nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittycrocoliskhunterhunter-petsmoviesoraclessholazar-basin (Daniel Howell) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Hunter-loot awards for 2008]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/31/bigredkitty-hunter-loot-awards-for-2008/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/31/bigredkitty-hunter-loot-awards-for-2008/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/31/bigredkitty-hunter-loot-awards-for-2008/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

2008 was the first year of "no Azeroth-raiding". No Molten Core, no Blackwing Lair, just Karazhan and beyond. Then Wrath of the Lich King came and gave us, not necessarily a new universe like Burning Crusade did, but an expanded and enhanced version of that which we all already knew.

And the hunter-loot flowed.

Say it with a very long O. Flooooowed.

By definition, Hunter-loot is just about everything in the game, except maces and plate armor. And sometimes we'll try to ninja that stuff too, just out of ignorance/spite/revenge/insanity. But no matter how you look at it, Zin'rokh the Destroyer of Worlds and Axe of the Gronn Lords aren't in this hunter-loot wheel-house discussion, if you catch what we mean.

Please join us in a rundown of the best pieces of honest-to-Elune hunter-loot of 2008. The loot doesn't need to be epic or powerful to make the list, but it does have to have some Significance.

What defines Significance? For our purpose, we're going to define it as: How much the gear affected our -- i.e, all hunters' -- lives. For example, very few hunters obtained the legendary bow from Sunwell, but that thing affected us all, didn't it.

So let the arguing and scoffing commence; here's the BigRedKitty awards for 2008 Hunter-loot.

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]]> awardsbigredkittyendofyear-2008gearhunteryear in reviewYearInReview (Daniel Howell) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Hunter-loot awards for 2008 Part II]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/31/bigredkitty-hunter-loot-awards-for-2008-part-ii/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/31/bigredkitty-hunter-loot-awards-for-2008-part-ii/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/31/bigredkitty-hunter-loot-awards-for-2008-part-ii/#comments Continue reading BigRedKitty: Hunter-loot awards for 2008 Part II

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]]> (Daniel Howell) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Armor penetration stinks]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/27/bigredkitty-armor-penetration-stinks/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/27/bigredkitty-armor-penetration-stinks/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/27/bigredkitty-armor-penetration-stinks/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

"Dude, I've got two almost identical pieces of chest-armor, one has more Crit and one has more Armor Penetration. Which of these should I equip: the Gilded Ringmail Hauberk or the Razorstrike Breastplate?"

"Dude, you need the Armor Pen! Grab the Hauberk, the Armor Pen-chest!"

"Seriously, you think Arm Pen is good?'

"Dude! It's so sweet! It reduces the enemy's armor so it totally ramps-up your DPS!"

"Sweet! I'm totally down with the Hauberk."

/vendor Breastplate

This is what it sounds like, when Hunters cry.

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]]> armor penetrationArmorPenetrationbigredkittyhunterstatssunder-armorwarrior (Daniel Howell) Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: It's hunter-pinata time!]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/bigredkitty-its-hunter-pinata-time/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/bigredkitty-its-hunter-pinata-time/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/bigredkitty-its-hunter-pinata-time/#comments
"Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Hunter Nerf-Bat Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure lesser-class-ideology. Where each squishie may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of DPS-Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on Azeroth. We are one class, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion."

"We shall prevail!"

We are so totally not slapping on a pair of red short-shorts and tossing a sledgehammer through your screen; everyone knows hunters can't equip maces. /pfft

And now, let's talk about what could be coming to hunters on the next public test realm as if we're not hopped up on Captain Crunch and a triple raspberry latte.

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]]> bigredkittyhunterpetsptrpvepvpspellstalents (Daniel Howell) Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: It's hunter-pinata time, part II]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/bigredkitty-its-hunter-pinata-time-part-ii/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/bigredkitty-its-hunter-pinata-time-part-ii/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/bigredkitty-its-hunter-pinata-time-part-ii/#comments Continue reading BigRedKitty: It's hunter-pinata time, part II

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]]> (Daniel Howell) Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Proto-Drake fever]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/07/bigredkitty-proto-drake-fever/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/07/bigredkitty-proto-drake-fever/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/12/07/bigredkitty-proto-drake-fever/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

We've never been this lucky, so of course we had to share it with you. Once you watch the movie and want to learn more about the mounts we discuss, click on through and we'll spill the beans.

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]]> achievementsbigredkittyfeaturedjoystiqfeaturesmountsoraclesproto-drakesholazar-basinstorm-peakstweet-this (Daniel Howell) Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Heart of the Phoenix and Lick Your Wounds]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/27/bigredkitty-heart-of-the-phoenix-and-lick-your-wounds/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/27/bigredkitty-heart-of-the-phoenix-and-lick-your-wounds/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/27/bigredkitty-heart-of-the-phoenix-and-lick-your-wounds/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

You didn't really think we'd just give you a pot-stirring post today, did you?

/oh behave!

Ferocity pets are built for DPS, but they have two of the most powerful pet-healing spells we have: Heart of the Phoenix and Lick Your Wounds. Two big problems with our pets right now is that we have way too many pet-spells to try to cram on our pet's tiny action bar, and some of these autocasting spells will either autocast when we don't want them to, or just fail all together. To solve these issues, we can make macros to control everything. This movie will show you how to make these macros, as well as let you see these two specific pet-spells in action.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (27MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (42MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

Nobody covers raid Hunters and Hunter-pets like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittyferocity-talentsmacrosmoviesspirit beastSpiritBeast (Daniel Howell) Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: It's Thanksgiving, so we're stirring the pot]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/27/bigredkitty-its-thanksgiving-so-were-stirring-the-pot/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/27/bigredkitty-its-thanksgiving-so-were-stirring-the-pot/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/27/bigredkitty-its-thanksgiving-so-were-stirring-the-pot/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

If we were to ever re-roll Horde, we'd be a female Troll hunter. Yes, the Trolls got their kiesters kicked by rampaging murlocs -- murlocs! -- but the ladies can be hunters, and have just enough 'oomph' in both looks and performance to make them our first choice should the Alliance ever be eliminated. What about our other options?

Orcs are just too steel-plate-in-the-skull dumb for our liking. Nobody does nude better than Orcs, but who hunts in the buff?

...

Wait, these are Orcs we're talking about... OK, who seriously hunts in the buff?

Taurens should either be warriors or druids, period, not hunters. Tauren warriors rock our socks, but Tauren hunters? Excluding Rhino-pets, the size difference between a Tauren and his pet is just silly. If you're a Tauren hunter and don't have a Rhino, you're not bringing it like you should. A Survivalist Tauren hunter is about as wrong an idea as there can possibly be. Survivalist? How are you going to 'survive' when every member of the Alliance has targeted you, just because you take up one quarter of their screen!

Nobody likes Blood Elves, not even other Horde. Are we right? Of course we are.

And the Forsaken can't even be hunters; they deserve our pity more than anything else.

But we're not going to re-roll, for we are a member of the best race in the game. The race that Warcraft made its cover picture, the race that introduced WoW to millions, the race that oozes -- both literally and figuratively -- charisma, competence, and warm ale: The Dwarves.

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]]> bigredkittydwarveshumor (Daniel Howell) Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Spirit Beast]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/bigredkitty-spirit-beast/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/bigredkitty-spirit-beast/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/bigredkitty-spirit-beast/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

There was the day we finally got Legacy. We jumped up and down, screaming in pleasure.

There was the day we beat Lady Vashj for the first time, pre-nerf. In our jubilation, we totally high-fived a lamp to its destruction, and thus Mrs. BRK finally got rid of, "that hideous piece of junk".

And now, both those days are eclipsed with our acquiring of a Spirit Beast pet. It's been almost twelve hours and we're still shaking. We haz Laser Kitteh! /flopfaint

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]]> bigredkittyhunterhunter-petsmoviessholazar-basinspirit beast (Daniel Howell) Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Mario Andretti Mammoth]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/bigredkitty-mario-andretti-mammoth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/bigredkitty-mario-andretti-mammoth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/bigredkitty-mario-andretti-mammoth/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

One more Mammoth-movie, no hissing please.

The Traveler's Tundra Mammoth is a vehicle, not a mount. The difference is that a vehicle is part of your party, like a hunter-pet. This means that he can be buffed, just like any other member of your party.

Hunters have a nifty party-buff called Aspect of the Pack that grants 30% increased movement speed to the hunter and all members of the hunter's party, who are within thirty yards of the hunter. Our Mammoth is a vehicle, thus, AotP buffs our Mammoth. We did this movie to show you just how fast a 130% Mammoth is.

Mammoths can accept any buff, like Water Walking! And if you have a party of five people, all on Mammoths, and member of that party is a hunter with Aspect of the Pack cooking, all five Mammoth-riders will be riding at 130%! Who needs Paladins anymore!

You are invited to download the YouTube version (26MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (42MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

Nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> battlechargerbigredkittydalaranhuntermammothmoviesvehicle (Daniel Howell) Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Down elevator mammoth]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/18/bigredkitty-down-elevator-mammoth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/18/bigredkitty-down-elevator-mammoth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/18/bigredkitty-down-elevator-mammoth/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

A Traveler's Tundra Mammoth costs 20,000 gold if one is not exalted with the Kirin Tor. What do you get for your money? Two vendors, portable repairing, the ability to take two friends for a ride, and a down elevator.

A down elevator? Yes! Watch and see!

You are invited to download the full-sized version (13MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

Nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittydragonblightmammothmovies (Daniel Howell) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Covert-ops Gorilladin movie]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/16/bigredkitty-covert-ops-gorilladin-movie/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/16/bigredkitty-covert-ops-gorilladin-movie/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/16/bigredkitty-covert-ops-gorilladin-movie/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Bugged quests can be loads of fun, especially when hunter-pets are involved. We once captured a screenshot of Baby Rhino flying by himself, but this time we were able to make an entire movie of our pet doing stuff he really shouldn't.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (26MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (37MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittygorillahunter-petsmovies (Daniel Howell) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: We score some really good hors d'oeuvres]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/bigredkitty-we-score-some-really-good-hors-doeuvres/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/bigredkitty-we-score-some-really-good-hors-doeuvres/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/bigredkitty-we-score-some-really-good-hors-doeuvres/#comments

Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

One of the big bonuses of playing on the beta was getting to see all the behind-the scenes action. Mountains being built, oceans filling up, trees being planted, etc. We got to talk to all the NPCs in the game, too. We found out what they thought about the expansion, their leaders, and the kind of food Blizzard typical had catered during a workday.

Now it's not widely known that before Blizzard sent the instance and raid bosses to their new dwellings, they had a wrap-up party. We were able to crash it, thanks to our having a friendly relationship with a few of the goblin waiters running about.

So there they all were, kicking around the set, knocking back a few cold ones, telling jokes and stories. Every raid and instance boss wishing each other well and cavorting with each other rather pleasantly. One man was conspicuously absent from the pre-launch festivities: Arthas. But nobody seemed terribly concerned about it.

"So what's going on? Did you guys invite Arthas?" we asked.

Prince Keleseth of Utgard Keep slurred, "Oh yeah, we invited him. Fat lot good it'll do though. He doesn't like to party anymore, not in the least. He's a party-pooper. Well yeah I just said it! I dare anybody here to disagree with me, too!"

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]]> arthasbigredkittyinterviewwrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Arthas interview, part 2]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/bigredkitty-arthas-interview-part-2/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/bigredkitty-arthas-interview-part-2/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/bigredkitty-arthas-interview-part-2/#comments Continue reading BigRedKitty: Arthas interview, part 2

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]]> (Daniel Howell) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: An open apology to everybody]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/08/bigredkitty-an-open-apology-to-everybody/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/08/bigredkitty-an-open-apology-to-everybody/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/08/bigredkitty-an-open-apology-to-everybody/#comments
We broke everything. We plead guilty.

Our Baby Tauren Army had 897 baby Taurens, peacefully hanging out and dancing. We had a fifty-five level 70s in two raids, ready to plow the way into Stormwind. Then, at the appointed hour of 6pm EST, we started for Ratchet, and the lag started. GMs started whispering people in our newly-formed guild, telling us of dire consequences if our actions didn't stop.

Had we spoken directly with a GM, we imagine the conversation would've gone like this:

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]]> apologyargent-dawnbigredkittyeventsservers (Daniel Howell) Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:15:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: For Ezra and Make a Wish]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/07/bigredkitty-for-ezra-and-make-a-wish/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/07/bigredkitty-for-ezra-and-make-a-wish/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/07/bigredkitty-for-ezra-and-make-a-wish/#comments
Ezra Chatterton has gone on to a better place, and we are all better for having known of him, his struggles, and the honor and dignity that he and his family displayed throughout their ordeal. Our most sincere and heartfelt love and wishes for a happier future go out to them all. May they find the peace and comfort they so richly deserve.

We have received emails from his guild, telling us that he read BigRedKitty.net. He was a hunter, and we are proud to have had him among our ranks. Now we are not the best hunter in Warcraft, nor the one with the most PvP kills, nor the best gear, nor anything else that elevates us to any high standard. But we do have two things that we can use to honor the memory of one who has fallen before his time:

A great big mouth and an extremely large and disturbed cult following.

It is with great pride and humility that we announce an event in which you can participate. Where you can join us as we humbly, and with tremendous joy, stand and proclaim our kinship with Ezra, and the Make-a-Wish foundation which gave him so much joy.

We're going to burn Stormwind to ashes.

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]]> argent dawnArgentDawnbigredkittyeventezra-chattertonhorde (Daniel Howell) Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Mammoth]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/04/bigredkitty-mammoth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/04/bigredkitty-mammoth/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/11/04/bigredkitty-mammoth/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Has your mind been on your money, and your money been on your mind?

If you've mastered the art of the Auction House, if you've cornered the subtleties of capitalism, if you've bribed your grandmother to use your toon all day while you're at school or work and made her farm until her fingers bled, perhaps you have the deep pockets one needs to buy the Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth.

Twenty thousand gold, foshizzle. Is it worth it? Watch the movie and decide for yourself.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (35MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (54MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittydalarangoldmammothmovies (Daniel Howell) Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Gorilladin 101]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/24/bigredkitty-gorilladin-101/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/24/bigredkitty-gorilladin-101/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/24/bigredkitty-gorilladin-101/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

We are concerned.

One the one hand, we've received truckloads of emails asking for help with Gorilla-pets. And we can understand that, as the Gorilladin (Gorilladin = Gorilla + Paladin AoE attack) version of this pet deviates from the standard hunter-pet model of single-target destruction. This guy is an AoE-tank and the way to properly utilize him is different than every other hunter-pet. Thunderstomp and Volley are your friends with a Gorilla, foshizzle.

But on the other hand, the hunter-community has had to "endure" two of our movies about the Gorilla already, and doing another seems to be a little overboard. Can one have too much Gorilla? We really don't want a backlash.

We decided to do one more Gorilladin movie, but this is the last one. We're going to try to cover, in fine detail, a successful way to train and utilize a Gorilladin for use with farming multiple mobs. We chose Talbuks because we love leather, but the methods herein work with any non-caster mob: humanoids, beast, demons, etc.

The two macros we discuss in this movie are:

The Simple Pet-Misdirection Macro

/cast [target=your_pet's_name] Misdirection

The Pet-Attack Macro

/cast Hunter's Mark
/petattack

There are many variations of these, but we're aiming for simplicity here. This is a 101 class, not graduate studies.

And because we're sure someone will ask, we're using Perl Classic Unit Frames, Bartender4, ButtonFacade, Chatter, OmniCC, and FuBar3.5 addons.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (95MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (154MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> addonbigredkittygorillahunterhunter-petsmacromovies (Daniel Howell) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Freezing Arrow and a new Wolf]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/21/bigredkitty-freezing-arrow-and-a-new-wolf/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/21/bigredkitty-freezing-arrow-and-a-new-wolf/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/21/bigredkitty-freezing-arrow-and-a-new-wolf/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

At level 80, we hunters are getting a new type of trap called a Freezing Arrow. We'll show you how it works.

Even better, we'll show you how it works as we hunt down, tame, and introduce you to the latest beta Wolf-skin!

You are invited to download the YouTube version (36MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (53MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> brkfreezing-arrowhunter-trapwolf-skin-pet (Daniel Howell) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Defaming character since January, 2007]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/15/bigredkitty-defaming-character-since-january-2007/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/15/bigredkitty-defaming-character-since-january-2007/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/15/bigredkitty-defaming-character-since-january-2007/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

We were much too busy "earning a paycheck" and "keeping Mrs BRK in a manner in which she demands" to attend Blizzcon. But that doesn't mean we're incapable of scoring a major, one-on-one interview with an important someone at Blizzard.

When one talks with a person who controls the fantasies and desires of eleven million people, one would expect that person to have a slightly elevated ego, and perhaps a bit of pride at all he's accomplished. This was hardly the case. For most of the interview, our subject mumbled incoherent phrases like:

"... 1800+ in 3v3 and he wants more cowbell..."

"... I told him, I'm a Shaman, not a doctor..."

"... and you will know my name is the Lord, when I strike down my Warglaive upon thee..."

Yes, it wasn't very Larry King-esque, that's for dang sure.

The unedited, surreal, and sometimes hair-raising conversation follows forthwith.

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]]> arenasbigredkittyfunnyghostcrawlerhumorhunterinterview (Daniel Howell) Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Crocolisk, Bat, and Raptor]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/14/bigredkitty-crocolisk-bat-and-raptor/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/14/bigredkitty-crocolisk-bat-and-raptor/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/14/bigredkitty-crocolisk-bat-and-raptor/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

We know you want a Spirit Beast movie. We're trying, stop yelling at us! /pout

In the meantime, we present some oldies but goodies: Crocolisk, Bat, and Raptor.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (70MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (103MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> batsbigredkittycrocoliskhunterpetsraptorwrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: 3.0.2 Hunter talent trees]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/13/bigredkitty-3-0-2-hunter-talent-trees/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/13/bigredkitty-3-0-2-hunter-talent-trees/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/13/bigredkitty-3-0-2-hunter-talent-trees/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

We didn't make 80.

Nope, we were much more focused on obtaining a Spirit Beast for a hunter-guide movie. We failed.

But we spent hours patrolling in Sholazar Basin, playing with Gorilladin, making leatherworking gear, and trying out all the hunter talent trees while not leveling as fast as we could have. Actually, we leveled from 77 to 78 without doing any quests at all.

We also haven't run any dungeons or raids. OK, we did one Utgard Keep, but it didn't count. The entire party, except the healer, was was way over-geared for the place.

We also haven't done DPS-testing with Recount or Training Dummies in sufficient quantities to provide factual evidence of one hunter-tree's superiority over another.

We also haven't done hours of arena, battlegrounds, or PvP-zones. We've done a little, killed and been killed, but nothing that would give us a serious insight into the solutions that Blizzard has come up with to make our class more amenable to PvP.

But!

We have played all three trees, full 51-points each, for at least one entire level. We have tried just about every tree/pet-class combination at least once. Except Spirit Beast, natch.

And we've cranked our leatherworking to 432! /win!

So when we discuss the new hunter talent trees, keep in mind that your opinion of our opinion my vary. We may have some seriously beta-PvP-experienced hunters who disagree with some of our assessments of the new talents. We may have some Naxx-raiding hunters who disagree with some of our conclusions.

But that's OK! The major purpose of this column is to give you, the WoW Insider reader, a point of reference. You know our writing, you know our play-style. You should know our limitations and the areas at which we're not too shabby.

Read, absorb, analyze, and prepare to test to it all yourself on Tuesday.

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]]> beast masterybeast-masterbigredkittyhunterhunter-pet-talent-treemarksmanshippatch-3.0.2patch-3.0.2-talent-guidesurvivaltalent-specstalent-treestalents (Daniel Howell) Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Hunter-pets in 3.0.2]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/12/bigredkitty-hunter-pets-in-3-0-2/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/12/bigredkitty-hunter-pets-in-3-0-2/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/12/bigredkitty-hunter-pets-in-3-0-2/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

From: The Big Bossman at WoW Insider

To: The WoW Insider peons

Subject: Get to work!

Write a post on each of your class's trees, or you're fired. Fired with extreme prejudice!

Love,

Dan O., aka The Punisher

...

/gulp

Holy crap, we're in trouble now. Why? Because not only do we have to write about Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, and Survival, but we've now we've got pet talent trees too: Tenacity, Cunning, and Ferocity! Six talent trees, are you kidding us?

This is going to take a while.

And we should probably start from the beginning.

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]]> bigredkittyexotic petsExoticPetshuntermacrospatch-3.0.2patch-3.0.2-talent-guidepetsstable-slotstalent treesTalentTrees (Daniel Howell) Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Rhino Bowling]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/bigredkitty-rhino-bowling/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/bigredkitty-rhino-bowling/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/bigredkitty-rhino-bowling/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

There is extremely little we can offer in the way of an excuse for this project, except maybe... OK, there's no excuse. The silliness just has to be let out.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (24MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized (in stereo, even!) version (39MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittyhumormoviesnagrandrhinowrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Sporebat, Wind Serpent, and Worm-II]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/08/bigredkitty-sporebat-wind-serpent-and-worm-ii/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/08/bigredkitty-sporebat-wind-serpent-and-worm-ii/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/08/bigredkitty-sporebat-wind-serpent-and-worm-ii/#comments


Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Dear Elune, NO! Not Sporebats!

Dear , NO! Not !

Yeah, Sporebats. It's on the list, so we must do a movie. Spore Cloud isn't the worst thing ever, but it's bugged good and solid.

Wind Serpents got buffed, and not in a way you probably think! Lightning Breath rocks as always, just even more so.

Yes, we've already done a Worm movie, but as we get closer to WotLK release, we're finding it harder and harder not to show you some of the new skins in Northrend. Thus, for your viewing pleasure, we present The Worm, part II, and let Acid Spit shine.

Spit! Shine! Spit shine! That's a joke, son, ya missed it! Flew right by ya!

You are invited to download the YouTube version (59MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (89MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittyhunterpetswormswrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Crab, Cat, and Serpent]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/06/bigredkitty-crab-cat-and-serpent/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/06/bigredkitty-crab-cat-and-serpent/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/06/bigredkitty-crab-cat-and-serpent/#comments
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

We've seen the Age of the Scorpid, but Crabs have always been a bit of a rarity. They're Tenacity pets in Wrath of the Lich King, and you may find their Pin spell to your liking.

Cats? Nobody uses cats, do they? Nah. But just for historical purposes, we'll show you Cats in WotLK too.

Do you think you could use a hunter-pet that permanently reduces a caster's cast-time by 50%? Look at Serpents, their Poison Spit, and dare to dream.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (81MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (120MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!
From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittycatscrabhunterpetsserpentwrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Hunters are all Win in 9014]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/04/bigredkitty-hunters-are-all-win-in-9014/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/04/bigredkitty-hunters-are-all-win-in-9014/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/04/bigredkitty-hunters-are-all-win-in-9014/#comments
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

We figured a Crit Chance of 113.73% was enough, so we stopped. Good number, don't you think? Should we have stacked more? It's a tough question, that's for certain.

But either way, there it is: the Ultimate solution to hunters in arenas.

And battlegrounds.

And raiding.

And farming.

And soloing Sunwell.

And anything else your little dwarven heart desires, foshizzle.

Well of course it's a bug on the beta. Want to try it? Follow these simple steps:

Step 1. Un-equip your ranged weapon.

Step 2. Re-equip your ranged weapon.

Step 3. Look at your Crit Chance increase.

Step 4. Laugh maniacally.

Step 5. Repeat Steps 1-4 until you're totally satisfied.

Step 6. Kill everything in sight until Blizzard fixes this.

Is this limited to hunters or two-handed weapons only? We're unsure. Druids with staffs reported that they do not get to reap the benefits of this bug, but due to a server-restart, we were unable to complete a General Chat interview with a Death Knigget, Rogue, and Fury Warrior about their experiences.

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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]]> bigredkittybugsbuild-9014hunter (Daniel Howell) Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Turtle and a new Wasp ]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/03/bigredkitty-turtle-and-a-new-wasp/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/03/bigredkitty-turtle-and-a-new-wasp/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/10/03/bigredkitty-turtle-and-a-new-wasp/#comments
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Turtles have long been the dream of hunters to be viable Tanks. They have a shell, they should mitigate a ton of damage, right?

Wrong. At least not yet, they haven't.

But what if a hunter-developer got his greedy, greasy mitts on a turtle and gave it some pizazz and some chutzpah? Well one might get the turtle in this movie.

And we revisit Wasps. Why? Because they're cool looking and available to all hunter classes, not just 51-point Beastmasters.

(Before you ask, we're still working on a Spirit Beast movie. If you know someone at Blizzard who'll kick one into existence, we'd appreciate the help.)

You are invited to download the YouTube version (75MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (419MB) here.

Did you know that BigRedKitty is holding a Gnaked Gnome Race, Saturday, October 4th at 8:00pm EDT? We totally are, and Megan from OutofMana is going to help us! We're giving away a WotLK Beta Key to the winner!

Coldridge Valley to Booty Bay, foshizzle. Are you Gnome enough to try?

From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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BigRedKitty: Turtle and a new Wasp originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> (Daniel Howell) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Gorilladin]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/27/bigredkitty-gorilladin/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/27/bigredkitty-gorilladin/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/27/bigredkitty-gorilladin/#comments
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

So fighting level 62 fel orcs with a level 74 hunter doesn't impress you? OK, we can see that. A Gorilladin -- gorilla + paladin = Gorilladin! -- has to be able to tank stuff his own level, right? Right.

We're going to "spoiler" you then, and show you a Gorilladin at work in Sholazar Basin. If you don't want to see any new content, do not watch the movie.

But if you want to boggle at the best grinding and leveling hunter-pet you've ever seen, and want to know why we recommend every hunter of every spec grab a gorilla and level him to 70 as soon as the next big patch comes out, click the movie, foshizzle.

Gorillas will change the way you play your hunter. We're not kidding.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (30MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (177MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!
From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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BigRedKitty: Gorilladin originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> bigredkittygorillahuntermoviessholazar-basin (Daniel Howell) Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:30:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Gorilla]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/22/bigredkitty-gorilla/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/22/bigredkitty-gorilla/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/22/bigredkitty-gorilla/#comments
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Gorillas are nothing new; they've been around forever. What is changing in Wrath of the Lich King is that gorillas are going to become AoE-Tanks.

No no, don't /pshaw just yet.

There are two keys to the Ascent of the Gorilla in WotLK. First, Thunderstomp's cooldown has changed from one minutes to ten seconds. Take 3/3 points in Longevity, and Thunderstomp's cooldown can be reduced to seven seconds. /blink

Second, we're getting a hugely buffed Volley. It is totally losing its one minute cooldown, foshizzle, and we can Auto Shot while Volley is being channeled. Sweet? Sweet.

Take a Tenacity pet with an AoE attack, add a Volley unhindered by a cooldown, stir in the "Auto Shot keeps cooking" bonus, and we get a hunter-pet combo that mimics a Paladin.

Don't believe us? Watch the movie.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (53MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (218MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!
From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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BigRedKitty: Gorilla originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> bigredkittygorillahuntermoviespetsrampartswrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Wolf, Bird of Prey, and Bear]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/bigredkitty-wolf-bird-of-prey-and-bear/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/bigredkitty-wolf-bird-of-prey-and-bear/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/18/bigredkitty-wolf-bird-of-prey-and-bear/#comments
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

If you liked Wolves before, you're going to like them in Wrath; there's really no change.

Is there a difference between a Bird of Prey and a Carrion Bird? You bet, and we'll tell you.

Bears, foshizzle. They've been here forever, but they... well, we'll let the movie speak for itself.

You are invited to download the YouTube version (65MB) of this movie here, and the full-sized version (218MB) here.

As always, a great big Thank You to the WoW Insider editors for allowing us to publish this movie both here and on our little blog at the same time!
From his video guides to Karazhan For Hunter Dummies, nobody covers raid Hunters like BRK. Looking for more Hunter goodness? Check out our non-raid Hunter column, Scattered Shots or the WoW Insider Directory of Hunter Guides.

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BigRedKitty: Wolf, Bird of Prey, and Bear originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> bigredkittyhuntermoviespetswrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Channeling Larry King]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/17/bigredkitty-channeling-larry-king/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/17/bigredkitty-channeling-larry-king/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/17/bigredkitty-channeling-larry-king/#comments Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Dear BigRedKitty,

WWWUUUAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!

Yours In Friendship,

The Non-WotLK Beta Hunter Community

P.S. WWWUUUAAGHHH!! Seriously.

So. Are you hunters suitably Wrath-Freaked yet? Now now, be honest. You've read articles, forums, and some bloggers. You've been skimming the talent lists, the spells, and the patch notes. And your world is spinning.

Aspect Mastery is nerfed! Lock and Load has been gutted! Did you see what they did to Expose Weakness! Cats got kneecapped! Too many pets! Sporebats don't suck? Where'd the crit go! Rogues can avoid Flares?! Haste is a Lie! A damn lie, I say!

Oh behave. We've been in the beta a long time, leveled as all three specs, tried just about every pet there is, had the game lock up due to lag in every zone available in Northrend, and we're still breathing.

So grab yourself a raspberry latte and come join us in a calm, cool discussion about what hunters are going to be doing in WotLK.

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BigRedKitty: Channeling Larry King originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> bigredkittyhumorhunterpetsspellstalentstalentspecwrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[BigRedKitty: Core Hound]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/06/bigredkitty-core-hound/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/06/bigredkitty-core-hound/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/09/06/bigredkitty-core-hound/#comments
Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the Hunter class, sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.

Basically... hunters have just been dubbed the Most Loved Class in WoW. If the ultimate goal in this game is to have fun, then hunters own the place and the rest of you lesser-classes just live here.

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BigRedKitty: Core Hound originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> bigredkittyCoreHoundhuntermoviespetswrath-of-the-lich-king (Daniel Howell) Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:20:00 EST WoW Insider