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lolman647
I am going to be making a hunter shortly, and I will be using recruit a friend so I will be leveling with someone who has more experience than me. Due to this I would prefer a non-tanking based pet for leveling. I like Wolves and Raptors but I just can't decide which would be better (more efficient for me) at killing stuff.
Thanks for any input!
Post by
xcrunr1647
It really doesn't make much difference as they are both ferocity pets, and will therefore have the same talent tree. Personally, I would go with a wolf because of the AP bonus ability, but it's really just whatever you like more. In addition, your spec will make a difference here too, but Beast Mastery is pretty much accepted as the most efficient leveling spec.
I don't know what class your friend in going to make, but for multi-target tanking (read: leveling), a bear is hands-down the best pet you will find.
But it's a game: get whatever you have the most fun with. Try them both and use whichever one you prefer.
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Post by
zhengz
I've had my raptor since I got my first pet at lvl 10 and have used him all the way, and gotten quite attached.
That being said, with the AP buff stacking with other buffs now I am going to use the wolf in raids. I just did a target dummy test, 5 runs with each on heroic dummy. Results were
RAPTOR
#1. 3535 DPS (420 PET)
#2. 3281 DPS (416 PET)
#3. 3244 DPS (412 PET)
#4. 3229 DPS (422 PET)
#5. 3294 DPS (407 PET)
AVG DPS16583/5 = 3316.6 DPS (415.4 PET)
WOLF
#1. 3607 DPS (436 PET)
#2. 3634 DPS (442 PET)
#3. 3436 DPS (448 PET)
#4. 3350 DPS (435 PET)
#5. 3370 DPS (407 PET)
AVG DPS 17397/5 =3479.4 DPS (433.6 PET)
3479.4 – 3316.6 = An extra 162.8 DPS
An extra 18.2 pet DPS
Can't argue with 160ish extra DPS. Sorry raptor buddy....
Hope this helps with the great Raptor/Wolf debate
How you get the pet's DPS? Did you use a addon to see your pet's DPS?
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Post by
Buttery
Leveling pets are quite a different story compared to raid pets. When leveling, You want to down the mob as fast as possible, so i'd go for hyena for max shot time for MM/SV, for BM, pretty much any pet is fine.
As for the raid pets, the minor dps increase is not what you should be aiming for, it's the potential to fill raid needs with the pet talents, it's not a coincidence that ferocity pets have the best pve abilities.
Lastly, necro is bad, mmkay?
Post by
bobn9lvu
Well, for max dps starting out, a wolf is with no question the best.
There is a rare spawn in Silvermoon forest that you can get right away.
For tanking, I prefer a bear, BUT, a croc is also very good.
A croc will hold all the mobs much better than a bear,
as it's hold aggro is a 360 circle instead of a bears 180 frontal cone.
A warp stalker is also very good
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