Tag Archives: Survival

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 ››
Hunter News

Changes to Focus in Battle for Azeroth

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In Battle for Azeroth, Focus is still a resource across the whole Hunter class, but it works a little differently for each specialization. Beast Mastery is staying the same (mostly passive regeneration), while Marksmanship is going back to a pre-Legion type of Hunter where the majority of Focus regeneration is active rather than passive. Survival … 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

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 ››
Off Topic, Opinion

Don’t worry, I’m still Huntering

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Despite my absence from this blog (and Twitter, etc.) I want you to know I'm still around. I'm still playing WoW when I get the time and I'm still raiding. My absence from the community is hard to explain without getting too personal. It boils down to some heavy stuff happening IRL and not having … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

Hunter spec disparity in Emerald Nightmare

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Alright, I knew Survival would be the unpopular Hunter spec going into Legion, but I didn't think the disparity would be quite this severe. After a week of Emerald Nightmare, the numbers are in and it's not pretty for Survival. As I write this, there are ~48,000 Hunter parses in Heroic Emerald Nightmare on Warcraft Logs thus far. Only ~660 … Continue Reading ››
Opinion

What are you playing?

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Patch 7.0 is upon us and Hunters are... well, kind of different. The reaction I've seen to the new Hunter specs has been mixed to say the least. It's probably more shocking if you didn't put in any serious play time on the beta or PTR. These are new specs, and it's pretty much a … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Guides, Hunter News

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 ››
Hunter News

Legion: More number tuning for Hunters

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Today's beta build brought a few interesting changes (along with some nerfs) that are worth talking about.

Beast Mastery