Hey, thanks for checking out this article! Before you read on, I just want to clarify that this article is pure nostalgia and has absolutely zero news content. There is no new info about the quiz and no pet battling details in here. It's a very personal (and very, very long) recollection of the past by Aranesh, meant for those curious about the history of this web page. After all, an anniversary is the perfect time to look back a bit, right? But if you're not into that kind of thing, it's cool to stop here and do something else with your precious time :-)
With that out of the way, ten years Xu-Fu! Can you believe it?! I can't, and I've followed it more closely than anyone... obviously! But hey, let's go down memory lane for a bit. Initially, I wanted to pull out some old backups and show something like a yearly screenshot of what the page looked like. I do have those backups, gigabytes of data, but turns out it's really difficult to make them work! Mostly because of the database that has evolved massively over time, and was constantly changing. I can't just plug the old data in the current database because the slightest discrepancy will make it crash. It would have meant an insane amount of work to do that. Gives a bit of appreciation for WoW classic, to be honest :D
So I almost scrapped the idea until I remembered, the
Wayback Machine!
Luckily, it has snapshots of almost the entire time of Xu-Fu's! Idea saved! Not perfect, because many of the pages aren't saved in their entirety and everything behind a login is missing, but it's much better than nothing! So let's jump in :D
2015 - Humble beginnings
While there is no snapshot of the page right at release day, I do remember starting with something like 15 strategies or so. The Pandaria tamers, spirit tamers, and that was basically it. After working on the page for half a year, I just wanted to get it live, into the hands of people, and to hear some feedback. At this point I was thinking, either I will keep the page purely for myself and not invest much more time beyond what's needed for me to see my strategies, or perhaps some other pet battlers were also looking for a more convenient way to view strategies, meaning I would spend more time no developing Xu-Fu's further. The original intent for me, by the way, was to store my strategies somewhere easily accessible since I played on different PCs regularly.
Once launched, there weren't many visitors at first (yes I do suck at SEO and have no intention to change that) but I did get enough comments and encouraging words to punt the above decision and simply continue in my own pace, see where it's going. But hey, I promised pictures, here we go!
Let's start with the landing page. It always had news, but they looked like this:
Very different and ... odd. I knew I had to write updates somewhere and this was the best idea I had, just an alternating list of articles. It became too long very quickly! You can still read all those old articles if you go to the archive, btw.! Word of warning, there was absolutely no concept behind it and the type of news vary
wildly. You have been warned.
The Wayback machine also had details about something very, very old, the first comment system!
A modal window to show the comments, isn't it a beaut!? That was comments version 1. Another thing I knew was needed so people can interact with each other, or leave feedback for me, but it was very crudely put together. Fun fact, I wanted my own comments to show up in a different colour but since I had no user accounts and didn't want to spend much time in verifications or such, all you had to do was to use
[email protected] as the email address. The comment was then automatically named as from me and in a blue colour. No one found out, thankfully! :D
Back to screenshots, this is how the strategies looked like:
You can recognize the direction, but it's quite a bit different. The "Alternatives" on the right didn't even exist at the very start. I added those soon after release because for some reason, not everyone liked the single one strategy I had uploaded for each fight. Weird, right? :D
See that "Pop-Out" button? This is what it did:
Pop-quiz, what's that for? Any ideas? No? Do you remember the times when most people had only 1 screen and it had about 4 pixels resolution? So when you played WoW in window mode and wanted to read off a strategy in a browser window next to it, it became tricky? Rematch didn't have notes, yet, and TD Script didn't exist, so that was a very common problem. The pop-out moved everything to the left so you had an easier time arrangin your windows. You don't remember that? It wasn't a common problem you say...? Ah well, worth a try. Truth is, I did create that feature just for myself ;-)
2016 - Comment System 2.0!
The first year brought mostly one thing: more content. More sections and more strategies made it onto the page. It was still very much me testing every single strategy that was suggested (through a crude form) and hacking them manually into the database. That part took *forever*. One thing got a full overhaul, though: the comment system! Enter version 2.0:
A comment box that opened up towards the bottom, no more pop-up window! Much better. But still rather clunky and... character encoding issues, everywhere! I remember spending many hours fixing the mistakes I've done by incorrectly encoding the page from the get go. I had to go through every single file and fix it, so that special characters weren't displayed incorrectly anymore. Oof.
Oh and one other cool thing existed back then, the
Celestial Tournament Planner!
If you don't remember those days, pet battles were difficult once! Especially the Celestial Tournament, it was the hardest pet battling content ever in the game up to now and those strategies were the most looked for. The tournament was, a bit simplified, a hardmode dungeon with changing fights in it. The fights weren't easy but mostly we didn't have huge pet rosters, yet.
The Tournament planner took me ages to build and was the first attempt at a customized guidance for visitors:
Remember, no user accounts, no collection import, no automatic checks. Instead, the planner prompted you to go through the fights one by one and selecting a strategy you liked (read, where you have the pets for). In the end, you had your personal strategy plan to follow each week. And you got a "Planner ID" to look up your strategies again :D
It wasn't elegant but it worked! At the time, the page already had a nice followership (maybe 100 people a day visiting) and feedback was steadily trickling in, as well as strategy suggestions. This planner helped quite a few people, I remember.
2017 - Bonjour!
A little before the end of 2016, Xu-Fu had learned German already, but 2017 was the year when the page became truly international. All the setup was done and it just lacked translators. So whenever someone offered to help with a language, I happily accepted and one by one more languages were "unlocked". The Xu-Fu team also grew a lot! I'm intentionally not naming anyone here because I would undoubtedly forget someone and it would be a true shame and not fair.
What the team was up to, besides translations, was mostly checking and entering strategies. In the backend, I had built a very simple admin page that could be used to enter strategies. It was the absolute opposite of convenient but myself and helpers powered through the dozens of suggestions coming in every week. Testing, verifying, entering - arduous to say the least! To edit a strategy it was often easier to redo it entirely instead of changing steps. I can't thank those people enough for the immense help!
The landing page also received yet another overhaul and became very simplistic, mostly highlighting the team of people that was working on Xu-Fus:
What also made it in in 2017 was the
Collection Viewer - 8 years old by now! That was one of the first times I worked with an external data source and the data Blizzard provided. I have no screenshot of how it looked back then (Wayback Machine doesn't offer that) but it was extremely similar. Under the hood, the entire thing changed multiple times to be more efficient, but the display of the collections stayed almost identical.
Oh and... one more thing, that was a busy year, user accounts! Finally :-) They made it in before some of the biggest changes later on but from November 2017 onwards, visitors were able to create an account and post comments with it. No more need to re-type your name. And no more "
[email protected]" to go blue :D
There really wasn't much more that you could do with an account at that time but it was a prerequisite for what was about to come next.
2018 - Battle Table Redesign
The core of the page, how strategies are displayed, was at this point one of the oldest pieces of code. Not really in the meaning of many years but in terms of how much I've learned in the meanwhile and had re-written most of the other parts. The strategy table was incredibly inefficient. For example, most of the design elements were images pieced together using HTML tables. Not anymore! Mid 2018 saw the biggest update I had ever done for the page. I had re-written those battle tables from scratch, modernised them, used CSS color gradients instead of images, PNGs with transparency instead of JPGs with baked in backgrounds... things like that. But most importantly, I added tech so that users could add their own strategies comfortably. It had to be dynamic, seamless, easy to understand... I learned a LOT of new coding techniques while going about this project. How strategies are now added and edited is something you couldn't imagine the page being without anymore. It still looked quite different to today but it's much closer:
This update removed the biggest bottleneck preventing the page from having up-to-date strategies: myself. It was truly a step change for myself because up to that point, I had spent a lot of my time ingame, testing strategies and then entering them or modifying them. After this update, there was no need for that anymore. Visitors added their own strategies and curators took over a lot of the maintenance, thank you!
It was a daring step at the time and we did have some heated conversations internally. Not everyone was a fan! Opening this possibility meant a clear loss of control over the quality of strategies and the rating system was very rudimentary at the time. Dynamically sorted strategies didn't even exist either at the time, if I remember correctly.
But even if I had agreed with those disliking the idea (which I don't), there was no choice. Later in 2018, Battle for Azeroth was about to be released with a bunch new tamers, and at the same time I had started a new job, moved to a different country, and was already stretched thin. The previous expansion had been an insane crunch and with the popularity of Xu-Fu's by this time, it would have been impossible for me to keep up with strategy testing, even if I had double the amount of helpers. A lot of the work was still on me due to antiquated or non-existed backend tooling. So instead, I spent most of my weekends that summer (which was a really hot one here!) in air conditioned cafes, plucking away and trying to get this thing out the door.
And it worked out, undoubtedly! But it also meant that I fell out of touch with actual pet battles. There truly is a "before" and "after" of this update for me, hence why I am writing so much about it. After this update, I was often faced with the choice, do I play the game and maybe build a strategy, or do I fix a bug, improve a feature, work on the next thing on Xu-Fu's? In the majority of cases, I chose the latter. I still played and play WoW. i collect pets, and I do pet battles from time to time. But I do what most people visiting this page do: grab the top strategy for a fight and simply follow it :D So after this many years, I was basically back to the start, where Xu-Fu was a help for myself to do my pet battles, just much more sophisticated and not
just for me by now :D
It's a bit ironic though, because I run one of the largest pet battling pages in the world (still feels super weird to say or write that), and yet I am probably one of the worst people to ask about pet battle strategies or what pets have which strengths or weaknesses in battle.
All in all, 2018 was a really busy year, and it also brought one more revamp, yet another landing page :D There's a whole collection of those but this one makes a big step towards the current design:
2019 - New Landing Page(?)
Well, that didn't last long! Already in 2019, I built a new landing page :D
Despite being one of the least important parts of the page, it's a must have and I do think it should be useful and informative. I took inspiration from a bunch of different news pages for this latest design and it stuck around for many years, thanks to being modular and easy to adapt. A lot of the widgets I had do not exist anymore (like the "development status updates"), while others were added, like the XP opportunities or the leaderboard.
2019 also saw a lot more traffic on Xu-Fu's. Several hundred people visited the page every day at this point and the number of strategies kept increasing as well. In terms of development, this was when the majority of key features were pretty much done. Still a lot of things missing to make the page as helpful as it is now, but it was
working. So from this point on, there weren't that many huge updates anymore. I'd still say, significant ones, but no game-changers like user strategies anymore.
2020
2020 truly was a mixed bag. The world was pretty busy with a very specific topic, as was I, so all of the Xu-Fu updates were a bit more light.
Somewhere, someone mentioned that it would be cool to be able to see what pets another person has that you don't have, to find trading opportunities. I think it was a couple who both collect pets and want to make sure that no one has a dupe pet that the other one could use, but going through your collection for that search is incredibly difficult. It was a very sweet moment of someone just having a specific use case and contacting me about it. Many of the smaller features (and even some bigger ones) came from exactly such places, a random message or email.
I took that idea and built the
Collection Comparator. No screenshot this time, because it's still exactly the same as back then. I have no idea how often it is actually used, but it was fun creating!
That's a theme you'll find often with stuff I do for Xu-Fu's: I had fun building it :D Honestly, would have never imagined to ever be part of a project as cool as this, let alone run it. And having the freedom to do and build whatever I like is such an incredible privilege. Thanks for that!
Another odd thing of 2020 was a donation run:
I honestly don't remember the reason, maybe just because my company at the time matched donations...? It still felt special to go to the tiger sanctuary's webpage and transfer them $1k. I hope it was put to good use! :-)
But back to pet battles. Pretty early on, Xu-Fu had a feature that many, many people loved: The "Ready Checker". Again, I sadly can't pull up a screenshot because of how Wayback Machine works. But in short words, it worked a little bit like the collection viewer. You had to enter your character details and it was then comparing your collection against the strategies on the page and told you what pets you should get in order to use the #1 strategy for each fight. Back then the order of strategies was fixed, so myself and curators decided which one was "on top". However, when I introduced user strategies, the ready-checker sadly had to go - the tech was entirely incompatible with the new page version. But in 2020, it came back in the way you might now:
The whole thing became a lot more clever, and it had to, because now it checks each section not just for the #1 strategy but for which is the best for *your* collection. This also, finally, replaced the old Celestial Tournament planner which I also had to retire long ago. But using the "Hardmode" option for dungeons works just the same for the tournament, yay!
Last but not least, 2020 also brought some of the biggest changes that ever happened to pet battles: Shadowlands. A set of very controversial changes to some of the core functions of pet battles meant that a lot of strategies simply wouldn't work anymore. We had some internal discussions around this as well and decided to flag every strategy with a tag. Once the changes were live, we'd go through them one by one to check. It was a massive undertaking and I added a disclaimer to make it easier for people to see:
Many strategy creators also went through their own strategies to make sure they were still working but the majority was done by the curators. Thanks so, so, much!
2021 April.. Fools?
I mentioned that I have a lot of fun working on Xu-Fu's, right? In 2021, I took it maybe a little bit too far. Just maybe! The page was in such a good shape that I made the decision to... do something weird :D Enter,
Xu-Fu's Big Treasure Hunt!
I always wanted to create a game. I've built little prototypes of games before - a puzzle dungeon crawler, a pen&paper inspired RPG, even a little arcade shooter, but I never got close to finishing any of them because frankly, I'm not a great coder and game systems are so much harder than cobbling together a webpage. But I love video games obviously, and I work in video games since forever (not really a secret but I'm not a developer or designer). It's quite natural that I always wanted to make a game that's actually complete and played by people.
Xu-Fu's treasure hunt was the one, the first game I finished and released. Very different to what you would usually describe as a video game but hey, I'll take it! :D
I announced it on April 1st like a proper april fools joke, with screenshots and explanations of the whole game idea. etc. - but... on April 2nd it
actually launched and people could start playing :D Hilarious, right? Almost no one got it. I'm still a bit salty how under the radar that joke in a joke went :/ You can still read it here:
Link
The game itself was greatly inspired by a very old Austrian online-shop with a gazillion of individual pages for each item they sold. The pages could hide special collectibles randomly that you could gather and exchange for discounts. The Xu-Fu version was a lot more complex than that though.
If you never saw it, let me try to summarise it as short as I can. While the game was active, you could find coins and other special items on random strategy pages. You could pick those coins up, they were the main currency, but you could only store a certain amount before your account = profile page was attackable by others. Instead of hoarding, you had to stash them somewhere, on any strategy page of your choice. And, you could use some coins to buy warrior pets in order to protect the stash. If someone else happened to find it, they could try to attack and steal it with their own warrior pets. In the end, who held the most coins was the winner.
(how coins and other items could be found)
(the selection of warriors to buy in the game overview - there were more that you could only find in the wild, including Xu-Fu!)
(how battles between warriors played out)
To say the least, the game was really, really successful and had a lot of fans who spent waaaayyy too much time browsing through the pages. It needed tons of tweaking and the whole PvP aspect wasn't everybodies cup of tea. Shortly into the first version, I even did a vote for some more drastic changes to make the game a little less competitive. A vote, but how, you say? Yeah I know, nobody is asking but I want to tell the story. I wanted to capture as many of the players opinions as possible so a Discord poll was not an option, so I did the sensible thing (lol) and coded a little poll system :D
Voting systems are fun because they are pretty small and don't have many dependencies on other systems. Now that we have the feature, we used it exactly ... two times!
Definitely worth the time investment. Let's make it a third time to show it off:
This is a self-reflection question for yourself. Depending on your answer, maybe do something else? :D
➜ Yes (31)
Very insightful!
➜ Meh (0)
Could be funnier. Where are the cookies?
➜ No (0)
I'm going to play some games now.
You need an account in order to vote
In later editions of the game (we ran it 3 or 4 times), it changed every time and mostly became less competitive and more about the finding/collecting aspect. But it was still quite popular! Maybe I should run it again some time...?
The best thing though, no one was mad at me for spending a few months to develop something that had absolutely zero benefit for pet battles.
Thank you!
But back to the page! Did I mention that I hate SEO? Search-Engine-Optimization? The processs of tweaking your page so that it comes up more often or higher up on Google? Yes, I hate it, with a passion. I never did anything big on the page towards SEO up until 2021. It all happened because I got in touch with the owners of a really big WoW fan and community page. I'm not gonna name it, just so much that it's not wowhead, not
that big.
Their page is a business and runs mostly on ads and they gave me some pointers what I should do so the page works better towards that. I implemented a few quick things (that didn't change anything) but the big one was replacing the *entire* menu structure and link system. Previously, Xu-Fu links looked like this:
- wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=6&s=26
Whatever came after the question mark controlled the link, M = main category, S = strategy, or:
It's very simplistic and bad practice (ofc) and the main thing, search engines don't like it.
To change this, I had to learn a bunch of new things and while at it, re-wrote the entire code section of the top menu and how page routing works for
everything.
If you look at the page address, you'll undoubtedly see the difference. Now it's more readable and not using such obvious variables anymore. A good example is the collection viewer:
Before:
wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=collection&name=Aranesh&realm=lothar®ion=eu
After:
wow-petguide.com/Collection/EU/Lothar/Aranesh
I spent DAYS on this project. And the worst part, in hindsight, I'm glad I did it! Despite being a SEO thing, it just looks much tidier and whenever something new comes to the page (like pet pages), it's so much easier to add a section and proper routing. But the kicker: It didn't do shit for google rankings. There was no change at all. So, in conclusion, I still hate SEO!
Someone just mentioned pet pages, what a coincidence! These
also made it in in 2021! By pet pages I mean this:
https://www.wow-petguide.com/Pet/143820/Kunchong_Hatchling
Or the tooltips here:
Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen
Neither existed before and the tooltips where just from wowhead (like
this one).
They are a pretty obvious addition but it took a long time to come up with the design, especially for the tooltips. I wanted them to be more useful than the Wowhead ones and I do think they are. Big kudos to my partner for, basically, coming up with the entire tooltip design!
The pages then gave some more headache and I had to dive into lots of formulas to get the stats right but hey, they turned out pretty neat, right?
2022 Moving server
We are coming towards the end slowly, not much longer, I promise! By 2022, Xu-Fu had firmly placed his paws into the wow pet battling community and visitors were a few thousand per day. That also attracted the attention of bad players more and more. Bad players such as bots and hackers targeting pages with a certain amount of traffic to check for vulnerabilities, or simply to bring it down by overloading it and trying if any info is spilled while it errors out. It was a serious problem and the page was down for hours on end, so I finally, after 7 years, moved away from my old webspage provider.
Moving a webpage is not that simple and the whole process took days to all figure out. I'll spare you all the technical details, I'm just glad it's done and the new server is much better. A little anecdote though that is really funny in hindsight!
When I created my very first webpage in ... 2001 or so (yes, it was one of those, this is me and my
dog cat - pages), I looked for a webspace provider and found a tiny little 3-person company. It was the best! They had their own servers in the basement (or so I imagine), were really passionate about what they do, and the cost was comparatively low. Whenever I had a problem, I often talked to the CEO directly who sometimes helped me with some coding issues simply because he had fun with it!
Some years later, he sold his company to one of the big webspace providers in the country, and my contract was rolled over to them. That is the only reason why I was with this specific provider when I started Xu-Fu.
And once Xu-Fu started to grow, the fun with them started as well :D
On that new provider, Xu-Fu (and my other tiny pages) were hosted on a shared server together with something like 20 or 30 other customers. Some of them were online shops, I later learned. Nothing big of course. It was all under a fair use policy so if someone used too much traffic they moved them off and forced them into a more expensive contract.
Not me. I was on a legacy contract that had no specific end date and included
unlimited traffic with
zero limitations. They were pissed. Not the whole company of course but I imagine there was some tech support team leader looking at the situation and fuming. I had lots of email conversations and angry notifications from them, and sometimes they let some information slip. Xu-Fu brought the entire server down many, many times. They once told me Xu-Fu used >80% of the entire server load and the other 20something users shared the rest. It was a bit of a d*** move but I simply saw no reason to do anything about it. My contract was my contract and they could either solve their shit by beefing up the server or cancel my contract (that was an option available). They did neither. Instead, the threatened, they complained, once they blocked my entire account which resulted in me shouting at them and (digitally) waving the contract until they caved. It was an entirely laughable situation but also not one that could go on forever.
So, 2022 saw a new webspace provider and I'm not looking back honestly!
2023 Steady as it goes
Now that is a year I simply don't have much to talk about. Lots of little tweaks, new pets, game content etc. but the entire year was pretty much easygoing. I focused a lot on work and moved to a new flat but there's really not much exciting to discuss here.
2024 Changes, so many changes
... but not on Xu-Fu's! The page still ran and runs incredibly stable thanks to the work of so many. I had my hands full with some very specific things which I'm going to talk about in a little while but let's wrap the pages development up first.
The most notable thing in 2024 is the connectoin to
Pet Sim! How to measure the reliability of strategies was always a very contentious topic and we tried a few systems, from "staff pick" to "RNG" tags, but it was never accurate. Pet Sim changed all of that! If you don't know this amazing tool (not created by me!) - it's a strategy simulator. Feed it a team and script and you can simulate the fight as many times as you want to know the success chance of it. This is such a game changer that the Pet Sim creator and I worked on connecting Xu-Fu and Pet Sim. Now, you can easily load up a Xu-Fu strategy on Pet Sim (like so:
https://wow-petsim.com/?strategy=14252) and vice versa, the calculation results are fed into Xu-Fu's and shown directly here as well. They also inform the ranking of strategies by now.
Connecting Pet Sim is probably the most impactful change to Xu-Fu that happened over the last 3-4 years, so it's definitely worth mentioning here!
(look at the percentages!)
But what else changed? Well, lots, but the following section is purely, purely personal stuff so I'll put it in a drop down. Read if you're curious or skip for just Xu-Fu related stuff.
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A bit of Araneshs story
The last year was the most tumultous in my life. Two things coincided last year. One of them planned, the other wasn't.
The thing not planned was that the company I've been at for the last 6 or so years went through a
bit of a shake-up. My job has never been "just a job" you went to 9-5 and didn't think much about beyond. I think that's partly due to the gaming industry being very young, full on IT with all its flaws, and being by definition one constantly at the forefront of development. That means a job that also constantly changes, evolves, adding or removing facettes, taking on new challenges that did not even exist a few years before. I'm not complaining. I like that. But I also like a bit of stability. Just a good mixture please. I had that within this company - lots of changes and new things but a certain stability. And a work environment that was anything short but awesome. All my previous roles and companies were rather meh and made me jaded about the working world and ... *gesticulates at everything*... capitalism in general I guess! But the place I had here was a haven from all that.
Was. My company was bought out and incorporated into a bigger fish. No names again, intentionally, even though it can be pieced together if you really wanted to. I'll make your life easier, if you want to know, just DM me here or even better on Discord. I just don't want to put it in writing here. Oh, one thing it's not Blizzard->Microsoft.
Anyway, my company was acquired and I was faced with two options: take a severance and look for a new job, or interview at that new company for one of the roles they have open. My old job was gone.
I chose the latter and went through a long and arduous process. They take interviewing very, very seriously, making sure that anyone in the company knows that everyone else on the "inside" has gone through a tough gatekeeping and thus earned the spot - and trust. Long story short, I made it through, into a much bigger company, with a very different role, in much bigger team, with more complex responsibilities and many things I've never done before. Lots of change! Very little stability.
And all that was going on while the other thing happened, the one that was planned: A baby :D
We took our good time with that decision but had made up our mind somewhere between 2022 and 23. We were in a good spot after all, just the right amount of stability. We couldn't have known the above of course.
So our journey towards parenthood started!
If you ever read an article about how magical pregnancy is and what a wonderful journey it is, what a load of BS. I don't know who pays people to come up with that crap, probably the advertising algorithm because it clicks well, but it's about as fake as your average Instagram influencer feed. What pregnancy does to you is bonkers! And I was just on the passengers seat. Insane kudos to every person going through a pregnancy and out on the other end with a sane mind, not even speaking of what it does to a body. I could go on a long rant now about how insanely little support women received in the past centuries from... everywhere besides other women, and how it's still nowhere near where it should be, even in a largely developed country like the one we are in, but that's a whole different story. I'll try to stay on our own story.
We went through some truly difficult and dark times and yes, we "
came out at the other end even better" - but that's sugarcoating something no one, literally nobody in my entire surroundings, was honest to me about beforehand. This is not the right place but I vouched to do the only thing I can to break this chain and that is to be honest and talk about it: having a kid is the most difficult thing I've done in my life and I dare say it's the same for my wife.
A lot can go wrong or simply not as you expected. Some pregnancies and births are textbook, yeah, but you can't
plan on that! It's all chances, possibilities, risks. LOTS of risks. We were told to plan for our ideal birth scenario. Courses, books, friends etc. told us all the same, visualize it to make it reality! What they
should have told us is to prepare for the hard situations. To
expect them even. So you're ready for them. Otherwise if any of those many, many bad situations happens, it will hit you like a truck, you might make wrong decisions, and you end up with deep, deep trauma. Even if your kid is healthy and amazing in the end, like ours turned out, that trauma is with you and it will stick because you now have to care for a tiny human being and you will definitely not sleep much. Good luck processing trauma in a situation like that! It's absolutely no wonder so many relationships break after a kid. You manage through the first few years by pure willpower and because there's no alternative with a newborn, you both accumulate stress and trauma without ever having a chance to heal or talk about it, and once things become a bit easier, you drift apart. Look up the statistics, it's really not that hard of a concept. But I digress again, sorry. Suffice to say, honesty and better preparation for the tough situations would have helped us
loads.
Thankfully, my wife and I are used to talking candidly about our feelings and we are managing okay. The worst part is behind us anyway, the sleepless nights and the feeling of not knowing what to do while being endlessly tired. It was a rollercoaster! Now how do I turn this story into something more lighthearted? I'll try with two things: First: If you find any bugs in the quiz it might be because I coded it at 3am in the night while rocking a baby to sleep with my foot. Thankfully, there is no foto evidence :D And secondly, now that he's all smiles and play, our little one is an incredible addition to our lifes and I am very, very happy that we have him :-)
I don't really want to add a picture of him wearing his Xu-Fu onesie here, privacy and all that, but at the least, here is the onesie we got him:
That's our story! We are doing OK. More than ok, we are fine, truly. I'm not sharing all of this for brownie points or sympathy. I am sharing, frankly, because I want to. Maybe a little bit to show some more personality of myself towards a community that has been so incredibly kind to me. Maybe also as an advance apology because I really don't know how much time I will have left for Xu-Fu going forward (most of the quiz I had built before our son was born, FYI). But mostly because I simply want to.
It's my story, our story, and it is interwoven heavily with the development of this page.
Thanks for indulging me :-)
2025 and beyond
The big year, 10 years of Xu-Fu's! I knew I wanted something special and truth be told, I've started prepping for this anniversary already in the year before. I have no clue anymore where the idea came from but as you know, enter my second every game I created (and launched)! The quiz was a ton of fun to create and I'm glad it's working and people are actively enjoying it :-)
Creating it was surprisingly fast. Not... fast fast, but much quicker than I expected. By now, the page has so many elements that I can take and reuse that it sometimes reminds me of a box full of half-built lego stuff that you can take and reassemble. I also added a bunch more things and played with animations. In short, I'm proud of it!
The prizes were an entirely different thing. The idea of a custom Xu-Fu I had early on but I looked for a long time to find someone who could create them, and I'm super glad with how they turned out in the end! :D
I might commission one of my own some time, as a physical reminder of how amazing this whole experience and community is. We'll see!
What comes next? First of all, I'll have to figure out what happens to the quiz! It's popular, no question. I'd like to keep it around but how exactly is to be determined. Maybe a good topic for a poll?
Next up is very clear, Mists of Pandaria Classic is around the corner and it
will include pet battles! My current plan is to have a separate version of the page that is MoP or Classic themed that only includes classic content - and you can easily toggle between the versions. It's a massive project and I hope I can get it done in time for the release!
There's a lot of other projects I can think of that would make Xu-Fu even better. Let's see what 2025 has in store first.
If you made it this far, thank you so much for your time and attention. I hope you enjoyed my ramblings and stories. I'm always happy to read your comments, thoughts, ideas - let me know!
But for now, I wish you all the best, a wonderful weekend, week ahead, summer, and 2025!
Thanks for being here and for being part of this amazing community! <3
Important News: Patch 11.1.7 "Legacy of Arathor" Datamining
Important News: Patch 11.1.5 is Live!
Important News: The War Within Compilation Article - Updated 27 December
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Llithari
wrote on 2025-05-10 11:16:21
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Birdy33 wrote on 2024-12-14 22:25:35
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SoundVoltex#11637
wrote on 2023-11-18 16:52:22
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-11-18 18:38:35
You will see an existing strategy - doesn't matter which.
On the right is a pink tab with a plus sign + on it.
Click that pink tab.
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SoundVoltex#11637
wrote on 2024-04-01 14:02:33
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Mot
wrote on 2023-12-30 13:12:54
Informational note on pet dungeon "sustainability":
Most pet dungeons become completely obsolete once you have completed all objectives and all associated achievements/pets/titles. This is true for: Stratholme, Blackrock Depths, The Celestial Tournament, The Deadmines. Some pets you can buy with the currency from The Deadmines come in different breeds, so make sure you get one of each before you forget about the dungeon.
"Sustainable" dungeons are: The Wailing Critters, Gnomeregan
Pets from these dungeons (via currency, or via random drop from the reward satchel) are tradable, so it is worth doing these two dungeons every week if you are interested in Gold/Euros/Dollars.
As an example, average prices for EU Azjol-Nerub, acc. to undermine.exchange as of 2023-12-30:
Gnomeregan:
Mechantula: 3.5k
Mechanical Cockroach: 16k
Alarm-O-Dog: 64k
Leper Rat: 70k
Wailing Critters:
Young Venomfang: 10k/17k
Cavern Mocassin: 23k/44k
Everliving Spore: 270k
Edit: Fixed realm name for example source; detailed the pet rewards for the two good dungeons; minor other changes; typos. (edited)
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WhyDaRumGone
wrote on 2024-03-17 05:46:49
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Mot
wrote on 2024-03-30 23:06:15
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Alauraa#2331
wrote on 2023-11-04 00:02:11
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Aranesh
wrote on 2023-11-10 12:41:10
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Alauraa#2331
wrote on 2023-12-24 22:48:20
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Mot
wrote on 2023-06-30 14:43:41
I just posted a comment to a strat, then added "Thanks for sharing." and it shows the "(edited)" tag.
IMHO, this tag only makes sense if it appears when the post has been edited after the visitor's last visit to this page. As it is now, it is just clutter, as it does not carry any useful information. (Well, it might tell the reader that the author is a bit stupid or distracted, as he was apparently incapable of posting the entire post in one go ;-)
(edited)
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Cherish wrote on 2023-07-02 07:04:15
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-07-02 07:56:46
And in the cases where it doesn't matter, it does no harm. (edited)
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Mot
wrote on 2023-07-02 10:36:07
You are right, the tag can be useful if the post has been edited after a reply has been posted.
And that brings me to a better solution (my suggestion to apply the tag only after the visitor's last visit to the page is not really helpful in this case):
– Add a grace period: Apply the Edited tag only if the edit was made later than, say, 3 minutes after the original post. (This is not uncommon on forums, e.g the Discourse software has a setting for this.)
– Ideally, add the date of the edit, so, if we see a seemingly incoherent reply, we can clearly see if the edit might be the cause.
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Fordhonharn#2159
wrote on 2023-05-24 20:08:28
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-05-24 21:40:28
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Quadta#1527
wrote on 2023-05-15 07:44:06
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-05-15 11:52:52
But, honestly, dailies through EK and Kalimdor are not worth doing. Only very low level carry pets will get any XP, and that not very much. And it's a lot of travelling time.
You can get very good character XP and some pet XP - better than EK/Kalimdor dailies, at least - from wild battling.
But what I would recommend is to put War Mode on, and park your alt at the pet area in Legion Dalaran.
Legion Dalaran repeatable tamers are up maybe twice a week on average, BUT when one is up, you can get full tamer XP for each battle for your pets, so a pet levelled in 4 battles, and also excellent character XP, with no travelling time, and you can repeat as much as you want while the tamer is up.
See the Powerlevelling Guide https://www.wow-petguide.com/Guide/44/Powerleveling_Guide for more about levelling with wild battles, and the Legion Tamers.
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Quadta#1527
wrote on 2023-05-16 04:23:49
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Alayea
wrote on 2023-05-14 20:20:54
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-05-14 21:40:34
I'm guessing Aranesh will pick up on this, but it really isn't a problem.
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gred
wrote on 2023-03-15 19:00:57
I seem to have run into a problem with Magpie website. My browsers list Magpie as "unsecure" and say the certificate has expired. Does anyone else have this notice?
Thanks
Update; Thanks for the reply and all the hard work. If not for this website and all the info it provides I probably would not be doing any pet battles. Thanks once again.
(edited)
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-03-15 19:38:31
Meanwhile, I wouldn't let that stop you using Magpie. There is no confidential information being exchanged, and nothing that is prone to malicious use. Anyway, the SSL still holds; it's just that it's dur for renewal.
(edited)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2023-03-15 20:12:35
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Prismo#11628
wrote on 2023-02-25 17:38:11
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-02-25 19:38:29
I don't know which battle within Stratholme you're talking about, so I can't check.
My preferences are
Preferred: Staff Pick, Fast, Level
Neutral: TCG, Breed, Shop, Script
Unfavoured: RNG, Long, Tricky, Unobtainable
Now, that might not be the ideal choice for everyone. I can certainly imagine some people Unfavouring Breed, Shop, and TCG, and/or Favouring Script.
But if you try it again with those preferences, you might get a better selection.
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Prismo#11628
wrote on 2023-02-25 22:19:14
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faierarenas
wrote on 2023-01-10 21:59:01
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Gráinne
wrote on 2023-02-20 20:50:06
Your question would be: is there a way to tell Rematch not to fill an "Any Pet" slot with a pet that will be used elsewhere in the dungeon. Is that right?
If so, the answer is no. When Rematch sees an "Any Pet" string, it does use a random pet.
What I have done in cases where the strat uses "Any Pet" is to import the team into Rematch and then manually fill the "Any Pet" slot with a pet of my choice.
If I have misunderstood your question, please clarify.
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gred
wrote on 2022-12-23 03:20:13
EDIT: Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. It is very much appreciated.
(edited)
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-12-29 22:23:22
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Ed wrote on 2022-12-23 16:43:29
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-12-29 22:22:58
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Dyz
wrote on 2022-12-29 19:46:17
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Razør
wrote on 2022-12-29 15:31:18
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Dyz
wrote on 2022-12-28 12:42:13
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Esmeraude
wrote on 2022-12-27 16:49:41
(edited)
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Greatspirit
wrote on 2022-12-23 20:42:26
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Sgrgation#2894
wrote on 2022-12-13 21:58:53
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Ladiebella
wrote on 2022-12-22 15:39:52
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Rayids
wrote on 2022-10-26 14:14:40
They seem to cause issues with the prepatch stuff :(
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-10-26 17:03:25
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Mot
wrote on 2022-10-27 01:32:27
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-10-27 08:22:06
:D
TD script is in the works, that much I know for a fact. The others I'm sure will follow soon :)
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Rayids
wrote on 2022-10-27 14:49:19
Manually clicking buttons is the hardest thing I've had to do in a while >:
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-10-28 07:04:33
Hrmph, this Younger Generation who find it too much work to click different buttons... Arrr, when I was young, we had to click ALL our buttons while trudging in the snow all the way around Pandaria , and it was uphill both ways! (Shakes stick and yells at clouds.) (edited)
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Rayids
wrote on 2022-10-28 08:28:13
No more button clicking!
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Shadow11 wrote on 2022-11-01 19:19:28
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Gráinne
wrote on 2022-11-01 20:21:00
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Mot
wrote on 2022-11-08 16:23:45
@Shadow11, Blizz's "Outdated" check is a fake check, as it just reads a number in the addon's index file (toc). That is, if my addon is completely incompatible with a new game version because of API changes, I can make it "updated" for Blizz' check by just updating that number, even if the addon crashes your game, freezes your computer and drinks your beer.
Many addons that haven't seen updates for months or even years are still 100% compatible. Maybe they are truly abandoned (and still work or not), or maybe the author just decided to not waste his time with toc updates, if the addon is not affected by the last patch changes.
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Mutanis
wrote on 2022-11-09 22:09:58
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Alayea
wrote on 2022-11-12 20:00:08
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DragonsAfterDark
wrote on 2022-11-14 17:42:43
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Mot
wrote on 2022-11-17 22:22:47
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gred
wrote on 2022-11-11 03:01:16
EDIT: Icon is gone and everything is good. Magpie updating and current. Thanks
(edited)
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eightphases
wrote on 2022-11-02 06:23:30
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Largo
wrote on 2022-11-02 10:55:34
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Largo
wrote on 2022-11-03 12:01:40
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Penance
wrote on 2022-07-03 18:46:45
I love that feature. It's so helpful for me in growing my collection.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-07-03 19:44:24
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Penance
wrote on 2022-07-04 02:07:59
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Aranesh
wrote on 2022-07-07 17:54:07
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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
-1
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:
Link
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
1
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 ...
Link
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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 [email protected]
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
0
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
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Woody#1978
wrote on 2018-11-29 06:40:17
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HoPeIsDoPe#2108
wrote on 2018-11-15 10:00:42
1
Toenail
wrote on 2018-10-23 18:51:17
1
Telepatra
wrote on 2018-11-03 14:23:01
3
Toenail
wrote on 2018-10-20 01:08:26
5
Aranesh
wrote on 2018-10-21 01:51:13
2
siggy
wrote on 2018-11-03 11:06:56
6
Kithhurrn
wrote on 2018-11-02 23:14:12
Could not connect: 1203 - User db426045_9 already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections". Never had this before a couple days ago. Figured I'd let you know. I use Chrome on Win7 64bit and I did try clearing cache, etc but didn't help. Problem seems random from my side of things.
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siggy
wrote on 2018-11-03 11:03:51
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Toenail
wrote on 2018-10-15 23:26:05
3
Eekwibble
wrote on 2018-10-16 09:43:42
1
Toenail
wrote on 2018-10-16 13:27:26
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Sanayrin
wrote on 2018-10-05 15:45:45
Keep Going (and growning) guys! :)
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Elizahbeth#2876
wrote on 2018-10-01 04:47:11
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-10-04 05:36:48
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Elshaman#2879
wrote on 2018-09-16 03:27:28
one question ,is possible create a page similar of Legion Ready-Checker for Bfa,good day and ty
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-09-17 03:12:26
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Elshaman#2879
wrote on 2018-09-17 10:39:33
1
Barahir#1377
wrote on 2018-09-03 13:37:26
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-09-03 15:48:25
Hope that helps!
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Barahir#1377
wrote on 2018-09-05 12:21:56
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LenaJensen wrote on 2018-08-24 07:50:01
Will there come a ready check for BfA too?
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-08-24 16:34:13
1
Stargrace#1783
wrote on 2018-08-12 16:58:42
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-08-13 02:42:51
1
Eekwibble
wrote on 2018-08-06 08:17:40
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Eekwibble
wrote on 2018-08-06 14:26:47
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Thelrohn
wrote on 2018-07-16 01:59:41
Here's to a lot more fun in BfA, and don't forget to show our support by clicking on the Donate button! (Btw, Aranesh, the redirect from Paypal after donating landed in a page not found.)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-07-19 02:38:55
I'll have a look at the redirect page, thanks for letting me know !
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Sefer
wrote on 2018-07-19 17:29:44
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-07-26 02:44:57
https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=13&donate=success
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LadySilverwolf
wrote on 2018-07-19 11:22:07
First I want to thank you for the continued development and implementation of the tools you have created for everyone here. I love coming back to see all the wonderful shiny implementations you are doing, and the fact that people can log in, vote and upscale various posts and strategies. Seeing buttons like "RNG" and "Breed" are such a wonderful addition. And frankly because I am a 'casual' gamer, this site has saved me HOURS of trying out my (failed) strategies and use other people's Pet Loving strats. It has made me somewhat enjoy the new twists that Blizzard has created with various pet battles, and definitely enhances my gaming experience as a avid pet collector.
Thank you for ALL your hard work.
Thank you for sharing the Pet Love.
~LSW
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-07-21 17:34:28
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DJ wrote on 2018-07-03 21:38:49
Other than that, your site is great and I really appreciate all the hard work you put into it. Thank you for what you do on here!
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Eekwibble
wrote on 2018-07-05 02:02:18
3
shayolyn
wrote on 2018-06-02 18:56:54
4
Metrox
wrote on 2018-05-30 13:40:26
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Gatekus
wrote on 2018-01-26 21:50:29
It saddens me that people such as yourselves, who receive no money for your work, have done more for my success in WoW pet ventures than the Blizzard company itself. Blizzard takes in $12-15 US each month, and has received hundreds of dollars from me over the years. Yet after years of financial and personal commitment to their products, Blizzard cares nothing about my success in their world, particularly when it comes to pet battles and pet collections. Low drop rates, unspoken pet spawning times, and useless customer service help ticket responses pushed me away from the game. If Blizzard had even 20% of the passion for WoW fans that Xu Fu staff demonstrates, I might have stayed. They do not, and I doubt they ever will. As a result of this, I am leaving WoW with no plans to return.
Xu Fu was one of the pest parts of my WoW journey. You all listened to the community, took feedback under advisement, and constantly sought to improve both the user interface and site content. You linked with other sites and we're not threatened by criticism. Cheers to you, Aranesh, and all the other staff. All the best to you in your current and future ventures. Thank you.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-01-30 07:19:38
I was very moved by your words, and it took me a while to find the right words. I hope I found them now: Thank you. Thank you for your immense praise towards me and all Xu-Fu contributors. You are right, passion for WoW and all its pets is the driving force behind this page.
Your words for Blizzard are quite harsh, and I do not intend to defend them, that's not my place and not my task ^^ I met a number of their employees over time, and for those individuals, I can vouch that their passion for this game is at least equal to my own.
If that were not the case, most likely I would not invest my own passion into this project myself.
Be that how it may, I am glad to have been part of the positive side for you, and wish you also all the best for yourself!
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Kuuro wrote on 2017-12-18 19:13:29
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-12-19 03:25:04
The page was never designed for mobile :S Just recently I edited the menu to be more mobile friendly. You should see a "Menu" button that expands into the actual menu when tapping on it.
Can you please tell me what device you are using?
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Tool
wrote on 2017-12-23 08:39:12
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Kuuro wrote on 2018-01-15 17:28:17
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-01-16 07:23:27
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Kuuro wrote on 2018-01-18 00:32:27
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Boffo97#1137
wrote on 2018-01-17 13:28:34
Minor addition suggestion though: Since the site has my pet collection info AND needed pets/levels for strategies, I'd love if it suggested which pets I should level, increase quality of and/or obtain next based on which is used the most in strategies.
Like just from my browsing, it seems the recommended pet for me to obtain would be the Zandalari Anklebiter.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2018-01-17 15:30:26
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Zandya
wrote on 2017-12-18 01:13:17
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Joseph John Landry II wrote on 2017-08-11 21:57:52
/use safari hat
/click CollectionsMicroButton
/click CollectionsJournalTab2
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anonymous wrote on 2017-12-06 00:41:36
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Lexi
wrote on 2017-11-26 22:09:19
- Sincerely; a super appreciative user :P
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Kathleene
wrote on 2017-11-04 16:28:46
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-11-04 17:59:52
In fact, votes for the individual strategies are already on the roadmap :D
There's a few smaller things I want to get done before that. The next update (pretty soon, I'm more than halfway done with that) will add the legion ready checker functionality to all pages. When you are logged in and go to any section, the tables there will automatically check against your collection and tell you what pets you're missing.
After that I will do some really smaller stuff, but then I want to rework the battle tables to include more info. Mainly what breeds are required, what pets the enemy has, upvote option (^^) and some more stuff.
Will take some time, but we're getting there :-)
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Kathleene
wrote on 2017-11-04 18:30:40
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-11-05 04:13:22
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katiefraggle
wrote on 2017-11-03 00:26:52
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-11-03 07:34:07
The initial upvote is intended, it's your own! I went with the assumption that you (as the poster of a comment) are indeed right, and would of course upvote your own comment. Wouldn't have posted it otherwise, right? ^^
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Kathleene
wrote on 2017-10-30 23:56:23
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Remte
wrote on 2017-11-01 03:57:10
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Steve
wrote on 2017-10-29 13:53:24
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Kathleene wrote on 2017-10-04 21:12:06
In the header/menu, It would be more visible and easily accessible, but I don't think that most of us would find it obtrusive or offensive. Most of us understand that it takes money as well as an incredible amount of time to support a website, especially one as diverse and dynamic as Xu-Fu's Pet Guide. Just my two-coppers' worth.
Thank you for a great site catering to all of us pet-battle lovers. Looking forward to Xu-Fu 2.0!
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-10-06 04:57:03
Thank you so much for your encouraging words :-)
I'm having a lot of fun working on Xu-Fu and the little ad at the bottom is covering the server costs, there's no direct need in making some profit or putting the donation button on a more prominent place. But you're right of course, it would be way more effective on the top menu or somewhere visible from everywhere.
Something to consider later on, and I do have a couple of ideas ;-)
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Rifkin wrote on 2017-09-08 08:55:52
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-09-08 09:14:26
Are you trying this email address? You can also message me on Facebook or Twitter if you have that.
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Rifkin wrote on 2017-09-08 09:21:48
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solitha wrote on 2017-08-22 20:38:31
Nonetheless, I do very much appreciate this site :)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-08-24 08:49:40
Thanks for your comment :-) It's a very good idea. Something similar to this is on my feature plan already but I like the idea of tags. There are many things that need to be done first, though. It will take a good while before I can jump onto this. In time it will come :-)
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Eekwibble wrote on 2017-08-20 20:41:24
I've tried to add helpful strats in the comment sections where I can, for the benefit of people without the recommended pets or where I think I've found a simpler or more productive (i.e. lvl pet strats for Fam Fam) way to complete battles. I hope my sometimes lengthy posts aren't too annoying.
Well done, it's a fabulous resource and I hope it continues to flourish.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-08-21 10:08:44
That's a great story and I'm happy you found your way into pet battling! It can be intimidating or boring at first, I felt the same when I started with it, but once you get the idea and the pace of it, it's a fantastic and by now really huge side-part of WoW.
I'm really glad we could help you and please don't stop posting additional info or strategies! It's what keeps the page alive! :-)
Happy to have you here!
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Deadlybanana wrote on 2017-08-13 13:22:12
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-08-14 06:42:10
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Aelfraed wrote on 2017-05-27 07:51:20
In Pandaria a failed miserably with all the boss fights and threw in the towel.
I accidentally entered the celestial tournament 6 weeks ago and had no idea what it was or what I was doing.
Then, because I thought Xu-Fu was super cute, I googled him, which is how I found your guide.
I travelled the world, found your recommended pets, started doing dailies, went back to my garrison and started doing the rounds of trainers there. Levelled up most of the pets on your list. Bought a couple. Discovered a plushie and a new achievement.
Now I am proud owner of Trunks, Xu-Fu, Chi Chi and Stardust Bunny. I could not in a million years have done it without you and in some cases your comment section if I was missing a pet. Just 6 more weeks of tourney, which will be a piece of cake now Plushie is booted off the team. And family familiar well on the way.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-07-10 05:24:35
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Crunchybits wrote on 2017-05-22 10:49:07
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-07-02 06:39:04
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Catlynn wrote on 2017-05-31 17:12:14
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-06-01 03:46:50
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Tormentia-Kul Tiras wrote on 2017-06-13 14:07:21
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Othros wrote on 2017-07-02 00:17:23
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Joth wrote on 2017-05-06 15:30:39
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-06-27 05:46:30
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Rakenessa wrote on 2017-05-06 10:25:00
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-06-27 05:46:11
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Ripkken wrote on 2017-06-24 12:46:41
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Jimbo wrote on 2017-05-28 03:32:26
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Moenia wrote on 2017-06-08 08:02:19
Click the '+' on the left hand side to create a new tab for your team and name it appropriately (or just use the 'General' tab). Now head back here and use the 'Rematch string' button on your favoured fight to copy the team text.
Back in the Pet Journal Right-click the whichever team button on the right hand side you want to add the team to and select 'Import Teams' from the menu that appears. Press CTRL-V to paste the team data into the box and hit the Save button.
** If the levelling pet slot has level requirements, i.e. Level 10+, just Right-click the blue up arrow in your team, within the team column and select 'Team Preferences' from the menu. Just fill in the appropriate information and you're done**
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-06-12 15:27:14
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Moenia wrote on 2017-06-17 10:44:10
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Summerginger wrote on 2017-06-13 14:33:27
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-06-13 15:41:01
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Summerginger wrote on 2017-06-15 12:49:15
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omnomnomicon wrote on 2017-05-08 21:07:43
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-05-09 02:59:37
Then there's the problem with special characters and spaces, these would need to be removed in a unique way because title headers don't like them. And not even starting to speak about other languages. The names are sometimes very different there and use other characters that are not readable by an address line at all.
I'm not trying to make up excuses here! It's something I would love to do because it would make navigating the page much easier, and I'm a big supporter of ease of access. I'm just trying to explain why it is so complicated and why I haven't tackled it, yet.
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TheGrandmaGamer wrote on 2017-05-25 10:10:36
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omnomnomicon wrote on 2017-05-28 19:26:47
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-05-29 07:16:15
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Darkmanz wrote on 2017-05-15 21:42:02
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Darkmanz wrote on 2017-05-15 23:08:27
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-05-18 05:52:46
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Jocast - silvermoon wrote on 2017-05-12 08:17:37
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Truidiata wrote on 2017-04-19 05:14:59
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-20 06:58:57
When I started putting these guides together I was not nearly as knowledgeable and just used the pets I had. And for some strategies the Sprite Darter is simply better than the Nether Faerie Dragon because it only has one breed.
It is indeed a very rare pet now, so it should not be in any of the main strategies, but because of this history you will still find it in some alternatives.
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Truidiata wrote on 2017-04-20 10:36:24
I suspected something like this, since your "about us" page lists this as one of the first 3 pets used. :) Guess its like my Emperor crab. First pet I actively used for quests, so now I try with him first on any new battle.
Hatchling is listed in 2 of the legion wqs, and its the only pet missing on my Legion ready checker (WQ version) so I just got curious.
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Sarth wrote on 2017-05-02 06:56:28
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Greatspirit wrote on 2017-04-20 19:03:32
I want to give a big THANK YOU to all of you working, participating and helping on this site. I have less head aches and a lot more fun with my pets now. :)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-27 05:38:37
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Isiraia wrote on 2017-04-26 12:26:03
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-27 05:32:16
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Zaymaa wrote on 2017-04-25 10:53:50
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-25 15:37:20
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Archi wrote on 2017-04-19 06:00:31
I see that each Trainer tactic has a "Rematch String" button to copy the string to clipboard and paste in the Rematch addon ingame. Is there addon / assist to display the Turn-by-turn tactics ingame?
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-20 07:01:31
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Remte
wrote on 2017-04-17 13:07:08
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A fan wrote on 2017-04-15 00:51:12
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-15 09:45:15
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A fan wrote on 2017-04-15 11:11:56
- many of us are also collectors, and we have the pets anyway
- thanks to WoW Token and battle.net balance, it is possible to buy shop items for gold
- TGC pets are a very good, if not the only, way to protect gold from inflation
I would at least like to see "What can you get from AH" list. :)
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Remte
wrote on 2017-04-16 03:18:37
e.g. ?Strategy=334 or ?Strategy=1152
Besides what the author himself said, the more strat testing, the better, and not all team members have all exotic pets… yet.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-16 03:35:17
This is also the main reason I am not uploading many new strategies currently.
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DarkWalker wrote on 2017-04-12 18:19:26
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-13 02:46:26
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Grim wrote on 2017-04-10 12:26:36
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Remte
wrote on 2017-04-10 12:51:59
EDIT: Blergh random avatars!
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Grim wrote on 2017-04-11 03:56:53
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Isiel wrote on 2017-04-06 06:32:56
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Isiel wrote on 2017-04-06 07:54:30
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-07 03:29:11
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Lyllynny wrote on 2017-04-03 12:09:07
Thanks for the guides and keep up the good work!
P.S. Is there also going to be a guide for the new Wailing Caverns pet dungeon ? :>
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Lyllynny wrote on 2017-04-03 12:21:49
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-03 12:58:13
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Aviana wrote on 2017-04-02 22:06:26
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-04-03 03:43:22
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ghost wrote on 2017-03-29 03:47:06
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-03-29 03:56:51
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Flyghts wrote on 2017-03-20 04:43:39
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-03-20 05:08:02
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Angelyne wrote on 2017-03-01 18:31:31
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-03-03 04:42:47
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Tyrsa wrote on 2017-03-06 16:01:39
I personally am great with the as-is site, so please take all this constructively :)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-03-10 04:58:28
And if that is what was asked here, I have it on my to do list. Quite recently I imported all NPC pets into my database. When mouse-hovering over their names in any strategy, you will notice that there are now tooltips for those pets.
I am also in the process of adding to the trainers which pets they have, but I have a couple of other things I want to do before I make an interface for this.
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Angelyne wrote on 2017-03-11 11:35:19
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Mishyy wrote on 2017-03-06 15:29:08
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-03-10 04:58:43
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Anonymous wrote on 2017-03-04 21:07:56
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Therabbit86ed wrote on 2017-02-14 17:21:15
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Remte
wrote on 2017-02-15 00:20:40
Example: https://wow-petguide.com/index.php?Strategy=1036
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Gemini wrote on 2017-01-20 15:15:15
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-02-09 04:02:54
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Xariah wrote on 2017-02-08 19:13:38
Do you have any plans to update for the new Pet Battle Dungeon? It looks to be similar to the Celestial Tournament and you guys did a great job on that guide!!
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-02-09 03:45:45
And yes of course, I'm already working on it. So far the pet battle dungeon is not as challenging as the Celestial Tournament though, and I probably won't create a full planning tool for it for that reason.
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Pandacris-Goldrinn wrote on 2017-01-25 14:03:10
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-02-05 08:05:30
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niekie wrote on 2017-02-02 12:59:18
Wish i would have found it earlier.
Thank you for all the work you put into it.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-02-03 06:11:25
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Squeeze wrote on 2017-01-25 11:53:30
Happy Australia Day....
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Raytheron wrote on 2017-01-23 03:43:18
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-24 03:30:42
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LoboJim wrote on 2017-01-24 02:29:18
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-24 03:28:28
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Frogprincess wrote on 2017-01-09 12:03:15
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-16 09:48:42
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Sydni wrote on 2017-01-10 17:33:16
I've noticed that a lot of the Legion quests are not named properly, or hard to determine which is which - even if in the same zone.
Just a suggestion!! Love the site - and all you do!
Also, if you need help with any of the site maintenance stuff - just email me, I would be glad to help out.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-11 06:14:42
I'm not sure what exactly you'd be looking for though. Do you want the tamer name displayed along side the world quest? My logic was to put the world quest name there, because it's the one shown on the map and the quest overview. You only see the tamer name when you're right in front of them. I don't know if the tamer name is really that important to have in the menu list then.
In regards to help, I could always need more help ^^ But you'd have to have fun doing it! Do you have something in mind what you would like to do? Drop me a mail if you're still interested!
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Moonkin wrote on 2017-01-11 05:24:19
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-11 06:08:27
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Mistredo wrote on 2017-01-06 08:29:31
I have one feature request, Rematch supports notes, would be possible to put all turns and descriptions and so on into Rematch String?
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-07 03:38:03
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Mistredo wrote on 2017-01-07 08:57:04
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Sean G. wrote on 2017-01-09 06:27:42
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VonZilla wrote on 2016-11-07 22:50:30
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-08 09:33:04
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Anonymous wrote on 2016-11-09 22:27:44
Love the site -
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Kittenhawk wrote on 2016-12-11 02:39:16
Thank you to everyone who has built this site it has saved me hours of trial and error and whenever i get stuck i come here. brilliant work :)
please email me when you are ready to do the PVP section, i would be happy to contribute.
best wishes
Kittenhawk
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-07 10:22:04
Thank you for the offer. You got mail ^^
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Battlevixen wrote on 2017-01-04 20:43:51
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Battlevixen wrote on 2017-01-04 21:22:01
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-05 10:17:10
And many thanks for your nice words, they are much appreciated :-)
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Anariama wrote on 2017-01-03 08:44:41
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-03 13:52:30
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Baptism wrote on 2016-12-27 10:57:47
I see that within individual guides you have "Occurrences" of pets, which I assume is how many times that pet is used in that particular guide. Is there a listing, perhaps, of all pets available on this site that I'm missing somewhere... that maybe will list occurrences on a "global" level?
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Ectothrix wrote on 2016-12-28 11:44:30
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Gráinne
wrote on 2016-12-28 20:00:57
17 Chrominius
13 Anubisath Idol
13 Teroclaw Hatchling
12 Iron Starlette
10 Ikky
10 Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling
8 Clockwork Gnome
8 Nexus Whelpling
8 Unborn Val'kyr
8 Zandalari Anklerender
7 Darkmoon Tonk
7 Emerald Proto-Whelp
6 Darkmoon Zeppelin
6 Emperor Crab
5 Any Moth
5 Any Snail
5 Scourged Whelpling
5 Stitched Pup
4 Eternal Strider
4 Nether Faerie Dragon
3 Sprite Darter Hatchling
3 Zandalari Kneebiter
2 Any Fox
2 Any Rabbit
2 Effervescent Glowfly
2 Fluxfire Feline
2 Menagerie Custodian
2 Red Cricket
2 Shimmershell Snail
2 Silkbead Snail
2 Sunreaver Micro-Sentry
2 Swamp Croaker
2 Tranquil Mechanical Yeti
2 Voodoo Figurine
1 Any Roach
1 Cockroach
1 Cogblade Raptor
1 Corefire Imp
1 Crow
1 Dark Phoenix Hatchling
1 Draenei Micro Defender
1 Elfin Rabbit
1 Fel Flame
1 Flayer Youngling
1 Fossilized Hatchling
1 Ghastly Kid
1 Ghostly Skull
1 Infinite Whelpling
1 Kun-Lai Runt
1 Lesser Voidcaller
1 Lil' Bling
1 Lil' Tarecgosa
1 Mei Li Sparkler
1 Mini Mindslayer
1 Mr. Bigglesworth
1 Mr. Wiggles
1 Mud Jumper
1 Pandaren Water Spirit
1 Rabbit
1 Sandy Petrel
1 Sea Gull
1 Son of Sethe
1 Wild Jade Hatchling
1 Wildhammer Gryphon Hatchling
Some comments:
I'm a little surprised that Bone Serpent and Blighted Squirrel aren't in there anywhere. Maybe I should popularise some strats for them. :) Bone Serpent is infamous in PvP, but can plug a lot of holes in PvE teams as well. OTOH, when you are trying to make a repeatable strat, you really would prefer to avoid introducing a 10% miss chance with Darkness. And Ikky's Black Claw/Flock covers the same ground as the Squirrel's Woodchipper/Stampede combo.
I'm also a little surprised to see Chrominius still so dominant, now that his partner in crime, the Pandaren Water Spirit, is reduced to a shadow of its former self. But that Howl -> Surge of Power combo still nukes just fine.
Breeds. If you say to me "Hey, I'm off to get one of these pets. Which breed should I pick up?" my first answers would be:
"Any Moth" - I love Yellow Moth P/P, White Moth H/H, and Gilded Moth H/P
"Any Rabbit" - any S/S that has 357 speed at level 25, like Spring Rabbit S/S or Alpine Hare S/S
"Any Snail" - my personal go-to is Shimmershell Snail H/P, but they all work fine. I note that Shimmershell and Silkbead Snails are also listed separately, but they're all snails.
Emperor Crab P/P
Emerald Proto-Whelp P/P
Iron Starlette - I want to say H/H, and I want to say P/P, and I want to say P/S. I don't know which to pick. They all work pretty much the same way.
Kun-Lai Runt P/P or P/B
Nether Faerie Dragon S/S, but pick up a P/P as well while you're there. You'll find a use for it later.
Scourged Whelpling H/H
Unborn Val'kyr - both breeds are good. I slightly prefer H/H, but either will do.
Nexus Whelpling P/P
Zandalaris - go for Power. P/P or P/B.
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Steele wrote on 2016-12-31 03:13:43
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Remte
wrote on 2016-12-31 03:36:13
http://www.warcraftpets.com/wow-pet-battles/breeds/
As you can see, most of the time the most extreme breeds are preferable because they gather the greatest bonus, but there are also cases of "overkills" or the preferred breed unavailable.
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Remte
wrote on 2016-12-21 12:53:34
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-28 08:44:16
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Gingerscream wrote on 2016-12-20 22:41:10
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-21 02:50:41
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Aryel wrote on 2016-12-19 16:19:37
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-20 11:06:27
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Fawnix wrote on 2016-12-17 23:14:09
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-18 05:52:49
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Machista wrote on 2016-12-15 04:54:42
i fell in love with pet battles after visiting :)
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-15 05:48:42
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Machista wrote on 2016-12-17 05:33:59
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Gráinne
wrote on 2016-12-17 19:12:35
I recommend Discodoggy as a source of ideas. He has a YouTube channel under that name, and a list of his battles at http://pvppetbattles.com/daily-battle/ He did a two-part video under the title "The Very Best" Oct 24 and 25 2016 showing him playing his strongest teams. You might get ideas from that.
However, the key to winning PvP battles lies in predicting what your opponent is going to do. Your opponent has a Valk, so you expect him to want to lead with that and Haunt. But you have a rabbit, so you can get two rounds of Flurries off, and a Burrow, before the Valk can touch you. But he sees you have a rabbit, so maybe he doesn't start with the Valk. Like that.
I started a friend off into PvP and advised him to stick to very strong, straightforward pets that he knew and understood rather than trying to double-think all the tricky dodgers and swappers and blinders. At the start, you should not worry about winning; just get used to the matches and the timers, and focus on predicting your opponent's moves. He took an Iron Starlette, Bone Serpent, and Nexus Whelpling out, and did pretty well. Remember, you should expect to lose at least half of the time.
With the end of the reign of terror of Graves and the Evil Undead (feat. MPD), lots of pets are viable now, so you are not locked into using the top half-dozen.
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Remte
wrote on 2016-12-16 15:37:35
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TheRenegade wrote on 2016-11-13 22:02:54
Oh thank heavens! What a relief, had all of my old teams or at least close enough that it was second nature to pick up where I left off in terms of knowing what I was doing!!
I REALLY appreciate the rematch import links, that is clutch when it comes to making teams. Which leads me into a question/suggestion. What add-ons do you suggest, and it would be nice to have a section dedicated to that on your webpage.
Anyway, keep up the good work!!
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Gráinne
wrote on 2016-11-14 12:36:01
Rematch
Battle Pet Breed ID
Pet Tracker
essential for everyone.
I use Battle Pet Binds, which gives you keybinds for all functions in a battle, but that's a matter of taste. I do admit I have sometimes pressed the wrong button, so that's a downside. ;)
Derangement’s Pet Battle Cooldowns is useful for PvE, though Pet Tracker's display will probably be enough for you. However, I consider it essential for PvP, to keep an eye on the CDs of pets in the backline.
While you are doing Family Familiar, the addon Family Familiar Helper is small and very convenient.
Somebody really, really, really needs to write an addon that creates a save-able/paste-able log of every battle.
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TheRenegade wrote on 2016-11-14 19:36:33
Would be nice to have a Xu-Fu add-on. But why bother when Rematch has it all!
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Eilistraee wrote on 2016-11-21 23:27:48
Just a tip: if you use elvUI like me you'll have to turn off battlepet skin in elvUI config (/ec > skins > battlepet) because they don't work together making the buttons overlap.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-22 13:11:36
A section for useful addons is something I want to do, just need to find the time. It will however be pretty much exactly what Gráinne suggested. Those are the most useful and common addons for pet battlers around.
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Saintgabrial wrote on 2016-11-22 14:10:26
Battle Pet Daily Tamer
To track the Pet Dailies I do. Puts a Green or Blue paw on the map and when I'm done with that tamer the paw goes away til the next day.
BattlePetCount
Best one I found to let me see level, rarity and how many pets I currently have while highlighting them out in the world, during Pet Battles, shops and inventories.
FamilyFamiliarHelper
This add-on's purpose is to make it easier to see at a glance which pet family has not been used for each tamer for the Family Familiar battle pet achievement.
Also it will open the window for this tracker only if the pet battle your doing is a part of the Family Familiar. So it'll remind you and keep track of the families you've done already.
PetBattleTeams
You can make teams for every Pet Tamer out there and then some. I myself have 118 Teams set up. Not sure if there is a limit.
PetJournalEnhanced
Does a better job at filtering you pets and better job at showing pet rarity and what not.
PetTracker
Well to track all those pets you want to find out in the world of Azeroth.
Rarity
Keeps track of the pets (also toys and mounts) that you still need from dungeons, raids and world bosses.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-23 03:00:24
May I ask why you prefer PetBattleTeams over Rematch? No judging, just curiousity :-)
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Saintgabrial wrote on 2016-11-23 07:55:27
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-26 07:52:01
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Muqaddisa wrote on 2016-12-15 08:40:02
I'm going to try one more thing, which is Rarity - I keep missing some instance and world drop pets, so it might prove very useful.
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Minicurse wrote on 2016-12-11 13:57:34
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Saintgabrial wrote on 2016-12-12 20:54:09
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Genn wrote on 2016-11-24 14:24:14
Can You make in Rematch string add other alternate teams? Its better for search best setup for existing pets.
Like: "Humanoid-Amalia-1", "Humanoid-Amalia-2" and etc.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-26 08:13:12
Thanks for the comment :-)
I'm not sure however what exactly you would like to see. Would you like to have the number of the alternative of the fight here reflected in the Rematch title? Can you explain me to what benefit? I'm open to any suggestions, I just want to understand what it does and what benefit it will have before implementing things :)
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Robert wrote on 2016-12-05 12:08:17
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-05 12:12:16
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Richard wrote on 2016-12-06 11:51:25
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Shryla wrote on 2016-12-11 11:18:51
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-11 12:29:19
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Saintgabrial wrote on 2016-11-21 07:15:50
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-22 13:13:54
So for now, I'll have to pass on it because I think some other features of the page are just more useful to the majority. Hope you don't mind!
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Cottonpandÿ wrote on 2016-11-19 13:15:33
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Saintgabrial wrote on 2016-11-21 13:32:40
FamilyFamiliarHelper:
Link
<a href="Link here</a>
This add-on's purpose is to make it easier to see at a glance which pet family has not been used for each tamer for the Family Familiar battle pet achievement.
Also it will open the window for this tracker only if the pet battle your doing is a part of the Family Familiar. So it'll remind you and keep track of the families you've done already.
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Cottonpandÿ wrote on 2016-11-21 19:41:41
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Shortgrace wrote on 2016-11-20 05:25:24
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Gráinne
wrote on 2016-11-20 05:34:55
The name of the quest is Fight Night: Rats! Look for that.
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Shortgrace wrote on 2016-11-20 06:43:13
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Saintgabrial wrote on 2016-11-08 03:24:50
Two things I'd like to ask if you could possibly add. One is PVP pets and teams. A guide to help others with the know how of what pets are good to use and what combos.
Second is there a way you could add all the older pet tamers. Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, Outlands for those that are learning and and just doing achievements and what not. As well as Northrend and the few from cataclysm for they also give really good pet EXP for leveling pets. All of witch can be either 2 petted or soloed. During the Pet bonus week I do the Northrend and cata zones to level my pets. I lost my notebook and some strategies I don't remember fully. If they were on this site then everyone as well as I can look right here. I could suggest the strategies I know and once I remember the others fully I can also suggest those.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this site and for sharing all this info with us.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-08 09:37:47
I'd like to answer your questions here if you don't mind. For PvP I'm not a specialist, and I would not feel comfortable adding a guide if I knew it will never be a really good one. I'd need someone else to write such a guide to add here and keep updated. Since no one is doing that right now, there is no PvP section. I am thinking about a collection of links to PvP guides from other people though!
Regarding the older battles, most of them are so easy (especially the starting zone ones) that almost any level 25 pet can beat them. There are some exceptions like Major Payne, but for most people those are done one time to unlock the further quest chains, and that's it. It would take some considerable time to add these as categories, and while I do want to do that, it's just not a priority right now. There are other areas in which I want to improve the page first, where I think everyone could benefit from much more.
I hope you're not too disappointed, but I prefer to say the exact reasons than to give you some false expectation.
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Saintgabrial wrote on 2016-11-09 17:09:04
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Sela wrote on 2016-11-16 04:36:21
Lots of great information about pvp pets and even how to build your own pvp pet team.
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Mewness wrote on 2016-11-06 12:18:27
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-06 12:59:50
I'm far from that step myself, making it hard to test :-( And so far I have no idea where to put it up! Will take some time until I have a good idea. Unless you have one perhaps? :-)
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Greg wrote on 2016-11-06 06:20:47
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Moikila wrote on 2016-11-05 21:38:43
I have one suggestions, what about making a PVP tab where you and other people can suggest and show thier pvp pet teams and show thier strategies
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-06 04:51:43
I considered something like this, but right now my focus is purley on the PvE content. Perhaps in the future!
If you want, check out my blog post outlining my roadmap for the coming months: http://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=1&jumpto=73
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Gelmanwar-SH wrote on 2016-11-04 08:43:56
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-11-04 11:39:44
Don't worry about the donation, I appreciate it of course, but the main thing is that the info we are putting together and offering here is helping others!
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copan
wrote on 2025-01-05 14:15:17
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Luzifee
wrote on 2023-07-02 08:27:59
erst einmal, Danke das ihr ihr hier sioviel Herzblut reinsteckt, immer wieder faszinierend wie manxche taktikten funktionieren :-)
Was mir gerade aufgefallen ist, irgendwie stimmt aktuell eure Information zum Powerleveln nicht mehr ... gestern 1.7. war kein Spatz in der Garni, und heute 2.7. kann man in Legion Powerleveln mit Sir Galveston. Könnt ihr da mal drüberschauen?
Vielen lieben Dank für alles was ihr hier leistet.
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aleydiss
wrote on 2023-01-18 08:15:13
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Avæl#2738
wrote on 2023-01-22 19:00:24
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Avæl#2738
wrote on 2023-01-22 19:04:24
Note there is a new tdBattlePetScript version. It's called "Pet Battle Scripts" PBS. tdBattlePetScript Rematch is no longer needed.
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Andreas wrote on 2022-07-07 17:33:54
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Alesnaer
wrote on 2020-05-25 05:19:09
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Nyari
wrote on 2020-06-05 06:07:04
Die niedrigstufigen Zähmer sind nicht extra aufgeführt, da man sie quasi mit jedem beliebigen Team besiegen kann und man nur selten spezielle Haustiere oder eine spezielle Strategie benötigt. Einige der schwereren Gegner der alten Gebiete findet du unter dem Elekk-Erfolg aufgeführt: https://wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=Elekk
Ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg.
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skarth73
wrote on 2019-01-16 10:55:02
Fatal error: Class 'OAuth2Client' not found in /kunden/426045_85652/webseiten/Petguide/classes/ac_collection.php on line 306
Weiß jemand etwas darüber?
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schlumpf#2707
wrote on 2019-01-16 18:09:44
Leider kann ich Dir keine Abschätzung geben wann es wieder klappen wird. Meine Hoffnung war heute Morgen, da ist jedoch etwas dazwischen gekommen. Ich versuche mich daran zu erinnern hier zu antworten sobald es behoben ist.
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skarth73
wrote on 2019-01-18 12:18:01
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HollerBoller
wrote on 2018-12-30 06:22:48
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schlumpf#2707
wrote on 2018-12-30 13:47:47
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skarth73+ wrote on 2018-12-14 06:42:36
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skarth73
wrote on 2018-12-14 14:51:59
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Zior
wrote on 2018-07-20 18:16:00
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Nyari
wrote on 2018-07-21 14:49:50
https://blizzard.com/invite/rb2RacD7z
Wenn du möchtest, kannst du gerne beitreten, aber die Sprache dort wird vorwiegend Englisch sein.
Alternativ gibt es auch schon länger die Möglichkeit uns im Discord zu besuchen:
https://discord.gg/n7VhCj
Suchst du gezielt nach einer deutschsprachigen Community bzw. Lounge, kannst du auch der von mir gegründeten deutschen Haustierkämpfer-Gruppe beireten:
https://blizzard.com/invite/dNkr4KC3v0
Auf bald!
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Zior
wrote on 2018-07-22 02:08:48
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Ambeli wrote on 2018-06-08 05:20:31
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Mike wrote on 2017-09-10 15:37:10
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Nyari
wrote on 2018-01-05 08:51:53
Wir versuchen möglichst auf die Notwendigkeit bestimmter Breeds zu verzichten. Da das nicht immer möglich ist, findet man in den Notizen über dem Ablauf meist einen Hinweis darauf, wenn doch ein bestimmter Breed notwendig sein sollte.
Aranesh arbeitet aber auch schon an einer übersichtlicheren Darstellung. :)
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dude wrote on 2017-09-15 19:34:44
Ich erstelle mir die alle einzeln und dann mit den Notizen von der Seite aber das dauert sehr lange und ist mühsam.
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Vivi wrote on 2017-03-13 02:22:28
(Oder haben die sich bei euch versteckt?) :)
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Magusera wrote on 2017-03-13 02:51:11
oben im Bereich "Blog" ist ein Hinweis darauf. Da steht, dass diese, wenn vorhanden, direkt bei den Worldquests als alternative Teamzusammenstellung gelistet sind.
Hoffe das hilft dir.
Gruß
Magusera-Lothar EU
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Magusera wrote on 2017-03-06 03:17:56
ich möchte die Gelegenheit nutzen und mich auf diesem Wege vielmals für diese schöne Seite bedanken. Besonders die automatischen Checklisten und der Turnier-Planer gefallen mir sehr. Bei mir ist die Seite fast täglich im Einsatz.
Also nochmals danke und weiter so!
Beste Grüße
Magusera-Lothar EU
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-03-10 03:19:38
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Jilanra wrote on 2017-02-10 10:48:50
Erstmal ein dickes Lob an euch für diese wunderbare Seite, die hat mir schon soooo oft weitergeholfen. TOP!
Dann wollte ich mal fragen, wie es mit den anderen 25er Trainern aussieht (Scherbenwelt, Nordend & Cata)? Ist es geplant, dass dort auch Guides kommen? - Ich kann gerne welche beisteuern. :)
Liebe Grüße und macht weiter so!
Jilanra
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-02-10 11:16:31
Die alten Trainer planen wir derzeit nicht einzufügen, da man sie mit so ziemlich jedem Stufe 25 Team sehr einfach besiegen kann. Dank der Garnison bekommt man auch super schnell das erste Stufe 25 Haustier und kann mit ein, zwei Einkäufen im Auktionshaus das erste Team aufbauen.
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Nisira wrote on 2017-02-05 09:14:53
Спасибо
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-02-09 06:16:38
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Marsti wrote on 2017-02-04 10:51:27
ich bin neu hier und möchte mich ganz herzlich für die tolle Webseite bedanken, welche mir sehr geholfen hat. Vor allem, wie oben schon gesagt, endlich mal ne Seite auf deutsch. Ohne viel weitere Worte: vielen Dank
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-02-05 04:12:41
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Bierchen wrote on 2017-01-29 11:30:37
auch von mir ein riesiges Danke für diese Seite.
Sie hat mir auch auf Englisch schon geholfen (mit einem weiteren Fenster auf, um zu gucken wie die Casts und Pets denn nun auf Deutsch heissen), aber so ist es doch deutlich angenehmer.
Und ja: ich mag das Design sehr; sowohl die Farben als auch die Navigation.
Ganz grosses Kino.
Macht bitte genau so weiter.
Gruss
B.
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-01-29 12:50:58
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Logenia wrote on 2016-12-27 14:02:03
Diese Seite hat mir sehr geholfen, den Legion Metaerfolg zu bekommen.
wenn ich einmal nicht weiter wusste hatte ich hier dann eine passende Antwort gefunden.
der Treant stolpert nun hinter mir her :) werde natürlich auch mal den Turnierplaner nutzen. habe bisher nur eines der vier erhabenen Pets :D
LG Logenia
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Aranesh
wrote on 2016-12-28 08:32:59
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Isenhart wrote on 2016-11-23 08:20:55
auch von mir ein dickes Lob für die bisherige Übersetzung und die generell hochwertige und gute Arbeit mit der Webseite.
Gruß Isen
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Nyari
wrote on 2016-11-24 14:24:10
vielen Dank für diese netten Worte und das dicke Lob. :)
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Ark wrote on 2016-11-10 06:55:30
vielen Dank für eure ganzen Mühen die Webseite auch ins Deutsche zu übersetzen. Ich kenn die Webseite schon länger (allerdings tu ich mir als ältere Generation nicht so einfach manchmal...) und bin nun überglücklich über diese Erweiterung.
Allgemein find ich die Webseite super handlich und übersichtlich gestaltet. Wenn ihr das in eurer Freizeit macht, bzw. diese dafür opfert, Hut ab, ihr habt meinen tiefsten Respekt das so kontinuierlich durchzuziehen und dann auch noch nebenher zu erweitern.
Macht bitte immer weiter so, die Haustierkämpfer auf der ganzen Welt danken es euch. :-)
Beste Grüße,
Ark
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Nyari
wrote on 2016-11-10 15:27:26
vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar. Es freut mich sehr zu lesen, dass dir die deutsche Version der Seite gefällt und hilft. Genau aus diesem Grund ist die investierte Zeit ein Hobby und keine Arbeit, denn solche Kommentare zeigen am Ende, dass es sich gelohnt hat.
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karent
wrote on 2023-08-02 21:24:19
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TITANIA
wrote on 2023-10-10 18:00:49
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Theelo wrote on 2023-04-16 14:16:39
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pronick
wrote on 2022-11-11 18:08:35
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Cristobal wrote on 2022-07-12 05:31:54
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hypo#21885
wrote on 2023-06-19 11:13:54
:)
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Noxic
wrote on 2023-04-25 11:18:22
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Wahlium
wrote on 2019-01-18 03:24:10
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Eevaene
wrote on 2018-05-20 05:44:17
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Maza wrote on 2017-06-29 20:13:01
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Nevesta wrote on 2017-08-17 12:16:07
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Aranesh
wrote on 2017-08-23 08:23:30
I am sorry but I cannot respond in Russian. If you read this and are still interested in working together on the new 7.3 fights, please send me a mail :-)
[email protected]
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Anonymous wrote on 2017-06-19 19:41:17
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rogalyk wrote on 2017-05-23 11:12:26
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Enerylan wrote on 2017-04-13 07:45:06
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Enerylan wrote on 2017-04-19 07:31:32
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GennPen wrote on 2017-03-06 14:55:46
Не могли бы вы сделать шрифт Arial, а то Times New Roman очень плохо смотрится. =)
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