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Fixed an issue where Jingles battle pet would display as "Unknown" when summoned and its wreath and candy cane accessories were the incorrect size in the Pet Journal.
...the issue is that Jingles has two display IDs in the database, one has added Winter Veil decorations (added via a spellkit), and one is plain. There's a 50% chance of ending up with one or the other. If this was intended, the problem remains that you can only have one of this pet for some reason and you can't crate/delete it, so you're stuck with whatever appearance you opened first. So, allowing players to own multiple Jingles, and for them to be crateable/deletable would help.
It's also possible the two IDs were originally intended to be used on the same pet at different times of year (like, only decked out in Winter Veil gear at Christmas) but if so they never implemented it that way.
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Sgrgation#2894
wrote on 2022-06-10 10:53:38
I'm trying to figure out the rarest pets i have but can't seem to find a way to figure it out without having to manually scroll each of my pets on the website
Thanks !
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-06-10 11:31:50
If you go here https://www.wow-petguide.com/Profile/Collection you'll see a blue "Export to Excel" button. Download the sheet, open it in Excel (or google sheets or whichever you prefer) and you'll have a much more detailled list of all pets. It has the ownership percentages included in one of the columns towards the right and you can sort/filter to your liking.
Fair warning though, this percentage is only taking collections into account that are present here on Xu-Fu's, that means mostly people who are into pet battles. The numbers across all WoW are likely much lower.
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Sgrgation#2894
wrote on 2022-06-10 18:18:24
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Bueller#1107
wrote on 2022-05-26 16:28:21
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-05-26 16:55:37
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Darksarge68#1306
wrote on 2022-04-24 16:59:03
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Wilee#1819
wrote on 2022-03-25 15:34:29
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MarkC wrote on 2022-03-27 03:43:16
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-03-27 11:12:18
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Wilee#1819
wrote on 2022-03-27 18:24:50
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-03-28 08:52:56
But in all honesty, I'll probably have to rewrite most of that widget... yay! :D
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Wilee#1819
wrote on 2022-04-08 20:34:15
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-04-18 12:34:32
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sligga#2410
wrote on 2022-04-09 07:33:47
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-04-09 12:02:30
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Silverthorn wrote on 2022-01-11 21:07:14
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-01-11 22:05:37
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Allison wrote on 2022-04-02 16:44:09
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-04-02 17:13:07
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DragonsAfterDark
wrote on 2022-04-02 17:38:17
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-04-03 01:58:35
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-04-03 10:00:10
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SteffenSN
wrote on 2022-03-25 13:03:48
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Nessahelyan#1259
wrote on 2022-03-09 18:44:24
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-03-11 13:25:32
Both are pretty quiet by Discord standards, but always friendly. :D
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Lunula
wrote on 2022-03-10 17:09:17
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Llaird
wrote on 2022-01-24 17:01:47
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Stoke wrote on 2022-01-27 12:37:19
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Llaird
wrote on 2022-02-02 09:31:06
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MichaelHop wrote on 2022-01-25 18:18:17
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Elz#1902
wrote on 2022-01-09 23:28:20
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-01-19 01:49:38
If you have a roster of the standard Level 25 pets, you will probably find a suitable strat in there. Not so much for Kalimdor/Eastern Kingdoms, because any Level 25 Blue will just destroy everything you face.
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Alayea
wrote on 2021-11-02 01:32:13
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-11-02 05:29:07
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Alayea
wrote on 2021-11-02 23:58:46
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-11-03 08:04:27
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Alayea
wrote on 2021-11-03 23:39:25
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-11-04 08:59:15
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Alayea
wrote on 2021-11-06 22:52:15
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Silvia wrote on 2021-12-29 09:43:02
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-12-29 15:20:46
(and yes, working on it, moving to a new server in a few days ^^)
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Silvia wrote on 2022-01-04 02:59:14
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Mot
wrote on 2020-06-17 11:37:39
According to your table I would have to add a Lesser Pet Trait in order to accomplish in two turns.
With only Safari Hat it goes 1 --> 17 and then 17 --> 25. Not, as suggested, 17 --> 24.
As said, I think this is not only a Pet-Battle-Week-thingy, the tables seem to be slightly off in general.
PS: Why does the “edited” in posts appear with uninterpreted formatting tags? Or is it just my browser? (edited)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-06-17 16:12:45
Been a while since I tinkered with those tables ^^ Perhaps there's some other effect stacking onto it? I have to dig into it. Thanks for flagging it!
I'm currently working on another feature that I want to get out first but I've logged it as a bug:
https://trello.com/c/aDc8S9Zt/64-pet-xp-calculation-in-strategies-is-incorrect
Oh and... the reformatting of the formatting tags here is also a bug :-(
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Mot
wrote on 2020-06-18 10:17:43
Will double-check today or tomorrow for any buffs.
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Mot
wrote on 2020-06-18 11:50:07
[The “XP” are the gained experience points according to the log.]
Ashley: 1 --> 19 with 13485 XP; table is correct
Vesharr: 1 --> 17 with 11238 XP; table is correct
Teralune: 17 --> 25 with 12647 XP; table says: 17 --> 24 with 13098 XP
Tarr the Terrible: 17 --> 25 with 12647 XP; table says: 17 --> 24 with 13098 XP
Gargra: 13 --> 23 with 14493 XP; table is correct
Cymre Brightblade: 1 --> 17 with 11238 XP; table is correct
Summary:
Your tables are correct for the low-level (1; Ashley, Vesharr, Cymre) and mid-level (13; Gargra) range. But in the high-mid range (17; Teralune and Tarr) it seems Blizz has lowered the XP requirements (i.e., you gain more levels with less XP).
This would also be coherent with what I’ve seen yesterday with the Sir Galveston grind.
BTW: This was on different toon than yesterday; so, unfortunately, no Dark Iron Dwarf bonus racial ;-)
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Mot
wrote on 2020-06-18 17:36:13
17 --> 25 with 12647; table says: 17 --> 24 with 13098
I stop tracking here, since it just seems to confirm the Draenor results.
Let me know if you want more raw data.

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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-06-27 10:54:55
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-12-10 10:27:41
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Mot
wrote on 2021-12-21 07:11:11
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Mot
wrote on 2021-12-21 16:45:57
With Safari Hat and both Pet Treats: 1.00 --10059--> 16.82 --12141--> 24.14
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Solitha
wrote on 2021-06-17 15:26:08
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dreamgarden
wrote on 2021-08-19 08:22:10
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Gráinne
wrote on 2021-08-19 12:11:42
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dreamgarden
wrote on 2021-08-19 23:45:02
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Gráinne
wrote on 2021-08-20 04:12:32
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Gráinne
wrote on 2021-08-20 04:15:01
Go to the Search box at the top, type in Iron Starlette, hit Search, choose Strategies tab: https://www.wow-petguide.com/Pet/77221/Iron_Starlette/Strategies
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Solitha
wrote on 2021-08-26 23:47:08
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Rysana
wrote on 2021-11-22 13:53:05
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Gráinne
wrote on 2021-11-22 18:20:06
You can look at the ratio of breeds among users of Xu-Fu in the new Pet Statistics, but I wouldn't trust those, I'm afraid. The 2019 Survey has Fiendish Imp at S/S(76%),P/S(13%),P/B(11%), which is sane, while the Statistics show that among Xu-Fu users the numbers are S/S(37%),P/S(32%),P/B(31%) https://www.wow-petguide.com/Pet/71033/Fiendish_Imp/Stats and the vast superiority of the S/S doesn't show up at all.
One problem, though, is that so many of the new pets just don't matter for battling. I've largely stopped caring about Deathroach-ish breeds myself.
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Rysana
wrote on 2021-11-23 11:31:12
We had a WoW break during the time the new exp came out, so playing catch up. (We weren't thrilled about how the general game lore was going.) Loving the new wild pet battle exp. Found out when I was working down my "Go sort out..." list. Usually toss as many similar level queue pets in a capture team as reasonable, for what used to be almost pointless exp. Shocked about the dead leveling 50% deal too, although, would rather never 'enjoy' that if possible during tamer leveling. Still may make the occasional rng or bug issue less of a time waster. Not looking forward to seeing what changed with flurry, etc. One of my favorite things included finding sets of wild pets to use in somewhat reliable strats. Hope that's not broken all of those up.
Too bad the statistics wouldn't use something like max level win results 2 or more to count as a 'battle pet' breed held by the player. Which would still be off, but at least it means the pet of that breed was used in an actual pet battle by at least that player.
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dreamgarden
wrote on 2021-11-24 16:30:59
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sdpopeye
wrote on 2021-08-27 20:41:29
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-11-23 07:43:48
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Jakcie#11138
wrote on 2021-08-31 10:44:54
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-11-23 07:43:09
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Quinbouie wrote on 2021-09-10 14:06:19
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PhD wrote on 2021-08-30 16:31:03
Suggestion that when quests like this come up, where we can obtain a pet -its noted on the site
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dreamgarden
wrote on 2021-08-17 08:57:19
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Mssmee#1831
wrote on 2021-07-12 13:20:49
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Mssmee#1831
wrote on 2021-07-12 13:22:37
And I don't know why this was never around for me in the past since its from Pandaria and Brawlers Guild and 100% Obsolete -
(edited)
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PhD wrote on 2021-06-01 22:20:21
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PhD wrote on 2021-06-01 22:41:06
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Alauraa#2331
wrote on 2021-05-01 12:41:48
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DragonsAfterDark
wrote on 2021-05-01 20:46:37
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Xerxes
wrote on 2021-04-07 23:31:36
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Aranesh
wrote on 2021-04-09 04:35:42
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Roksor
wrote on 2021-04-03 07:45:59
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Shenk
wrote on 2021-04-03 08:48:52
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Whota
wrote on 2021-03-26 07:49:11
//edit ive researched and seems like all mess with blizz event changes cancelled super squirt for eu, would it be possible maybe to make note or change it for some random day so people wont think its soon when it wont be?
just an idea (edited)
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Azerate
wrote on 2021-03-29 19:58:03
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Gewalt
wrote on 2021-03-14 11:23:33
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Getza
wrote on 2021-03-16 14:17:52
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manypets10#1999
wrote on 2021-03-08 18:16:56
I used to multibox pet battles. I don't use any broadcast software, hacks or Bots, I used add-ons and scroll up and scroll down on my mouse. My three new characters were standing next to Sir Galveston the pet trainer WQ in Dalaran waiting for their pet heal to come off cooldown, when they were evidently reported for cheating.
Not getting my three accounts unbanned.
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Athena
wrote on 2021-02-09 08:06:57
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Gráinne
wrote on 2021-02-09 09:25:07
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Daedrynn
wrote on 2021-01-08 12:25:20
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Zeph
wrote on 2021-01-18 18:54:34
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DragonsAfterDark
wrote on 2021-01-18 22:08:20
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/world-quest-tracker
(edited)
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PhD wrote on 2020-11-28 12:05:29
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-11-29 06:00:51
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PhD wrote on 2020-12-13 10:56:16
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-12-14 04:49:17
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Alauraa#2331
wrote on 2020-11-19 19:55:41
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Alauraa#2331
wrote on 2020-10-20 13:21:23
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SweetBippy#1519
wrote on 2020-11-02 21:12:58
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Gráinne
wrote on 2020-11-02 23:19:29
More things may have been reset than just that title, so check your various progress with pets. Also Mechagon Minis, of all things ...
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/pet-battlecollection-broken/681040
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Alauraa#2331
wrote on 2020-11-04 16:29:33
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Gráinne
wrote on 2020-11-04 16:30:35
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Alauraa#2331
wrote on 2020-11-14 15:21:09
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Gráinne
wrote on 2020-11-14 19:13:42
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Toenail
wrote on 2020-11-13 17:24:53
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Llaird
wrote on 2020-10-14 17:22:50
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Viruzzz
wrote on 2020-10-15 04:14:54
Not an ideal solution, hopefully it will not be broken for long :p
If you're not confident that you can do it without breaking stuff then I don't know of another way to do it.
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Llaird
wrote on 2020-10-15 04:55:52
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/tdbattlepetscript?comment=114
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Mot
wrote on 2020-10-15 09:10:53
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Lichknight wrote on 2020-09-30 06:00:54
But i have a problem, that i can not create an account! Is there anything i can do to make it work? When i press the Registre, it will just shade the screen and do nothing, what can i do? :-)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-09-30 10:25:33
I've tested account registration just now and it worked without a problem. Can you please try it through this link?
https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?page=register
If it's not working, please let me know:
- What browser are you using?
- What language is the page set to when you sign up? (top right corner)
- Can you pls make a screenshot of the page you end up at? You can send that to my email xufu@wow-petguide.com
Thank you!
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Lichknight
wrote on 2020-10-02 10:13:52
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Voidly wrote on 2020-10-06 17:50:17
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-10-06 17:56:53
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Voidlyn wrote on 2020-10-06 19:29:44
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Voidly2 wrote on 2020-10-06 19:32:16
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-10-07 04:38:26
Will test on different machines and browsers. I'll really need to reproduce this to be able to track down any bugs.
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Lichknight
wrote on 2020-10-07 17:25:21
https://wow-petguide.com/index.php?page=login&m=&s=
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-10-11 17:54:06
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Voidly
wrote on 2020-10-14 14:22:04
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Voidly
wrote on 2020-10-14 14:19:32
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Jeack
wrote on 2020-08-09 11:37:27
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Laura wrote on 2020-08-09 12:38:07
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-08-09 14:20:22
They controlled by a company and I told them that I dont want these takeover ads. I already informed them and they promised to fix it asap.
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Jujoo wrote on 2020-09-12 12:48:47
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-09-12 13:19:03
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Anymsis wrote on 2020-08-03 12:23:12
I've been using PetTracker up until this point, but sadly it's been broken for a long time.
I looked everywhere and can't seem to find anything which does the same. It's really weird that such a basic thing is not in the game by default.
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Gráinne
wrote on 2020-08-03 12:58:55
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/derangement-pet-battle-cooldowns
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-08-04 09:24:57
https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=RecommendedAddons
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DukeForau wrote on 2020-08-02 12:55:37
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-08-02 18:32:49
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Neverfade#1803
wrote on 2020-07-25 14:08:23
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-07-27 09:25:53
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Neverfade#1803
wrote on 2020-08-01 23:27:14
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-08-02 13:45:51
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Ucanrunback
wrote on 2020-07-01 15:53:34
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Ucanrunback
wrote on 2020-07-01 16:00:28
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Neverfade#1803
wrote on 2020-06-15 18:28:09
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Mot
wrote on 2020-06-18 10:26:05
Rematch: Rematch.lua
TDBattleScript: tdBattlePetScript.lua
The file path (on a Mac) is like this:
/Applications/World of Warcraft/_retail_/WTF/Account/428082657#1/SavedVariables/Rematch.lua
where the account number will be a different one for you, obviously.
Path structure should be similar on Windows.
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Neverfade#1803
wrote on 2020-06-22 11:13:25
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Mot
wrote on 2020-06-26 13:18:42
What I would do in any case, is a regular and automated backup of the whole WTF folder. Ideally this is a versioned backup, so that you can go back if something got messed up.
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Neverfade#1803
wrote on 2020-06-26 17:24:20
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doe
wrote on 2020-03-31 20:24:13
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Shenk
wrote on 2020-04-01 06:02:57
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doe
wrote on 2020-04-01 06:08:49
I'm here becouse my guild master talk about this site and iwant to try
so if someone could explayn me correctly what i have to do would do me a favour
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Shenk
wrote on 2020-04-01 07:28:26
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Gráinne
wrote on 2020-04-01 13:40:10
What would you like to know?
You should do the quests for the Tamers in Kalimdor (for Horde) or Eastern Kingdoms (for Alliance) and basically keep battling and beating the tamers as soon as you can.
This site doesn't explain the low-level tamers, because they are not hard enough. If you are having problems with one, your best bet is to get an extra level or two with your pets and try again, or capture some new pets that are good against that Tamer's pets.
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Shenk
wrote on 2020-04-01 16:29:35
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Pairaka#1473
wrote on 2020-02-22 19:47:57
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-02-24 16:56:44
That's a really, really odd one. Usually when that happens, you are logged into the other Battle.net account *on your browser* (the battle.net app has nothing to do with this).
Just as an explanation, when you hit that "Login with Battle.net" button, Xu-Fu redirects you in the background to battle.net where it checks for authorization. If there is none, it will prompt you (you did this at the very beginning, first time you logged into Xu-Fu's). And if there is already an authorization it throws you right back to Xu-Fu letting the page know which battle.net ID it is. So whichever account is logged in on battle.net, that one will be sent back to Xu-Fu.
If you go to battle.net on Firefox and log out then into the correct account, you say this still happens?
Have you perhaps tried clearing the battle.net cookies as well?
If that doesn't work, there's one more thing you could try: go to your account security settings on Battle.net and check the connected apps on both your accounts. You'll find Xu-Fu in there. Just delete the connection both times and then log out of the battle.net website.
Then go back here and click the button. It will send you to battle.net and ask you to log in - you can then log in with the *correct* bnet account and this should bring you back here.
Sorry for this being so troublesome for you. I hope it will be solved with that but do let me know if you keep having issues!
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Thannya#2277
wrote on 2020-02-08 14:45:56
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Gráinne
wrote on 2020-02-08 19:41:04
Go tp your account. Settings ->Account Settings -> Beta features and switch it on/
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Thannya#2277
wrote on 2020-02-11 15:06:43
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Eekwibble
wrote on 2020-01-05 20:03:42
Just thought I'd introduce those who are unaware to the root meaning of the word that is going to hit this site when Shadowlands launches.
There are so many changes coming that a massive amount of strategies are going to need to be changed. I would like to offer the - at least temporary - solution (I'm not a mod/admin so I don't know if it has already been put forward) of adding tags back to strategies, specifically a tag to denote whether or not the strategy is viable in Shadowlands content (bearing in mind; some people may not have purchased the xpac). (edited)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-01-07 05:01:40
Yeah, we're aware. A tag for Shadowlands already exists and once we know more details about the exact changes coming and what will be affected, we will tag all strategies affected by it. Might be a big clean-up process that will happen with Shadowlands.
By the way, there will also be a Patch 8.3. tag appearing soon on about 200 strategies due to the changes in some weather effects.
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Eekwibble
wrote on 2020-01-09 02:00:54
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PureArmour#1184
wrote on 2020-02-09 16:31:22
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Solitha
wrote on 2020-01-21 15:11:34
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Shenk
wrote on 2020-01-21 15:36:08
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Aranesh
wrote on 2020-01-22 06:47:53
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Solitha
wrote on 2020-02-08 16:05:23
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Traheran wrote on 2019-11-14 03:35:03
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Remte
wrote on 2019-11-14 04:54:28
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Solitha
wrote on 2019-08-01 11:19:03
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Toenail
wrote on 2019-06-28 16:10:03
I know the issue isn't here as it also happens at warcraftpets as well.
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Gráinne
wrote on 2019-07-10 07:46:12
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/20772507045#post-11
and I just updated my pets successfully
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FuxieDK
wrote on 2019-05-06 01:58:26
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Nyari
wrote on 2019-05-06 04:38:22
(screenshots and infos will follow soon)
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FuxieDK
wrote on 2019-05-06 05:10:57
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Anymsis wrote on 2019-04-24 13:59:36
"Stratholme Pet Dungeon"
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cellardwellar
wrote on 2019-03-08 22:47:25
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Aranesh
wrote on 2019-03-10 04:29:52
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Mot
wrote on 2019-02-13 23:37:57
Learned this today: posted a comment, came back later to see if there was any feedback, reloaded the page: the page posted a copy of my comment. That was not what I wanted. I just wanted to check if my comment was posted and if there were some responses. I did not want to post a copy of my comment from 5 hours ago. And, a humble guess, I think the majority of the users are not expecting such behavior either.
Thanks, and, as said, I love your (this) site.
--
Tom
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schlumpf#2707
wrote on 2019-02-27 05:20:15
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Mot
wrote on 2019-02-27 14:24:52
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schlumpf#2707
wrote on 2019-02-28 15:30:46
That's.. Bad. I'm currently not having much time to work on this stuff, but I guess I'll add it to the list.. :/
I tested
- start page
- a strategy comment
and both triggered Safari to ask for confirmation..
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Mot
wrote on 2019-03-01 07:22:22
Yeah, seen it afterwards ;)
> and both triggered Safari to ask for confirmation..
OK. I’ll try it again with this comment reply. I’ll leave the page open and come back in a couple of hours to reload the page. (This was the scenario, IIRC. Though I’m not sure if the problematic comment was a real comment or a reply to a comment, like this one.) Anyway, I’ll report back then.
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Mot
wrote on 2019-03-01 11:21:46
When/if it occurs again, I’ll post it here.
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Unst
wrote on 2019-02-01 13:12:51
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Remte
wrote on 2019-02-01 14:47:01
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-11 22:24:53
It would be nice if we wouldn’t have the limit of 990 chars in the Info box of a strat.
I’ve only posted 3 strats so far, but already run into that space problem. See my EnvBert strat with Squashling (https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?Strategy=4315).
In that Info box I only could squeeze-in the content by shortening many things, down to the gramatical limits, and by omitting some info. I know, I could continue in a comment in the comment section, but this doesn’t feel right. The essential infos should be in one place.
I’m also aware that 990 chars should be more than sufficient in most cases. But there are cases where more info is useful (like the above example), and unless there is a technical 990-characters-hard-limit, please give us more room. If someone really is misusing that box (what for?) you could always edit the post or/and contact the author.
Thanks for considering.
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Lazey
wrote on 2019-01-12 03:18:35
If you can reduce RNG with breed restrictions... then maybe it's better to add them to the pets and not explain what can go wrong with other breeds. Also, I don't see the need to comment on the level pets because that is something that belongs to your pet team (or Rematch strings if you like to add your specific ones).
Most people come here not to read walls of text, they look for the better-rated strategies that match their pet collections, copy&paste stuff they need to import into their addons and only come back if something goes horribly wrong and then mostly to find help in other peoples' comments who also struggled or to find a different team/strategy: I don't think many people wanna read about stuff that already happened to them, they mostly want to see solutions and it's the best way to have them in a well-optimized strategy&team already.
Be honest, does it help when I struggle with this specific strategy and then come back and find something like "if this is happening you are screwed" or "if this is happening and you want pet XP restart, otherwise you win without rewards for your level pet" in your creator comments? I don't think so.
This is not a basic forum so maybe it's better to continue with keeping things short ;-)
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Remte
wrote on 2019-01-14 05:12:15
About the tooltips themselves… I don't have any clear conclusions one way or the other. Put an effort into it? It's ignored. Leave it alone to keep it tidy? You come out as oblivious and heartless.
Same goes for strategies, a new one? Ignored on behalf of ones that took the spotlight first. And when it's actually noticed? It seems to outweigh another with 300+ flawless executions which somehow stays in the shadow. Therefore, I'm not sure one can account for every visitor upon creating the environment. :-)
The cycle of (tamer) strife can be cruel, and I believe something needs to be done with it nevertheless – but sadly, enough of the philosophy, for at the moment the engineering of more basic aspects has to come first!
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-16 19:34:11
First and foremost, thanks for your reply and for your opinion. But I don’t agree with all of your points…
> I personally don't think this infobox needs more characters because it's there for SHORT creator comments to strategy basics or pet choices and IMHO not to explain every single RNG situation players can experience.
IMO the part that really should be kept short and precise is the description (the steps). The Info box, I agree with you, should also be short, but if there is a need for more information, it should be dumped into the Info box. (Not into the description, not into the comments section, for two different reasons, but I think both are obvious.)
Another possibilty would be to squeeze any meta info into the description before “Turn 1”. But this would be a cheap second Info box, and I don’t like the idea to abuse the form that way.
> If you can reduce RNG with breed restrictions... then maybe it's better to add them to the pets and not explain what can go wrong with other breeds.
I think you are referring to the Env Bert strat I have linked. Basically I agree. But you might have noticed that I already had added min power to pet #2, in order to exclude some of the substitutes. Though, I didn’t wan’t to do the same with the Blazehaound (pet #1), because I think the strat is doable also with a suboptimal breed. But maybe you are right and I should just exclude any non-P/P breeds.
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-16 19:38:09
> Also, I don't see the need to comment on the level pets because that is something that belongs to your pet team (or Rematch strings if you like to add your specific ones).
You are right here. The Rematch string is part of the Info box, and as such it should be parsed correctly. (The string that contains the correct and breed/damage-specific min health requirements). This should be enough, but, I think there are also folks that aren’t using Rematch. They also should know of the type-specific min health requirements. Unfortunatly the default forms of the page don’t offer any detailed entries for the min health. They only offer one entry (for all damage types), and I always put the worst-case min health there (for pets that are weak against the expected damage type)
> Most people come here not to read walls of text, […]
Well, I think, a “wall of of text” is not defined by the amount of characters. To create a wall of text you need two things: lots of characters, and lots of missing line breaks / paragraphs. I’m completely aware of that, and I’m always trying to section and format my texts in a manner that makes it usable for readers ;) I think the limit of 990 chars is not contributing to avoid walls of text. (It’s easy to build a a wall of text with only 500 chars, but I think you got what I mean…)
> Be honest, does it help when I struggle with this specific strategy and then come back and find something like "if this is happening you are screwed" or "if this is happening and you want pet XP restart, otherwise you win without rewards for your level pet" in your creator comments? I don't think so.
Good question. Me personally, when I use a new strat from somebody else, I always read thru the strat, and in the case I really need to level some pet, I then (likely) exclude strats that are mentioning things like “RNG”, “risk”, etc. But: I’m always happy (when using a new strat) when I see some detailed infos, so that I can estimate what is going to happen. But YMMV.
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daveyman123#1659
wrote on 2019-01-11 16:56:39
Currently I just do the garrison daily and the gnomeregan daily. As well as the pet battles from the two islands. What is the next step for me in pet battling?
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Gráinne
wrote on 2019-01-11 18:47:38
A lot depends on your roster - what pets you currently have, at what levels, and what breeds. More pets, fully levelled and made Blue, of the right breeds, makes everything easier. Since you haven't linked to a WoW character here, I can't see that, and it's hard to make specific suggestions.
I wrote a forum post here suggesting a development path for a battler. You'll have to decide what stage you're at:
https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/17623632232#post-3
The general directions of development people pursue are:
1. Collecting. Some people collect pets with not a lot of regard for their battling capabilities. However, since some pets are achieved only by battling, for example Wicker Wraith and Stunted Direhorn, even collectors need to pay some attantion to battling.
2. Achieving. There are many pet battling achievements in game, and following the natural trail through the Taming [Continent] achievements up to Pandaria, and then on to the Spirit Tamers, Beasts of Fable and the Celestial Tournament was an epic journey for me and for many others. It's well worth doing. The Celestial Tournament is still, IMO, the pinnacle of PvE pet battling. However, WoD and Legion and BfA have added more battling achievements.
3. Roster development. Distinct from collecting, this is finding the right pets for your toolbox in the right breeds and levelling and if necessary making them Rare with stones, so that you have the right specialist pet for any possible challenge.
4. PvP. Only a small minority of pet battlers spend a lot of time in PvP, but those who do really enjoy it.
Apart from Xu-Fu's here, you can read and join resources like the official Blizzard forums for pet battles, WarcraftPets.com website, or the WarcraftPets Discord, where like-minded addic.... er, battlers ... and more than delighted to answer any questions you might have.
Please ask again if you have any more specific questions!
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Eekwibble
wrote on 2019-01-11 19:44:55
Only really to expand on Gráinne's comment as regards the 'collecting' and 'roster development' sections - which are, as said 'distinct' although they are intrinsically linked - I would like to point you in the direction of the in-game Achievements > Battle Pets > Collect tab. There are a series of achievements called Raiding With Leashes, pretty much all of which can be completed via the auction house - if you have the gold/inclination - or by completing old raids.
In this content-starved expansion (and it is, it's making people want to do pet battling, isn't it? XD), it's been some small relief to run (short) old content knowing there's a possibility of a worthwhile reward beyond the vague chance of some 75kG pants dropping.
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daveyman123#1659
wrote on 2019-01-12 10:54:30
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cellardwellar
wrote on 2018-05-19 14:06:44
I can't seem donate. I just get a page that takes me straight to pay pal, but no option to donate
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-05-20 03:50:22
I fixed that pesky button, thanks for letting me know!
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cellardwellar
wrote on 2019-01-12 04:14:32
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MouseD#1748
wrote on 2019-01-11 06:57:32
Could not connect: 1203"
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Gráinne
wrote on 2019-01-11 18:51:14
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-04 17:18:55
BTW: I tried to add the line above to my last post, and it was refused. As a new comment, obviously, it works. Something on this site is very fishy. Don’t get me wrong, your site is performing better than 85% of the whole internet, but there are still errors. And some of them are … a bit annoying.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2019-01-05 05:51:53
That's because the page is a hobby project by one person who is not a professional web developer or programmer at all. Many of the quirks won't be worked on as long as there are bigger topics open. You can read through the list of tasks and bugs in the devnotes:
https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=DevLog
Regarding the versions, I don't really want to do that right now. There's already a mention of the last update time (use the downwards arrow on a strategy below the pets to open additional details)
Also, if you'd like to chat with us directly, feel free to join our Discord: https://discord.gg/z4dxYUq
Thanks for your feedback!
Aranesh
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-07 18:47:20
OK, sorry for my complaints then. Regarding the really good overall design of the site, I indeed thought that there were professional web developers envolved, and the little glitches were oversights.
Sorry again. I’ll shut up now ;-)
And thanks for the site!
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Aranesh
wrote on 2019-01-08 08:55:22
Very recently an actual, professional developer has joined me and is helping out a ton, so things might become a lot better soon!
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-04 17:04:19
Input via posting form:
`Immolate / [ spell=Flame Jet] until won or your pet dies. In the latter case clean up with your starting pets, which should be at pretty good health.`
Output (as displayed):
Immolate / [ spell=Flame Jet] until won or your pet dies. In the latter case clean up with your starting pets, which should be at pretty good health.
As you see the second spell is not interpreted (displayed) properly. It is displayed in its tag form (source form) instead.
https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?Strategy=4368
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-04 18:58:49
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-04 11:32:14
Right now I’m in the middle of that dungeon (and I have done already several runs since 8.1) and I find that this dungeon is underwhelming.
It seems the way to go with at least two thirds of the battles is using an absorbent pet (Emperor and the like). There are only some battles that require some creativity (the Rat and the final one, for example).
For my taste this is pretty poor design. Going thru the most part of the dungeon with an absorbent pet (Emperor Crab, e.g.) is time-consuming and just plain annoying.
They had chances to script some interesting battles, requiring creativity (like in the final battle). No clue why they failed. (As they did with the designs of many WQs, dungeons and other stuff in 8.0/8.1) Negligence? Incapacity?
This was critics, not a rant. (Maybe except the very last part ;)
If I’m missing something, please enlighten me.
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Remte
wrote on 2019-01-04 16:44:51
/shrug
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Mot
wrote on 2019-01-03 18:55:26
In consequence many of the posted strats are outdated.
Of course I will not downvote a strat, if I see that the AI script is no longer the same.
But this is no solution. Many people will come here, without knowledge of the old AI scripts, and I guess they will just downvote strats that don’t work (non-regarding the date).
You could make available a tag (e.g. "8.1"), that the owner of a posted strat can add to his strat, once he has tested it with the new conditions. This way it would be clear to the user if the strat is up-to-date.
Or, maybe even better, just apply a tag “pre-8.1” to any strat that hasn’t been updated. Give the creator of the strat the right ro remove that tag.
Just a raw draft. Think of it.
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Mot
wrote on 2018-12-28 09:43:16
The usual BBCode syntax
link label
doesn’t seem to work correctly.
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schlumpf#2707
wrote on 2018-12-28 10:07:27
Unifying all these variations is on some todo list, I’m sure.
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Mot
wrote on 2018-12-28 13:44:23
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Mot
wrote on 2018-12-27 19:53:11
Would be nice if you could fix it, because it breaks the communication as it is now.
Thanks
PS: This issue seems to be new. IIRC I never had those problems in the past.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-12-28 04:23:38
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-12-28 04:52:23
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Mot
wrote on 2018-12-28 09:10:02
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Scandalouz wrote on 2018-12-27 16:57:09
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Nyari
wrote on 2018-12-27 17:02:02
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Woody#1978
wrote on 2018-12-14 06:29:34
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Gráinne
wrote on 2018-12-14 07:05:35
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Nyari
wrote on 2018-12-14 07:28:20
Bluepost: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/bfa-experience-changed/45847/3