The Problems of a Solo Hunter in Classic WOW

The Solo MMO Player says that hunters and their pets have a lot of moving parts in Classic WOW.  Petopia explains it best.  This page is particularly helpful as it explains how to tame wild pets, learn their abilities and transfer those to other pets.
https://www.wow-petopia.com/classic/differences.php

Basically you have to tame a pet that is your level or lower, then feed and level it.  You have to train it in the abilities you've chosen by spending training points, and those abilities must be leveled in rank as your pet levels.  Fortunately you can only have three pets in Classic or you would lose your mind trying to keep it all straight.  Follow the links in Petopia above to help you figure this all out.

WOWhead also has charts that tell you what your pet will eat, and organizes pets by whether they are better at offense or defense or whether they do ok in both.
https://classic.wowhead.com/guides/classic-wow-hunter-pets

Icy Veins has a great chart that compares DPS among the various pet types.
https://www.icy-veins.com/wow-classic/hunter-dps-pets-guide

Good luck and happy hunting!

P.S.  If you are an experienced hunter, these BBB articles are for you.
https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/30/kitty-burst-dps-and-you/

https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/24/from-the-mailbag-mangle/

https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/18/so-should-i-get-cranky-in-my-first-post/

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Revisting Blogs about Classic WOW

I've started trying to find old class content from 2009 and earlier for the Classic WOW game.  It's not easy.  Most of the links with good information at one time are now dead and gone. Arcane Brilliance, SpicyTuna, Empowered Fire, Big Red Kitty, Psynister, they are all defunct.

But Critical QQ is still around, with lots of mage information.  This appears to be the first posting, Halloween 2007.  I recommend you rummage around as you'll get a real feel for what players were like in the original game.
https://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2007/10/

This article about the Fire Mage in PvP is from Critical QQ in 2010.
https://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/fire-mage-pvp-problems-and-solutions/

Slice and Dice's article about mages destroying rogues on heroics might be useful.  He played a rogue back in the day, so don't look for much mage info here.  But if you are a rogue, this is the blog to explore.
https://samueltempus.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/whats-up-with-my-heroic-dps/

Big Bear Butt is a famous hunter but this early article is all about feral druid specs.  Enjoy it if you are a druid but if you are a hunter, this is the Mother Lode.
https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/22/variations-in-feral-druid-specs-no-math/

Harpy's Nest is all about playing a priest or mage.  This is a typical article.  It lists all the places you can pick up the Polymorph spell if you are a mage.  Who doesn't want to turn stuff into a pig?
https://harpysnest.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/the-many-flavours-of-polymorph/

Finally, Frost is the New Black is all about playing a frost mage, a restoration druid and a shadow priest.  I'm not sure all the information on these characters is all Classic-specific, but it's a good place to explore.
https://frostisthenewblack.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/meanwhile-frost-is-pretty-awesome/


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WOW Classic: Hunters and Their Pets

Here are some links with pet info.  Most appear to be older.  If you are a beginner doing the quests to get pets, use Stay to get rid of one pet or get out of aggro range of the first pet so you can tame a second.  Or get it killed.  (There doesn't seem to be a Dismiss key early on.)
https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=2641/dismiss-pet

Remember, your pet won't be able to do anything until you find a pet trainer (will be next to the hunter trainer but not all locations have pet trainers).

Use your pet to draw aggro away from you.  You can tell it to go to certain places.  Send it a slight distance away so the monster will attack it instead of you.  You can resurrect it over and over once you have a pet tamed.

You have to adapt your play style to the pet in Classic WOW.  Pets are not alike in everything but  their appearance in the original vanilla WOW.  So look at these links and pick the best pet for how you play.  Here's information about various pets and their builds.
https://www.icy-veins.com/wow-classic/hunter-dps-pets-guide

Scroll down towards the bottom for more pet build stats.
https://classic.wowhead.com/guides/classic-wow-hunter-pets

The ultimate pet site is Petopia.  Here is Petopia Classic.
https://www.wow-petopia.com/classic/

Warcraft Tavern has a list of all rare hunter pets in a database you can sort.  This appears to be for Vanilla WOW/Classic WOW.
https://www.warcrafttavern.com/hunter-pets/rare-hunter-pets/

Pet attack speeds.
https://web.archive.org/web/20061112230516/http://tkasomething.com/attackspeeds.php

How to train your pet.
https://web.archive.org/web/20070406191702/http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/html/articles/skills_main.shtml

Training guides.
https://web.archive.org/web/20070408070200/http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/html/articles/tameguide_main.shtml


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WOW Classic: It's Not a Bug but a Feature UPDATED

WOW Classic has been a revelation to folks since nothing works the way you are used to in the retail game.  Blizzard has a list of things reported as bugs that are actually features.  A lot of them are hunter-specific.  (And you should know that Blizzard doesn't fix actual bugs.  Learn the workarounds.)
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-classic-not-a-bug-list/175887

UPDATE:  Blizzard has added to the list of items that aren't bugs and has explanations of how things work.
https://www.warcrafttavern.com/news/blizzard-updates-the-not-a-bug-list/

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Hunter Class Information

Hunters

A Summary of Hunter Changes in Patch 4.0.1

http://dungeonplay.net/2010/10/hunter-changes-in-patch-4-0/

Trapping Tips

http://thehuntersarsenal.blogspot.com/2010/12/serebihms-lil-tips-for-trapping.html

Best Hunter Gems for Level 85 (Cataclysm)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/best-cataclysm-hunter-gems/

Best Hunter Enchants for Level 85 (Cataclysm)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/best-cataclysm-hunter-enchants-level-85/

Built-In Hunter Spell Alerts Guide (Patch 4.0.1)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/hunter-spell-alerts-guide/

Hunter Haste Rating and Haste Cap at Level 85 (Patch 4.0.3)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-haste-rating-and-haste-cap-level-85/

Leveling Your Hunter to 85 (Cataclysm) with Solo Rotation Included

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/scattered-shots-leveling-your-hunter-from-80-to-85/

Detailed Hunter Information for Patch 4.0.1 (with Rotations)

http://onemanraid.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/4-0-1-hunter-survival-guide/

Hunter Hit Rating Cap in Patch 4.0.1 is 246 per Huntsman's Lodge

http://huntsmanslodge.com/8109/hunter-hit-rating-cap-in-patch-4-0-1.htm

Hunter Threat Management Tutorial (Patch 4.0.1)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/01/scattered-shots-hunter-threat-management/

Pet and Raid Buffs List

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/cataclysm-hunter-pet-and-raid-buffs/

Recommended Raiding Pet Buffs

http://shotandawe.blogspot.com/2010/11/have-pet-will-travel.html

Hunter Pet Scaling in Cataclysm

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/09/hunter-pet-scaling-in-cataclysm/

Pet Builds for Leveling to 85

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/22/scattered-shots-pets-for-leveling-from-80-to-85-monday/

Patch 4.0.1 Gems, Glyphs and Stats for Hunters

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/scattered-shots-4-0-1-hunter-gems-glyphs-and-stat-weights/

The State of the Patch 4.0.1 Hunter

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/4-0-1-further-testing-email-reforging-haste-bugs-and-random-experiments/

Raiding Hunter Builds and Rotations (Patch 4.0.1)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/14/scattered-shots-4-0-1-hunter-builds-and-rotations/

Pet "Move To" Macro (Patch 4.0.1)

http://huntsmanslodge.com/8154/handy-pet-move-to-macro.htm

How to Tame the New Rare Fox (Patch 4.0.3a)

http://huntsmanslodge.com/8402/ashtail-the-rare-fox.htm

Hunter Talents for Cataclysm

http://bigredrhino.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/cataclysm-hunter-talents/

List of Raid Buffs/Debuffs for Cataclsym

http://pwnwear.com/forum/finalized-raid-buffs-debuffs-for-cata-t673.html

Raid and Pet Buffs for Cataclysm/Patch 4.0.1

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/cataclysm-hunter-pet-and-raid-buffs/

Cataclysm Info Links (Comprehensive)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/cataclysm/

Hunter Gear for Cataclysm Leveling (Get Ready)

http://www.wow.com/2010/09/09/scattered-shots-gear-for-cataclysm-leveling/

New Hunter's Guide to Cataclysm

http://thehuntersarsenal.blogspot.com/2010/09/zuggaming-blog-carnival-noob-hunter.html

Hunter Combat Ratings and Stat Conversions (Level 85 Cataclysm)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/level-85-cataclysm-hunter-combat-ratings-stat-conversions/

Links to Builds for All Flavors of Hunter, Including PvP, and Pets Info (Patch 4.0.1)

http://huntsmanslodge.com/8099/i-updated-my-addons.htm

Hunters DPS analyzer (updated for Level 85s)

http://femaledwarf.com/

Beast Mastery Shot Rotation Priorities and Power Auras (Patch 4.0.1)

http://huntsmanslodge.com/8139/training-wheels.htm

Beast Mastery Talents, Rotations and Glyphs (Patch 4.0.1)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/bm-hunter-patch-4-0-1-talents-rotation-and-glyphs/

BM Hunter Glyphs (Cataclysm)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-bm-hunter-glyphs/

Big Red Kitty Chooses Talents for the BM Hunter (Cataclysm)

http://www.bigredkitty.net/2010/11/14/building-a-cata-bm-hunter/

Beast Mastery PvP and PvE Specs, Stats and Rotations for Patch 4.0.1

http://huntsmanslodge.com/8117/the-first-two-days-of-4-0-1-other-thoughts.htm

Beast Mastery PvP in Patch 4.0.1

http://huntsmanslodge.com/8162/getting-battle-ready-more-bm-pvp-notes.htm

MM Hunters in Detail (Patch 4.0.1)

http://www.shecantdps.com/?p=993

Markmanship Hunters Talents, Rotations and Glyphs (Patch 4.0.1)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/marksman-mm-hunter-patch-4-0-1-talents-rotation-and-glyphs/

MM Hunter Raid Talent Specs for Level 85

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-mm-hunter-raid-talent-spec-level-85/

MM Hunter Glyphs (Cataclysm)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-mm-hunter-glyphs/

MM Hunter Shot Rotations (Cataclysm Level 85)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-mm-hunter-shot-rotation-guide/

Survival Hunters (April 2010 information)

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/scattered-shots-survival-101-part-1/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/scattered-shots-survival-101-part-2/

Survival Hunter Raiding Build (old)

http://huntsmanslodge.com/the-raiding-hunter-survival

Survival SV Hunter Talents, Rotations and Glyphs (Patch 4.0.1)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/survival-sv-hunter-patch-4-0-1-talents-rotation-and-glyphs/

SV Hunter Raiding Talent Spec for Level 85s

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-survival-sv-hunter-raid-talent-spec-level-85/

SV Hunter Shot Rotations (Cataclysm Level 85)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-survival-sv-hunter-shot-rotation/

SV Hunter Glyphs (Patch 4.0.3a)

http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-sv-hunter-glyphs/

Spirit Beast Locations

http://huntsmanslodge.com/spirit-beast-resource

Spawn Cycles

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21730688513&sid=1

Rare tracker addon download at Curse

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/silver-dragon.aspx

Screenshots and information about spirit bear behavior

http://www.cataclysmfrontlines.com/2009/12/bm-hunters-taminginformation-on-arcturis/

Tips

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12025293617&sid=1

Follow the links to the various databases, then read the comments.

http://www.wow-petopia.com/html/mobs/mob_arcturis.html

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Taming King Krush Solo

A guide to taming King Kursh by yourself while everyone else is distracted by the new shiny bobbles.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/8411/king-krush-solo-tame-made-easy.htm

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Pets During The Shattering (and Cataclysm)

A summary of changes to pets with Patch 4.0.3a.
http://www.warcraftpets.com/news/perma.asp?n=shattering_patch_pets

A summary of Cataclysm changes
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/06/cataclysm-hunter-pet-highlights/

A list of extinct and transformed pets.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/11/21/petopia-pet-changes-extinct-pets/

Companion pets added by The Shattering (Patch 4.0.3a)--
http://fallingleavesandwings.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/a-trolls-best-friend-a-look-at-the-companion-pets-of-the-shattering/

Some pets will only be available to those who buy the Cataclysm expansion pack.  Here's the list.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/12/06/cataclysm-expansion-pets/

Blizzard has nerfed the ways players were able to keep pre-taming effects on pets.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/12/14/effect-taming-or-i-should-have-posted-sooner-eh/

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Changes to Metagems

A look at the changes to metagems and how to cope.
http://twistedfaith.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/the-metagem-conundrum/

Graylo has written two articles, one before tweeks to metagems and one after.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2010/11/meta-gems-what-do-we-do-now.html

http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2010/11/chaotic-meta-requirement-reversed.html

Hunters and metagems
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/your-meta-gem-hates-you/

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Shot Priorities Addon for Hunters (DPSCheck)

The author of DPSCheck has updated it for Patch 4.0.1 and explains how it works here.
http://outdps.com/2010/10/29/dpscheck-4-0-1-shot-priorities/

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Demon Dogs, Spirit Wolf and Crabby Ghostcrawlers (Cataclysm)

The Cataclysm beta is introducing more tamable pets.  You'll be able to tame more colors of demon dogs if you want a fanged Chinese Crested following you.  The first link is about the demon dogs; the second shows the Chinese Cresteds they seem to be modeled on.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/10/30/demon-dog-heaven/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/image_galleries/chinese_dogs_gallery.shtml

A new spirit beast has been spotted in Cataclysm.  It's a semi-transparent blue crab called Ghostcrawler.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/11/01/ghostcrawler-the-spirit-beast/

A second new spirit beast is a wolf.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/11/04/karoma-the-wolf-spirit-beast/

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List of Pet and Raid Buffs

Now that pet buffs will help the entire raiding party, it is important to know what all the pet buffs are.  Frostheim has come up with a list.  Make sure you check the Comments for more information.  I've put this link in the Hunter tab but the information is important enough I wanted to post it here, too.
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/10/cataclysm-hunter-pet-and-raid-buffs/

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Tips for the Bored Hunter in Patch 4.0.1

Eidotrope has suggestions for things hunters might want to do now that the Lich King expansion is almost over.
http://outdps.com/2010/10/27/things-to-do-at-the-end-of-wrath/

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Maximizing Your Hunter's DPS

Hunter DPS sucks in Patch 4.0.1 but this article has ways to improve it.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/21/scattered-shots-maximizing-hunter-dps-in-4-0-1-heroics/

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Extreme Soloing for Hunters in Patch 4.0.1

You'll be happy to hear that Eidotrope thinks hunters can solo still now that Patch 4.0.1 is here.  He's planning to farm Anzu to get the rare Raven Lord mount and outlines how he'll go about it here.
http://outdps.com/2010/10/16/farming-anzu-and-some-news-on-extreme-soloing/

Here is a bit more about Anzu the Raven God.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/15/patch-4-0-1-is-all-anzu-all-the-time/

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Tame Solo Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace (pre-Patch 4.0.1)

Everyone on the Internet seems to think that Patch 4.0.1 will hit next Tuesday, without any reason for the rumor that I can find.  If they are right, solo hunters need to get a move on because they will not be able to tame two beasts (King Krush or The Beast) without help after the pre-Cataclysm patch changes everything.  Garwulf pointed this out in a new blog entry.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/8091/last-call.htm

But fortunately, he's written solo hunter guides to taming these two critters.  Here they are.  Once again, after Patch 4.0.1, these strategies won't work.

King Krush Solo Taming Guide
http://huntsmanslodge.com/841/gather-round-children.htm

The Beast Solo Taming Guide
http://huntsmanslodge.com/8014/taming-the-beast.htm

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The Rarest Hunter Pets

Zardoz has calculated the rarest hunter pets in his Armory data mining adventures.  These are not rare items, they are the least tamed pets and include one that is no longer tamable.  If you want something different, check the list.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2010/09/sixteen-rarest-hunter-pets.html

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Fun for the Solo Hunter (Taming the Beast or Soloing Molten Core)

Garwulf explains how to get the Taming the Beast achievement as a solo player.  There is a taming macro, hints on how to find the beast in Blackrock Spire and an explanation of exactly what Garwulf did to grab his Beast.  If you are a hunter looking for something to do while waiting for Cataclysm, this might be just the thing.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/8014/taming-the-beast.htm

How to solo Molten Core as a hunter.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/welcome-to-the-hollowed-core/

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Hunter Prep for Cataclysm

If you plan to play a hunter in Cataclysm, here's what Eidotrope thinks you need to be doing now to prepare.
http://outdps.com/2010/09/26/preparing-for-patch-4-0/

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Misdirection Macros for the Discerning Hunter

Long discussions of ways to use misdirection on various tanks in Lich King.
http://outdps.com/2010/09/14/misdirecting-different-tanks/

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Hunters in the Cataclysm Beta

The Solo MMO Player says this is a great collection of information for folks curious about hunters in Cataclysm.
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/cataclysm/

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