The hunter named Someone had posted part 3 of his guide to soloing instances. I personally hate instances and avoid them like the plague. But that’s not my point. He made a very interesting comment that I think is of great importance:
Playing with a pet you really feel is your fight companion does help giving you some confidence boost and I found that using my cat, even playing the same mobs in the same way, e.g., trapping and not relying on screech to glue them to the pet, things just happened more naturally: I feel good playing with my cat by my side!
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I will admit that patch 2.2.0 does have it’s pros, like dash for raptors. But I don’t know if there is anything that can make up for what we are losing: the dismiss-and-tame bug. If you’re a hunter and you haven’t heard of this before, use a lot before it’s gone. What happens is that you can dismiss your current pet and tame another pet without having to stable or abandon your initial one. Even if you don’t tame random creatures that you come across and decide that you want, it is extremely useful when getting that temporary pet to learn new skills.
You know what I’m talking about. It’s when your cat reaches level 16 and can now learn Claw 3. So you run to Loch Modan with your Fluffy and as soon as you see a black bear patriarch, you dismiss Fluffy and tame the bear. Once you’ve learned Claw 3, you head back to a stable master, abandon the bear, shuffle your pets around a bit, and then Fluffy is once again by your side. So simple, so easy.
*sigh* Bug or not, this little trick is incredibly useful for any hunter. Oh, how I will miss thee.