Tag Archives: Dire Beast

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 ››
Hunter News

It’s happening! Beast Mastery gets its best changes yet in 7.2.5

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I'll be honest with you, I was getting pretty upset about the initial 7.2.5 changes with Wild Call. I even had a big rant in my post drafts that I never got around to posting because it was too negative and strayed from being constructive. But there's not even any point in going over why the initial … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Patch 7.2.5: Big changes coming to Wild Call procs for Beast Mastery

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EDIT: IGNORE EVERYTHING BELOW! Blizzard has smartened up! 2 charges will be baseline in 7.2.5! Wild Call  -- and by extension The Mantle of Command -- is getting some rather large changes in the upcoming patch 7.2.5. Let's go straight to the blue post:
Originally Posted by Seph (Official Forums)
In 7.2.5, we are changing Wild Call from a … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Guides, Opinion

The Mantle of Command: Unlocking the 4th Hunter spec

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Legendaries have probably been the most contentious issue in all of Legion. It sucks to have meaningful gaps in player power, or completely transformative and quality of life effects gated behind pure luck. In my opinion, legendaries would have been better if they all had utility or defensive bonuses and their DPS power came from raw … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

New Hunter Glyphs in Legion

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The glyph system in Legion is changing in several ways. First, there are no more major glyphs, only cosmetic minor glyphs. Second, glyphs are now applied to the affected ability directly and are consumable. You can no longer permanently learn a glyph. For example, when you right-click one of the Dire Beast glyphs it will … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Hunter Pets

Beast Mastery News: Hati customization, Dire Beast replacement

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Shortly after I wrote this initial piece on what I felt was wrong with the Beast Mastery fantasy in Legion, the developers announced that they planned on adding a glyph so that Dire Beast would pull from your own stable of pets rather than use random ones from the wild. This addressed one of … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

What’s wrong with the Beast Mastery fantasy in Legion [Updated]

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Alright, I know some of you don't give a crap about class fantasy. That's fine, but this post probably doesn't concern you. This post concerns the Hunters like me who camp rare pets for days on end and agonize over the naming of their pets. I'm not going to be talking about mechanics or numbers here, … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

Focus Pocus: A closer look at Focus Fire, Steady Focus, and Focusing Shot

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Have you been enjoying the hunter spec equality we have now? I sure am. With more people playing BM and SV again, I thought it warranted a closer look at a couple of the less popular talents.
Focus Fire, aka RNG Fire
The recent buff to Improved Focus Fire (5% per stack instead of 2%) has … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

WoD Beta 18888: Tier 17 set bonus testing, Dire Beast and Survival nerfs

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Updated to include a new Black Arrow nerf from Sept. 23 build. Survival got some small nerfs in this build. I'm kind of perplexed by this since it was already doing less damage than BM and MM. Maybe the accompanying MM/BM changes will be in the next build? I really don't understand what's going on. As … Continue Reading ››