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Off Topic: Diablo 3 is, surprisingly, still holding my attention

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I didn't think I'd still be playing Reaper of Souls on a regular basis 2 months after release, mainly because vanilla Diablo 3 only lasted me about 3 weeks before I basically shelved it until patch 2.0. The game still has its problems, but I have to hand it to the devs as they've balanced … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Pet of the Week: Hexapos

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Hexapos is the only water strider to use the "white fen strider" skin and in found in the Dread Wastes. Chances are you've flown over this guy without even knowing because he's one of the handful of Mists of Pandaria pets which are invisible until revealed by a hunter's Flare. The … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

What would you like to see for Hunter raid utility?

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Update: The raid utility has been announced. See here for details. In the latest alpha patch notes, Blizzard stated they are currently working on adding a new "minor raid utility" ability for hunters in Warlords of Draenor. When asked on twitter, Celestalon replied that they are still open to suggestions.
Hunter News

Hunter updates from the official Warlords alpha patch notes

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Blizzard just updated the Warlords of Draenor alpha patch notes. We already learned about most of this yesterday from the datamining, but the notes explain how they want each spec to have their own unique DPS cooldown. They also confirmed that Bear Trap will be affected by the Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

More fancy new ranged weapons from the Warlords alpha

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Wowhead just posted a bunch of new weapon models and there are some impressive hunter weapons in here. Most impressive of all (IMO) is the Challenge Mode transmog reward gun in the header image. There's going to be a bow too, but it's not in the game yet. But wait until you see … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Alpha Update: New level 100 hunter talent and more

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A new Warlords of Draenor alpha build just went up and MMO-C has begun the datamining. We have some tantalizing new hunter changes including the replacement for Flaming Shots in the level 100 talent tier. Here's a summary of what's new or changed:
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Hunter News

Hunter patch notes from Warlords beta

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Below is a consolidated list of hunter changes from the Warlords of Draenor beta. I will be updating this post every time new patch notes or major revelations from blue tweets are released (the latest updates will be in red). I'll also bump it to the front of the blog when any major updates … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

First look at Hunter quivers and ammo pouches

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The latest Artcraft post takes a break from showing off the new race models and gives us a sneak peak at hunter quivers and ammo pouches. They've been dubbed "class accessories" and it sounds like they are going to be placed in a new cosmetic-only gear slot. Paladins will have librams, Shaman will … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Guides, Hunter News

Hunter item upgrade priority in patch 5.4.8

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Patch 5.4.8 drops today, much sooner than I expected it to be. It introduces 2 more upgrades to patch 5.4 PvE gear, for a total of 16 ilvls in upgrades. People began their mad rush to cap their valor points for the new item upgrades, but it turns out they only had a week to … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Blizzard is OK with some talents not working with Lone Wolf, more hints at a raid cooldown

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We talked a little bit about this earlier when Celestalon mentioned that Master's Call and Spirit Bond would not work if a survival or marksmanship hunter chose the Lone Wolf talent. Yesterday, he talked a little more about this subject. In short, Blizzard is OK with some talents … Continue Reading ››