Hunter News

WoD Alpha build 18443: Hunter tier 17 armor revealed, new set bonuses

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The vast majority of hunter changes in this build are tooltip changes for clearer wording, or to merge two abilities into one to reduce spellbook clutter. Piercing Shots is still listed in this build even though it's supposedly getting removed, but I would wager that it's just an oversight. The Enhanced Piercing Shots perk for … Continue Reading ››
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Shadowmoon Valley gallery

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Shadowmoon Valley was open briefly on the alpha realms today. I got maybe 20 minutes of actual gameplay amongst the constant disconnections, but I was screenshotting constantly because it's an amazing looking zone. In terms of visuals, Frostfire Ridge isn't in the same league, if you ask me. These shots were only taken from a … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Warlords of Draenor: New exotic pet abilities

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I recently spent some time outside Draenor to get my hands on a few exotic pets to test their new abilities. Today we'll be looking at the new Quilen, Rhino, Devilsaur, and Core Hound abilities. Exotic pets in Warlords can have up to 3 special abilities or buffs. For example the Core Hound has a … Continue Reading ››
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TBT: My first beta

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The first WoW beta I ever participated in was the Wrath of the Lich King beta. According to the screenshot's filename, this was taken on September 16, 2008. The first thing I did, as any hunter would, was take a trip to Shadowmoon Valley to tame Uvuros. Core Hounds were a new pet … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

WoD Alpha: Quick first impressions of the 3 hunter specs

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I've spent some time with all 3 specs recently. Ran the dungeon at least twice with each, and did a little bit of testing (what little I could without a damage meter). Yesterday, I shared some more general impressions of the alpha as a whole.  Today, I'm keeping it short and to the point.  … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

WoD Alpha Huntering: Day 1

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I've been in betas before, but never in something as early as a F&F alpha. I'm used to betas basically being finished products, minus some balancing or minor issues. This is a lot different from what I'm used to. A good deal of my time is filling in bug reports or crash reports it seems, … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

I’m in!

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I've safely landed in Draenor! Lots of huntery alpha coverage will be coming soon. I didn't get things setup until very late tonight, but I did do a few quests and tamed my first two new pets (a savager ravager and one of the new boars) before I had to force myself to go … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Pet of the Week: Arcturis

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Most people think that Loque'nahak is the most difficult spirit beast to tame, but I'd argue that honor goes to Arcturis. At least Loque has multiple spawn points, so you could always get lucky and find him at one of the spawns where no one is currently camping. Arcturis, on the other hand, … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Latest alpha patch notes clean up the Hunter spellbook [Updated]

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Updated: If you read this post earlier, there were some more hunter changes added to the notes. Updates are in red. Blizzard just updated the alpha patch notes with a handful of hunter changes and an explanation of their philosophy on adding the new secondary stat attunements which were discovered in the previous build. [bluequote … Continue Reading ››
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TBT: The WoW machinima I was never able to finish

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Taking cue from Delirium and Darkbrew, I'm going to have my own TBT (or Throwback Thursday) posts from time to time. Especially now, there's really not much to talk about aside from the occasional alpha or beta build. Since I'm not actually in the alpha, I can only say so much about what I read … Continue Reading ››