Category Archives: Opinion

Opinion

The current state of Hunters in Battle of Dazar’alor

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I am pretty jealous of Warlocks right now. Imagine playing a pure DPS class where all 3 of your specs are not only competitive, but chart topping in the current raid. Imagine having that kind of choice. Hunters are sort of the opposite. Beast Mastery is far and away the worst spec (from a DPS perspective) … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

An update for those still reading

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Where have I been? Where are the posts? It's been over four months! Where's the podcast? The TLDR answer to all this is that I've simply lost my passion for WoW. At least its current state. I still have hope it could turn around sometime this year, and that Blizzard will pull their collective heads … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

So-long, Legion

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It's always easy for me to tell how much I enjoyed an expansion just by looking at the percentage of my main character's time /played spent in it. Vanilla still holds the top spot in terms of raw hours, but Legion has actually moved to second place. Does that mean it's my favorite expansion? Hmm, … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

BfA Alpha: Changes to Dire Frenzy and Dire Beast, Bestial Wrath goes on the global cooldown

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There is no longer a choice between Dire Frenzy or Dire Beast, all BM Hunters will now be using Dire Frenzy for their Focus generator/Bestial Wrath reset. Well, now it's actually called Barbed Shot instead of Dire Frenzy, and it behaves totally like a shot (in that it requires a ranged weapon, and uses … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

BfA: Ideas to improve Beast Mastery Hunters in 8.0

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The release of Battle for Azeroth is coming up fast. Quickly enough that I'm getting a bit worried about the state of Beast Mastery. My main concern is the talents as there are a lot of mandatory and just plain dead talents that will never be considered. Beast Mastery in Legion is in a decent place … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

BfA Alpha: Opinions and feedback on the three Hunter specs in early April

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I've been trying to play all three Hunter specs pretty equally on the alpha, including leveling, dungeons, and island expeditions. This will be the first of hopefully several posts on my current opinion of the state of the class on alpha/beta. I'm also going to keep this bullet point form to make it easy for … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets, Opinion

BfA Alpha: Survival is starting to feel more like Beast Mastery than Beast Mastery

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After playing all 3 specs on the Battle for Azeroth alpha, I've come to the conclusion that Survival feels like what Beast Mastery should feel like. I'm not talking about melee combat. I'm talking about the pet and the hunter being an actual duo, playing off each other and reliant on each other. Beast Mastery Hunters … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

These Battle for Azeroth Hunter pet changes aren’t so popular [Updated]

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I talked about some of these changes in my original alpha post, but now that people have seen the changes in-game, things have become a little more clear. Let's get the bad news out of the way first: You can no longer change pet specializations. Each pet family is locked to one … Continue Reading ››
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 ››