Think of this page as “patch notes” for tenacity pets. I have compiled a time line for the history of tenacity pets and related changes. I hope to keep it up-to-date as time goes on. Pet changes have historically been left out of patch notes, so getting all the changes for a particular patch can take time, and I’ll often come back to update the entries. If you see any errors or have any additions, email me at ihlos.hunter at gmail.com with documentation.
Mar 19, 2009 (Build 9704) Change to Stampede, knockback removed and 25% buff to bleed damage put in its place. Acid Spit changed to 20% reduction with 2 stacks, from 785 per stack with 5 stacks.
Mar 15, 2009 (Build 9684) Glyph of Mending announced, 40% increased healing from mend pet.
Mar 3, 2009 Extra talents announced. Thunderstomp is given to all tenacity pets in PTR, as well as Wild Hunt and Silverback. Family modifiers normalized in PTR. Gorilla and Rhino’s talents changed. Roar of Sacrifice applies only to the Hunter
Dec 8, 2008 Ghostly Worm confirmed as tameable
Nov 24, 2008 Ghost Hydra, Ghost Croc, Ooze confirmed
Nov 19, 2008 Rumors of tameable ‘Ghost Hydra’ and ‘Ooze’
Nov 7, 2008 Kibbler’s Bits now includes strength and stamina, making them a better choice over Sporeling snacks
Nov 5, 2008 New ‘white’ rhino skin brings rhino skin count to four. (This is the day I discovered it, if anyone has an earlier date please email me.)
Nov 4, 2008 Patch 3.0.3
-Animal Handler increases pet’s expertise by 5/10.
-Stampede has increased damage, but knockback reduced to 10 yards.
-Acid Spit’s damage has been increased.
-Thunderstomp now has a magical coefficient.
-Lowered focus costs on moves (20) now live.
Oct 17, 2008 (Build 9095) Damage increased and focus cost reduced to 20 on tenacity pet family moves.
Oct 15, 2008 Ghostcrawler announces exotic pets are intended to have about 10% more damage than their non exotic counterparts.
Oct 14, 2008 Patch 3.0.2 brings the tenacity pet tree to live servers, along with the other mechanics changes from the beta, such as the removal of loyalty and new stables.
Oct 12, 2008 Blizzcon’s Dungeon and Raid panel states off tanking in dungeons is one of blizzard’s aims with hunter pets.
Oct 4, 2008 (Build 9038)
-Pet Base Health increased slightly.
Oct 2, 2008 Ghostcrawler confirms that pet survivability is still being looked at.
Sep 30, 2008 (Build 9014)
-Spirit Bond now properly adding 10% healing as stated in the tooltip.
-Aspect of the Wild’s Nature resistance increased from 70 to 130 (New Rank).
-Pet leveling requirements decreased.
-New rank of growl added.
Sep 30, 2008 Ghostcrawler says that while increasing player options is not desirable, they are considering letting other players turn off pet stomping noises.
Sep 24, 2008 Koraa confirms that increasing base stamina for pets is still being worked on.
Sep 23, 2008 (Build 8982)
-Polar bear cub skin made untameable.
-Mend pet now properly gets extra affect from spirit bond.
-Testing by Chewy of Staghelm shows Spirit Bond adding 20% healing, not the 10% stated in the tooltip. Confirmed.
Sep 20, 2008 (Build 8970)
-Pets can be fed in combat, actions interupt it (Temporary).
-Pets Base agility reduced by more than half. Hopefully this is a mistake.
-Misdirection is now on a 30 second cooldown (This build?)
-Pets with caster stats now have regular stats (only a few tenacity pets)
Sep 17, 2008 (Build 8962)
-Pets now receive their masters hit chance as their own.
-Stamina contribution from the hunter increased from 30% to 45%, Blood of the Rhino’s stamina component appears to finally be properly applied to all stamina.
-Boar’s speed is now outdoors and indoors
-Grace of the Mantis is now 4% reduced chance of being crit
-Pet Barding’s armor component is increased from 3/6% to 5/10
-Taunt’s reportedly removed, but still in effect
-Roar of Sacrifice now takes 30% of the damage taken, with no cap.
-Bear’s swipe cooldown reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
-Crab’s Pin cooldown reduced from 1 min to 40 seconds.
-Croc’s Bad Attitude cooldown reduced from 3 min to 2 min.
-Gorilla’s Thunderstomp cooldown reduced from 1 min to 10 sec, cost increased from 0 to 25 focus.
-Turtle’s Shell Sheild cooldown reduced from 3 min to 1 min.
-Warp Stalker’s Warp now applies the dodge chance to 3 attacks.
-Worm’s Acid Spit cooldown reduced from 20 sec to 10 sec.
Sep 13, 2008 Ghostcrawler announces plan to make pet bar more flexible, enabling the player to remove all unwanted buttons on your pet bar.
Sep 12, 2008 Feedback post in beta forums promises pet hit derived from master’s hit and hit talent revision. Armor modifier will be worked into base armor. (No loss)
Aug 29, 2008 (Build 8885)
-Rhino’s gain stampede, an aoe knockback.
-Dash/dive is replaced with Charge in the tenacity tree.
Aug 28, 2008 Buff/debuff system announced, Worm pets’ Acid spit interacts with other major armor debuffs to become ‘one of many’ ways to bring the debuff to the table.
Aug 25, 2008 Announced that pet changes from the beta are going to be implemented early. Exact date not given.
Aug 21, 2008 (Build 8820)
-Rhinos have been added as an exotic tenacity pet.
-Animal Handler now affects master’s call instead of giving pet hit.
-Aspect of the Beast now increases pet AP by 10%.
-Distracting Shot is now a 6 second taunt.
-Separation anxiety increases pet damage at range.
-Spirit Bond now increases healing by 10%.
-New bear model: Artic Grizzly cub added.
Aug 13, 2008 (Build 8778)
-Boars’ Charge changed, charge/dash/warp revisit promised.
Aug 8, 2008 (Build 8770)
-Worms added as an exotic tenacity pet.
-51 point talent Beast Mastery implemented.
-Pet resistances change in functionality.
-New black Gorilla model.
Aug 6, 2008 Koraa (Class designer) promises pets to receive their masters’ hit rating, while rejecting the notion of pet resilience.
Aug 1, 2008 (Build 8714)
-Built in threat meter added.
-Pets again auto assist when in defensive mode.
-Stable expanded to 5 slots.
Jul 29, 2008 (Build 8681)
-BotR has its stamina boost increased by 2%.
-Imp Growl renamed to Guard Dog, 10% of happiness added.
-A bugged Roar of Sacrifice replaces RoF
-Growl changed from a taunt to increased threat.
-Boar – Gore changed to double damage during dash.
-Crab – Pin duration shortened from 6 to 4 seconds. Cooldown increased to 1 minute.
-Croc – BA reduced from 2 min to 45 seconds.
-Stalker – Warp had focus cost removed.
Jul 17, 2008 WotLK beta released. Pet talent trees introduced. Many mechanic changes. Tenacity pets include Bears, Boars, Crabs, Crocolisks, Gorillas, Scorpids, Turtles, and Warp Stalkers.
May 2008 WotLK alpha contains new pets and abilities. All pets get a skill, Loyalty dropped, Low level pets become five levels less than you.
Jan 16, 2007 TBC released. Pets have some ability to tank.
Last Update: March 24, 2009
