Ravaging

Posted by Stropp on December 31, 2007

Stropp is well on the way to level 62.

Over the last couple of evenings I’ve worked on completing quests. These have mostly been in Hellfire Peninsula, but I’ve just moved into Zangarmarsh and have picked up a bunch from the Cenarian Expedition and the Trolls at Swamprat Post. Most of these have been the kill x of y and gather a of b type, but nonetheless I’ve enjoyed doing them.

I was also planning on taming a Ravager as a pet, but since these were all level 62 or 63 I was going to have to wait until I reached that level myself. As luck would have it, I was riding to the pass from Hellfire Peninsula to Zangarmarsh this evening and I spotted a level 61 Ravager, a Quillfang Skitterer. Fortunately, I had stabled my wolf, a Bloodaxe Worg that I had tamed in Blackrock Spire and had tamed one of the buzzards that infest the peninsula.

I abandoned the Buzzard and set about taming the Ravager and voila! One pet Ravager ready for ravaging.

The next 90 minutes was spent finishing up a quest in Hellfire Peninsula, and then moving on to the quests in Zangarmarsh.

So far I’m pretty happy with this little beastie. He was able to take a bit of punishment and dish it out as well, so during a healing break I alt-tabbed and loaded up Petopia to see what they have to say about the Ravager. It seems they are fairly popular, though I haven’t seen too many around myself. The thing is they are one of the top pets for damage dealing, and also have an above average armor. Personally, I also like the look. They are one of the few pets that have a lot of different appearances.

One thing I’m not sure about is if there is a penalty for raising the loyalty level of the Ravager. As I said, I spent about ninety minutes killing mobs after I tamed him, and he hasn’t gone past rebellious yet. I figure it will happen, but I’d like it soon so I can start training him.

Now I have to figure out a name. My Bloodaxe Worg was quite difficult to get. I needed the help of my guild at the time, not only to get to him in Blackrock Spire, but to survive while taming him. Because of that, I never really came up with a name. I didn’t want to pick a name I’d regret later. Hmmm. It’s less of a deal with an easy to tame pet, but still.

I just hope that Blizzard decides to increase the number of stable slots for hunters pets. It’s very likely that there will be new tameable beasts available when Wrath of the Lich King is released, and it would be a shame to have to abandon my older pets, especially if I pick up some really hard to get pets like the Worg before the expansion.

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