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Weapon options for Survival Hunters in patch 7.0

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If you're interested in playing Survival when patch 7.0 drops, you may be wondering what the heck you're supposed to use for a weapon since you probably only own ranged weapons at the moment. Sure, you will be getting your Talonclaw on day one of Legion, but for the 4-5 weeks in the interim you … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

Legion Alpha: Some more things making me grumpy about Survival

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Warning: This post is going to be a bit of a rant. If you're looking for objective analysis, you can skip this post, alright? The most recent alpha build has some changes to Survival that unfortunately made the spec... less exciting... for me. Alpha/beta is a very iterative process so I guess this is to be … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

Legion Alpha: Some more time with the Melee Hunter

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I've warmed up to the melee Hunter a little more since my last post. I still don't think it's going to pull me away from my bread and butter (Beast Mastery), but I am starting to get the hang of it. I still sometimes need to remind myself to use traps more often because … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

New bits of Legion info, and going casual

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It sure has been slow on the news front ever since the Legion announcement, eh? Blizzard wasn't kidding when they said they'd be more tight-lipped about things this time around (can't say I blame them after Warlords). We did get a few new tidbits of info today, and when I say "tidbits" I really mean … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Legion: New Hunter roles confirmed

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I speculated on this yesterday, but it looks like we have the official word via a developer interview at Icy Veins.
  • Survival: Melee spec that utilizes a pet
  • Beast Mastery: Ranged spec that utilizes a pet
  • Marksmanship: Ranged spec that has NO pet
This means the Lone Wolf talent should be no more. Blizzard is fully … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

LEGION: The melee hunter returns? [Update: Confirmed]

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Update: Survival is definitely a melee spec. Updated details here. *Breathes deeply* OK, that was exciting. After being at an all time low with my general WoW excitement, I have to say that LEGION gives me some hope for WoW's future. I am beyond excited, but I'm going to have to force myself to … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

R.I.P. Bear Trap, 40-second Bestial Wrath, and 7-second Disengage

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Well, that didn't last very long. R.I.P. Bear Trap, for the second time (it was originally slated to be … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

More details on Black Arrow and Lock and Load in Warlords

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Updated: The below post is now irrelevant as Celestalon tweeted there's going to be another change to Lock and Load. Every time one of Black Arrow's ticks multistrikes, it adds a stack of Lock and Load. One of the changes coming in Warlords of Draenor for survival hunters is that every Continue Reading ››