Sigh of Relief and a Word of Warning

I wasn’t giving up that easily.

THIS time the trap worked on the second toss.

I did the Longest Day achievement to get the Marked Flawless Battle-stone so I could upgrade her. However, this is currently bugged and does not send out the reward. So, unless you *need* the stone right away, it might be better to wait until they hotfix the achievement. Otherwise, you have to put in a ticket and wait a day or so.

Then last night, I was leveling pets in the Valley because I need some better options for the PvP weekly, and a Flawless Battle-stone dropped on the final battle before my pet treat expired. If you look at that closely, you will see that not only does it work on ANY pet, but it’s also non-bound. The temptation to see how much it would bring on the AH is strong …

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

Spend hours touring Northrend in search of the shiny new elusive Unborn Val’kyr.

Finally spot one and swoop in for the capture.

Pristine Trap misses THREE TIMES.

Val’kyr uses the ability that sacrifices itself.

Where’s My Stone?

Well hello there, Gentle San. I’d like to turn in my Beasts of Fable quest, please.

3 Battle Pet Bandages and a Rusty Pet Cage? Is this some kind of joke? Perhaps some Tungsten will make this cage better.

Oh much better. But it needs a new coat of paint. Magenta, perhaps?

Well now, that Seamus to be a big improvement. I trust that you will not let this happen again? Good.

(Note: No battle pets were actually harmed in the making of this post. They respawned a few minutes later.)

The Star of My Team

So … I’ve been doing the Fabled Pets daily … pretty much daily. I think I missed the first couple of days when I realized I’d have to kill the whole circuit each day, but once I got teams made up to deal with them and got a route firmly set, it’s not so bad. I ran it last night after raid with no stops for anything else (other than picking up an Ancient Jinyu Staff out of the Slicky Steam near the caterpillar) and it took about 35 minutes.

In making the teams, it seemed like, since we’re only fighting a single opponent, the best strategy is to just load up on a trio of pets who are strong against its type. This gives us three teams since there are three types of pets to face. I gave them appropriate, if unimaginative, names: Aquatic Killers, Beast Killers, and Critter Killers. One pet ended up on all three teams.

The Dragonbone Hatchling.

I put him as the anchor on each team, figuring there will be some battles where the third pet doesn’t even get called in, and then if I am fighting a different kind of pet for the next battle, I won’t have to heal in between since he didn’t take damage. This lets me use fewer bandages.

His placement on the aquatic team goes without saying. Flying pets are strong against aquatics. This is the team that it makes the most sense for him to be on.

(Um, yeah, sorry about the fuzzy screen there. I’d just fished up some Darkmoon Special Reserve over at Stormstout Brewery.)

But what about the other teams? Why would I use a flying pet on them?

Well, beasts are weak against flying pets, and I don’t have 3 mechanicals leveled. Most of the time, the Clockwork Gnome and Pet Bombling get the job done on their own. Gorespine, though, tends to put them down with the bleed, so my little buddy often comes in for cleanup on him.

For critters, I change out his first ability, replacing Slicing Wind with Thrash, which of course is a beast ability and is strong against critters. Nitun is a pain, but thrash can put him under quickly. As a bonus, Nitun’s abilites are .. beast abilities! So they are all weak against the flyer.

(Averry, don’t worry about Mortimer, he’s … resting, yeah … he ate too much and needed a nap. He’ll be fine.)

To get your own Dragonbone Hatchling, just head to Dragonblight. They can be found in large numbers on the plains surrounding Wyrmrest Temple. Other pets that share the same abilities include the birds from the parrot family, the mini jousters from Hyjal, or the Fledgling Buzzard from Redridge.

Now all he needs is a name, it seems silly to have him be so important to my teams and not have one. Any suggestions?

(Yes, I am showing off Kirgra’s almost-done transmog at the same time here) :p

Oh yeah, as for the results of all these dailies … I have gotten either a battlestone, a pet, or sometimes even both, almost every day. I think there have only been 3 days when I didn’t get either one. I have gotten 4 Snowy Pandas, 3 Sunfur Pandas, and probably 8 stones. I didn’t keep track and I should have. Oops.