Hunter changes of 3.1 is it goodbuy survival?

So the time had to come for them to nerf the dps of survival. sheds a small tear...

I have been survival ever since BM was nerfed last patch, and have had two of my stable slots going to waste with a

Spirit Beast and a Corehound waiting for BM to become the powerhouse it used to be.

So what do we have to look forward to in regards to survival nerfs exactly:

According to MMO Champion PTR notes for 3.1:

Survival (official changes)

* Hunting Party: This talent has been reduced to 3-points, and now increases your total Agility by an additional 1/2/3%.
* Lock and Load re-designed: You now have a 33/66/100% chance when you trap a target with Freezing Trap, Freezing Arrow or Frost Trap and a 2/4/6% chance when you deal periodic damage with your Immolation Trap or Black Arrow to cause your next 2 Arcane Shot or Explosive Shot spells to trigger no cooldown, cost no mana and consume no ammo. This now has a new spell effect and sound.
* New Talent: Trap Launcher: When activated, your next Trap will be launched instantly at the enemy target. 1 minute cooldown.
* T.N.T. re-designed: Increases the damage done by your Explosive Shot, Explosive Trap and Immolation Trap by 2/4/6%, and gives your Explosive Shot a 33/66/100% chance to refresh the duration of your Immolation Trap effect on the target.
* Trap Mastery: This talent has been moved up to tier-2, up from tier-9.
* Wyvern Sting duration increased from 12 sec to 30 sec. PvP duration reduced from 10 sec to 6 sec.

Survival (undocumented changes)

* Hunting Party (Tier 10) is now a 3 point talent, increasing agility by 1/2/3% and your Arcane Shot, Explosive Shot and Steady Shot critical strikes have a 33/66/100% chance to grant up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 0.25% of the maximum mana per second. Lasts for 15 sec.
* Trap Mastery moved from Tier 9 to Tier 2 and is now a 3 point talent. Increases the duration of Frost and Freezing trap by 10/20/30%, Periodic damage of Immolation and Explosive trap by 10/20/30%, and number of snakes summoned by Snake Trap by 30%. (Previously was just 1 point)
* *New Talent* Black Arrow (Tier 9) - Fires a Black Arrow at the target, increasing all damage done by you to the target by 6% and dealing [ 10% of RAP + 785 ] Shadow damage over 15 sec. Costs 6% base mana. 5-35 yard range. Instant Cast. 30 sec cooldown.
* Sniper Training (Tier 9) has been changed to increase the critical strike chance of your Kill Shot ability by 5/10/15%, and while standing still for 6 sec., you gain Sniper Training increasing the damage done by your Steady Shot, Aimed Shot, Black Arrow and Explosive Shot by 2/4/6% Lasts 15 sec. (Previously increased damage and critical strike chance based on your range to the target)
* Wyvern Sting (Tier 7) now lasts 30 sec on the target. (Previously lasted 12 sec)
* T.N.T. (Tier 4) now increases the damage done by your Explosive Shot, Explosive Trap and Immolation Trap by 2%. (Previously increased critical strike chance of explosive shot and and gave it a chance to stun the target)
* Lock and Load (Tier 4) now has a 33/66/100% chance to proc off Freezing Shot, Freezing Trap, and Frost Trap, and a 3/7/10% chance to proc off the periodic damage of Immolation Trap and Black Arrow. (Previously worked on all traps and included serpent sting)
* Improved Wing Clip has been removed from the game.

On the surface it doesent really look like too much of a nerf really, just scaling back damage a bit.

But i guess we will have to wait for the official patch notes to really be able to guage the differences after it has been taken off PTR.

At least we will be able to have a BM spec and a Surv Offspec, and with the new skill Call Stabled pet it will make it that much easier. Really not sure why they added a 30 minute cool down to that ability though.

Also even though its probably just lazyness from me, why the hell do our pets only scale up too level 75. I know i remember when we had to level them from whatever level they were tamed at, and it would me a massive mission to level them all the way up to our level, but im just not sure what benifit grinding for five levels with a new pet gives us.

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Quoth the server, "404".

How to Shower like a Man / Woman

I got this as a forward

Non-Wow related. But Funny. ;)

How To Shower Like a Woman

Take off clothes and place them sectioned in laundry basket according to
lights and darks.

Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown.

If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.
Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do
more sit-ups / leg-lifts, etc.

Get in the shower.

Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and
pumice stone.

Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added
vitamins.

Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean.

Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced.
Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until
red.

Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash. Rinse
conditioner off hair.

Shave armpits and legs.

Turn off shower.

Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower.

Spray mould spots with Tile cleaner.

Get out of shower.

Dry with towel the size of a small country.

Wrap hair in super absorbent towel.

Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If you
see partner along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

How To Shower Like a Man

Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in
a pile.

Walk naked to the bathroom.

If you see partner along the way, shake willy at her making the
'woo-woo'
sound.

Look at your manly physique in the mirror.

Admire the size of your willy and scratch your bum.

Get in the shower.

Wash your face.

Wash your armpits.

Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off. Fart and
laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower.

Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area. Wash your
bum, leaving those coarse bum hairs stuck on the soap.

Wash your hair.

Make a Shampoo Mohican.

Wee.

Rinse off and get out of shower.

Partially dry off.

Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of bath
the whole time.

Admire willy size in mirror again.

Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on. Return to
bedroom with towel around waist.

If you pass partner, pull off towel, shake willy at her and make the
'woo-woo' sound again.

Throw wet towel on bed.

Guild Bank Info Tab

Man this made me lol for a few minutes...

Not sure why. ;)

Random Wow Stuff - Hunter Rep

So i have hit revered with the Kalu'ak now and got my 1st egg. I dont really think its worth grinding rep any more with them now, I might start concentrating on the Horde Expedition Rep, in preperation for the mecano hog mount! Sooo expensive. But still pimp ;)

To get Horde expedition rep up it is combined from the following four factions:
- The Hand of Vengence
- The Sunreavers
- The Taunaka
- Warsong Offensive

There are quite a few dailies for each of these, but it requires a bit of travelling around ;) /enables QuestHelper. (-30meg of Ram). Quest Helper + Dalaran = Slowness.

Also tried a few arenas, Hunter + Pally. Man it was painful, every loss was -30 points, and then when we did win it was like only+3 points, to the same team we just lost a butload of points too. Yeh thats fair, nice new rating system going on there. So we thought it could only get better. After almost 30 Games, it didnt. Now were down to 1116 /yay. Maybe next week will be less painful? Who knows...

Also i thought id do a bit of fishing in underbelly, try and catch the giant sewer rat. 6 casts later and it was mine ;) Thats luck for you!

Minipets, Ive been trying to increase the collection, currently up to 38, i could increase it a bit more but i dont really feel like paying the 250g per pet ah prices for the mildly rare pets like the white kitten, and the gorilla. So ill just wait til my oracles egg hatches and see what comes out of it, if anything.

Vanity Pet List - Achievement Lil' Game Hunter

Time to start collecting pets. Found this list on wowhead.

Collect 75 unique companion pets.

Here is an achievement guide from wowpets.com.

If you complete this Achievement you will get the Little Fawn's Salt Lick (a little roe) in your mailbox. The Achievement will be active from patch 3.1 Good luck again!

Vendor Items (Both Factions):

1. Ghostly Skull (Dalaran) (NEW!)
2. Blue Dragonhawk Hatchling (Netherstorm)
3. Brown Rabbit Crate (Netherstorm)
4. Cat Carrier (Siamese) (Netherstorm)
5. Mana Wyrmling (Netherstorm)
6. Red Moth Egg (Netherstorm)
7. Cokroach (Netherstorm)
8. Crimson Snake (Netherstorm)
9. Parrot Cage (Cokatiel) (Stranglethorn Vale)
10. Parrot Cage (Senegal) (Stranglethorn Vale)
11. Ancona Chicken (Thousand Needles)

Vendor Items (Alliance):

1. Rabbit Crate (Snowshoe) (Dun Morogh)
2. Cat Carrier (Bombay) (Elwynn Forest)
3. Cat Carrier (Cornish Rex) (Elwynn Forest)
4. Cat Carrier (Orange Tabby) (Elwynn Forest)
5. Cat Carrier (Silver Tabby) (Elwynn Forest)
6. Cat Carrier (White Kitten) (Stormwind City, Rare Vendor)
7. Great Horned Owl (Teldrassil)
8. Hawk Owl (Teldrassil)
9. Blue Moth Egg (The Exodar)
10. White Moth Egg (The Exodar)
11. Yellow Moth Egg (The Exodar)

Vendor Items (Horde):

1. Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling (Eversong Woods)
2. Red Dragonhawk Hatchling (Eversong Woods)
3. Silver Dragonhawk Hatchling (Eversong Woods)
4. Black Kingsnake (Orgrimmar)
5. Brown Snake (Orgrimmar)
6. Prairie Dog Whistle (Thunder Bluff )

Crafts:

1. Mechanical Squirrel Box (Engineering 75)
2. Tranquil Mechanical Yeti (Engineering 250)
3. Lifelike Mechanical Toad (Engineering 265)
4. Lil' Smoky (Gnomish Engineering 205, BoP)
5. Pet Bombling (Goblin Engineering 205, BoP)

Normal Quest Reward Items:

1. Sprite Darter Egg (Feralas, Alliance Only)
2. Chicken Egg (Westfall, Alliance Only)
3. Mechanical Chicken (Stranglethorn Vale)
4. Miniwing (Terokkar Forest)
5. Smolderweb Carrier (Blackrock Spire)
6. Worg Carrier (Blackrock Spire)

Fishing Daily Quest Reward Items (Terokkar Forest):

1. Chuck's Bucket
2. Muckbreath's Bucket
3. Snarly's Bucket
4. Toothy's Bucket

Reputation Rewards:

1. Nether Ray Fry (Skyguard)
2. Tiny Sporebat (Sporeggar)
3. Nurtured Penguin Egg (The Kalu'ak) (NEW!)
4. Cobra Hatchling (The Oracles) (NEW!)
5. Proto-Drake Whelp (The Oracles) (NEW!)
6. Tickbird Hatchling (The Oracles) (NEW!)
7. White Tickbird Hatchling (The Oracles) (NEW!)

Achievement Rewards:

1. Reeking Pet Carrier (Shop Smart, Shop Pet...Smart) (NEW!)
2. Kirin Tor Familiar (Higher Learning) (NEW!)

Drops:

1. Azure Whelpling (Azshara)
2. Captured Firefly (Zangarmarsh)
3. Cat Carrier (Black Tabby) (Silverpine Forest, Horde only)
4. Dark Whelpling (Dustwallow Marsh)
5. Disgusting Oozeling (Felwood)
6. Parrot Cage (Green Wing Macaw) (The Deadmines)
7. Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw) (Stranglethorn Vale)
8. Phoenix Hatchling (Magister's Terrace)
9. Tiny Crimson Whelpling (Wetlands)
10. Tiny Emerald Whelpling (Swamp of Sorrows)

Special kind of Drops:

1. Mojo (Zul'Aman, Amani Hex Stick)
2. Magical Crawdad Box (Fishing, Mr. Pinchy)
3. Giant Sewer Rat (Fishing, Dalaran's Underbelly) (NEW!)

World Event Items:

1. Wolpertinger's Tankard (Brewfest)
2. Egbert's Egg (Children's Week)
3. Elekk Training Collar (Children's Week)
4. Piglet's Collar (Children's Week)
5. Rat Cage (Children's Week)
6. Sleepy Willy (Children's Week)
7. Turtle Box (Children's Week)
8. A Jubling's Tiny Home (Darkmoon Faire)
9. Tree Frog Box (Darkmoon Faire)
10. Wood Frog Box (Darkmoon Faire)
11. Sinister Squashling (Hallow's End)
12. Truesilver Shafted Arrow (Love is in the Air)
13. Scorched Stone (Midsummer Fire Festival)
14. Captured Flame (Midsummer Fire Festival)
15. Green Helper Box (Winter Veil)
16. Jingling Bell (Winter Veil)
17. Red Helper Box (Winter Veil)
18. Snowman Kit (Winter Veil)

Special Event Items:

1. Baby Blizzard Bear (Anniversary, 2008 only) (NEW!)
2. Clockwork Rocket Bot (Winter Veil, 2007 only)
3. Gold Medallion (Olympics, 2008 only)
4. Vampiric Batling (WotLK Launch, 2008 only) (NEW!)

Exclusive Items:

1. Blue Murloc Egg (Blizzcon)
2. Diablo Stone (Classic CE)
3. Panda Collar (Classic CE)
4. Zergling Leash (Classic CE)
5. Netherwhelp's Collar (TBC CE)
6. Lurky's Egg (TBC CE)
7. Frosty's Collar (WotLK CE) (NEW!)
8. Pink Murloc Egg (Contest)
9. Competitor's Souvenir (Olympics)
10. Golden Pig Coin (Promotional)
11. Green Dragon Orb (Promotional)
12. Polar Bear Collar (Promotional)
13. Red Dragon Orb (Promotional)
14. Silver Pig Coin (Promotional)
15. Fortune Coin (Worldwide Invitational)
16. Tyrael's Hilt (Worldwide Invitational)
17. Banana Charm (TCG)
18. Dragon Kite (TCG)
19. Hippogryph Hatchling (TCG)
20. Rocket Chicken (TCG)
21. Soul-Trader Beacon (TCG)

Source: wowhead.