Hunters: Tame a Pet Worgen, While You Still Can
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pixiestixy on Monday, July 6, 2009 - 34 Comments Tags: Hunter, alpha worg, ancient grimtotem spirit guide, arena, beast, blue post, bug, exploit, game mechanics, garwal, hotfix, howling fjord, humanoid, mania's arcade, pet, tame, worg, worgen, wotlk
pixiestixy on Monday, July 6, 2009 - 34 Comments Tags: Hunter, alpha worg, ancient grimtotem spirit guide, arena, beast, blue post, bug, exploit, game mechanics, garwal, hotfix, howling fjord, humanoid, mania's arcade, pet, tame, worg, worgen, wotlk 
UPDATE 7/7/09
Wow, I figured this would be fixed, but I didn't think it would come quite this quick. Mania's Arcade now is reporting that the Worgen can no longer be tamed, and those that already have been tamed are somewhat useless. It was a good show while it lasted!
Earlier:
This past weekend was a great one for hunters everywhere as word spread about a newly discovered way to tame a Worgen - WoW's version of a werewolf-like, badass humanoid creature. It turns out that with just the right timing (described in detail at Mania's Arcade) you can tame Garwal, an NPC in northern Howling Fjord who gives out the quest Alpha Worg (in both Horde and Alliance versions). He has both a worg (beast) and a worgen form, and you have to tame him at just the right time to make sure you get to keep him as a worgen.
And once you've gone through the trials of claiming the worgen pet, you then have to be careful in order to keep him. You shouldn't, for example, risk certain activities like bringing him out in an arena, lest risk his return to worg form.
Now the big question - will Blizzard allow this game exploit/bug/awesomeness to stay in the game? All this excitement over an unexpected new pet reminds me of a similar situation with the Ancient Grimtotem Spirit Guide, who once upon a time in late 2007 / early 2008 was tameable. Similar to this time around, there was a ton of activity on the official hunter forums about the new addition to the pet kingdom. First, a blue poster for WoW Europe said the bug would not be removed. A couple weeks later, a separate post on the US forums informed us that the ability had been removed through a hotfix.
With this in mind, it seems unlikely that the worgen will remain as a pet, now matter how many petitions you sign. In fact, I'd say that all the attention the topic is receiving through blogs and the forums may just hasten Blizzard's response. But, there is some good news. If you're able to claim him quickly enough, I would say that chances are good you'll get to keep him. Any non-hunters who are trying to complete the Alpha Worg quest in the meantime may just have to put up with some serious competition! Also something to keep in mind - not everyone is happy with being able to tame a worgen. But I'm keeping my positive stance until I hear a good reason beyond jealously because you've already turned in that quest and can't go back to redo it (Yeah, I know it sucks. But at least some people can partake in the fun - I'm all for that).I've had a great time sorting through the dozens of threads that have spawned up as a result of the whole situation. Everything from what to name your new pet worgen (my fave submissions - ManBearPig, Sirius, GonnaGetDeleted) to what other creatures players wish they could tame (griffons and zhevras are high on my list). It also makes me want to log on to my lowly level 19 hunter in the Project Lore fan guild and start pumping her up. It's a race against the clock!
So what does everyone else think of this recently discovered game mechanic? Have any of you hunters gone out and tamed a worgen yet, or have most of you already completed that quest? For those of you who have successfully tamed the worgen, are you hopeful that you'll be able to keep him?
Reader Comments (34)
Well this is an edit to my post above, I log in today to find that the worgen has been hot fixed. He is still there but has no talent tree or and buffs as in his HP is 5000 when it should be close to 12k
I am so mad :(
I would enjoy at least have it, but today, I came home, and when I knew about the wargon I entered the game and di the quests, when I'm about to tame it: cannot be tamed. I was so angry......''damn you....damn you all to hell!''
Blizzard is acting like a little baby. The bug was created by the developers. Perhaps they should hire qualified people to do the job right. They made a mistake and did not cover all the bases otherwise this would not have happened.
Hunters stick together and cancel game play for one week = Millions of dollars that wow will misout on revenue.
Baby Blizzard stated in BLUE POST;
CRY CRY CRY, "we dont want hunters to have Worgen as pets" This is the reason whether you find it reasonable or not"
Blizzard Lizzard your the one acting like a little baby.
In a way, yes, Blizzard is acting a little babyish, but, that was a bug wasn't it?The only thing I do not understand is why they make hunters ''suffer'', they can have they're worgon, but they can't feed him, use abilitys, etc...did they do the same with the ooze?the gost wolf?The Nagas????I mean, Blizzard say that hunters aren't supposed to have a worgon because it's a humanoid, then, can someone please explain to me what are the Nagas???
hmm.. i learned of this a few days ago, and been a lazy hunter i had never done teh quest.. so i up and tamed him .. then 2 other guild hunters tamed him too, was imba and the best pet in the game but alas yesterday during a raid and a wipe he lost all his talents i coul dnot feed him but still can attack things.
i realy hope they let us keep him, its boring seeing only wolves ( still pref them to worgs as they have better animation) and as not many hunters will be able to get him due to them already doing the quest, and they allowed others to keep there special pets.
so what about the whole "salver" thing.. many of teh tamable npc chars are inteligent beasts and a hunter pet is ment to be a companion, plus a werewolf is still a beast, just one that stands on 2 legs.
OK so i am a level 80 Night Elf hunter on Smolderthorn.
I completed 90 quests in Howling Fjord but some how missed this 5 quest chain... =) Happy as a pig in slop.
It's Sunday July 5th. I go over there and complete the first 4 quests and after about 5-6 attempts, I tame my worgen. I am exstatic! I name him Lucian. Wow he has all of the abilities my pet wolf Roscoe has but looks 1000 times cooler. So i begin leveling him. Got him from 75-78 grinding some lvl 80 mobs. My guild needed some eternal fires so i thought 2 birds with 1 stone. So far so good. Its Monday and we are finishing up Ulduar 25 so I stable him as he is not yet lvl 80 and bring my level 80 wolf. Its Tuesday, patch day and i come home from work hoping that i still have him. As i log in I'm in Dalaran and low and behold Lucian appears by my side so im pleased... but whats this?
No pet talent tree and thus no pet special abilities.
No growl No cower No nothing...whats more? He now has about 5600 health at level 78. Are u serious? Oh and i can't feed him either so i guess if not for the mend pet glyph he would leave on his own eventually.
And for those of you who claim "it fit the category of slavery" first he did not have a single ability more than what my wolf had and second he does not ever walk around on 2 feet but rather runs around on all fours. he only stands on 2 feet when he stands still. In addition there are WoW hunter pets that have no legs (snakes etc) 2 legs (striders etc) 4 legs (cats etc) and 8 legs (crabs etc.) Even a hundred legs (Jormungars) the amount of legs a pet has is irrelevent.
Blizzard is gay for nerfing him so badly that he is almost pointless to own at this point. Can u say buffed vanity pet? as i wouldnt use him for anything besides show and at this point im actually considering abandoning him to regain my WASTED stable slot.
The wolf IS A WOLF!! Hunters can interacte and tame wolfs because they are part of nature, and a worg isnt any different.
I JUST WANT A WORG!!
On Monday July 6 I had a werewolf as a pet through a truly honest to God mistake, that made a world of incredible imagery go WOW. Like the Spirit wolf it was an achievement through virtue of its inconceivability to attain. Sure it had no talents, special skills or a shred of happiness or functionality; but it was a rare thing that many would hear about and fewer still would see. It was Beautiful.
On July 21 the werewolf pet became extinct, replaced by a normal wolf with approved talents and the standard "special" skills. Its unique presence gone the way of the Dinosaurs. It's just a regular pet or an enemy that's just like the rest. Like a fossil the experience is limited.
Blizzard was well within its right to do what it did. Like in the "Matrix Reloaded" it happened upon a mistake and then limited the ghosts and removed the werewolves.
I've been playing on WOW since year one, was never a heavy duty player but someone who wanted to play for fun. It was fun to have a pet like that, and was as close to a real RPG game experience a game like WOW ever got for me, because it was a mistake. When pet worgens got nerfed the first time it didn't bother me, but when they took away what it was a scene from "Pirates of the Caribean At Worlds End" lingered in my mind.
As Jack and Barbosa look upon the dead Kraken.
Barbosa: The World's becoming a smaller place
Jack: No...just less in it
I had a pet werewolf...I Called him Noble