All posts by bendak

Hunter News, Opinion

First look at Hunter changes from Battle for Azeroth alpha datamining

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The Battle for Azeroth alpha is up on the test servers, and datamining is in full swing. I've poured over every bit of Hunter info I could find. I have some opinions on what I've seen, but it's hard to say anything definitively until I can play myself. Streamers and influencers will probably have access … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

If I could change Beast Mastery in 8.0, I’d probably do something like this

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Beast Mastery had a rough start in Legion, but I think Blizzard managed to get it in a decent place considering where it started. Giving 2 charges to Dire Beast as baseline was huge. One of my other favorite patch changes was increasing the range of Kill Command and Dire Frenzy to 40 yards, as … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

Winter Veil wish list for Beast Mastery

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Dear Greatfather Winter (Blizzard), I think there's a lot that can be done to improve Beast Mastery in Battle for Azeroth, but that's a post and discussion for another time. We've still got another 8+ months of Legion and Beast Mastery is simply not in the best state right now. I honestly thought there would have … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

First night in Antorus

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I enjoyed Antorus quite a bit. It reminded me a lot of Ulduar -- not any specific bosses, but just the big epic areas and general style. It was just normal mode so most of it was one-shotted (including Argus), but we were overgeared so I wouldn't read too much into that. Though from what … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Guides

Antorus gear for Beast Mastery: Trinkets, set bonuses, and more

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If you haven't heard, tier sets are going away in Battle for Azeroth. So Antorus (Tier 21) will be the very last tier where we get class set bonuses. It's also the final tier of the expansion, so that must mean Blizzard is going to give the system a nice send off and give us … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

BlizzCon 2017: Hunter changes, Battle for Azeroth and WoW Classic thoughts

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I kinda had a feeling after seeing the BlizzCon mounts that this expansion would go back to the faction war. My initial impressions of Battle for Azeroth are basically, "cool!" I'm not going out of my mind over this. It looks like more WoW. More WoW is good. Thus far nothing has stood out to … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

On this day, 7 years ago, Eyes of the Beast was removed from the game

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Patch 4.0.1 was released 7 years ago today, on October 12, 2010. That was the day that Eyes of the Beast was taken from us. Eyes of the Beast was a damn cool ability that let you take control of your pet independently and play through its eyes. It was so cool I named this … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Guides, Hunter News

Netherlight Crucible and buffs for Beast Mastery

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With this week's maintenance, Beast Mastery is getting a "6%" buff. Cool, right? Well, don't get too excited. For one, it's not a true 6% buff since it leaves out some important things like Beast Cleave or any pet auto attacks -- it just buffs primary abilities and most of the talents. Secondly, all … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Hunter Pets

Patch 7.3 for Hunters: New pets, Netherlight Crucible, and more

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Patch 7.3 is almost here so it's time to take a look at what's going on for Hunters. The answer is... not much. We've got some pretty cool new pets available to tame on Argus, but still no new stable slots to make room for them. I don't know about you, but I'm at the … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

BM Update: The Aspect of the Beast build, more legendary talk, a need for buffs, and 7.3 set bonuses

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I've had a couple people ask me about this "new build" going around so I thought I'd touch on it. Since it was buffed a while back, Aspect of the Beast has always been pretty close to Killer Cobra when using the Stomp build, but up until now it was always enough of … Continue Reading ››