Are spiders really that bad?Follow

I prefer Bears. They eat anything, have excellent Armor and Health, and can learn both Claw and Bite. A Talent point in Bestial Swiftness helps overcome the lack of Dash/Dive.

If you can learn to adjust your play style to the strengths and abilities of your Pet, then any Pet will do.

From level 19 to my early 40's, I used a raptor as a pet. It had no dash and, while it could learn both bite and claw, I use just one of those for any pet. I had bite and growl for him. That was it.

I'm not saying that abilities like gore or screech make no difference, because they do. But you won't be doing yourself a massive disservice by choosing a spider over, say, a ravager. If you're BM specc'd then there's basically no doubt that any species will be a nice mean machine for you.

It will work ok, no matter what, though. Spiders are freaky little beggars and creeping the heck out of opponants can be a nice added element to any battle. Just go for it. See how you like it.


Edited, Apr 22nd 2007 5:49pm by Smallsword

if you say you look creepy and you like that than get a spider :D. Nothing compares to the....well...creepy sound it makes when he moves like rubbing his mandibles. I had one and i loved him in PvE, but i had to leave him at lvl 24 in warm place, a loving place full of peaceful creatures....yes Burning Steppes.
I never had a crab but i think it looks awesome for an orc twink in Bgs :D

Cashara has a level 60 black widow spider. She didn’t level up with it, but she did use it a lot in her late 50s. I think the black widow spider is the neatest/creepiest looking spider in game. Perhaps it’s because of all the horror stories of real life black widows, but I find that even virtual black widows are somewhat scary. And I can’t think of a better looking spider. She’s blends with the shadows in the dark and she glistens black in the snow. Most amusingly, I’ve placed her on the bridge in IF between the bank and the AH and a number of people intentionally avoided walking through her.

The highest level black widow in game is level 25. I tamed mine when Cashara was 55. I would recommend taming your spider as close to your level as possible, as leveling up a low level pet is a lot of work. But I do feel it was worth it.

I also have a level 40 bank alt hunter that leveled with two spider pets. And a hunter that leveled form 19 to 61 with an albino crocolisk, which only gets bite and growl. In my opinion there’s nothing wrong with having a pet with only those two skills. With bestial swiftness outdoor hunting isn’t too bad. And as a BM speced hunter I’ve not had any problem with them holding agro.

We play this game to have fun. So in my opinion you should choose whichever pet you enjoy most.

I believe visuals are priceless. Anytime you can get a knee jerk reaction from an opponant it's a plus. And if they really don't like spiders in the first place, it will distract them long enough to forget about you ringing them up.