Tag Archives: Warlords of Draenor

Hunter News

There’s still some hope for a Survival cooldown

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Ask any hunter who has played on beta, and they'll probably tell you that survival feels a little empty without any baseline cooldowns or executes. We know Blizzard wants to push for survival to be the multidot/sustained damage spec, but many hunters feel it's gone a bit too far. The good news is, it sounds … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Opinion

Hunter Beta Feedback: Round 1

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What follows isn't going to written like one of my normal blog posts. It's a copy/paste of a feedback post I made in the Warlords beta forums intended for the developers. I thought some of you may be interested in reading it anyway. I've added a few pictures to help with the "wall … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

Marksmanship mastery and Lock and Load changes, T17 Mythic armor

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WoD beta build 18505 just hit the servers and with it comes some pretty substantial changes for marksmanship and survival hunters. Marksmanship Mastery
Hunter Guides, Hunter Pets

How to tame Chimaeron at level 90 and 100

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Taming Chimaeron is simple for a level 100 character, but if you want to tame him in patch 6.0 at level 90, it's a little trickier to do solo, but still perfectly doable. I'll start with level 100. It isn't quite as simple as walking in and taming. First you need to show Chimaeron who's … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOCROAK

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There's a new type of mob to kill in Draenor. They've been dubbed "vignettes" and essentially they're rare spawns a la the Timeless Isle, but they drop their special item (plus garrison resources) the first time you kill them. All subsequent kills will just drop junk loot. You can find them everywhere in Draenor, some of … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Hunter Pets

The best new Hunter Glyph: Glyph of Play Dead

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Out of the handful of new glyphs being added for hunters in Warlords, the Glyph of Play Dead is definitely my favorite. It only takes up a minor slot, so you don't have to worry about it clashing with anything important. The pet not only plays its death animation but also drops aggro. This … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Hunter Pets

New hunter pets in Shadowmoon Valley

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Shadowmoon Valley had a wider variety of tameable pets than Frostfire Ridge did (a lot of the ones in Frostfire weren't yet flagged as tameable on the alpha). Some of the ones in Shadowmoon still can't be tamed, but that'll be fixed in time. Is your stable full? You might want to make room for some … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

WoD Alpha: Tanaan Jungle and Shadowmoon Valley screenshots

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I've been playing a lot of alpha lately. Between the server instability, the crashes, and the constant bug report submissions it's taken me quite a while to finish most of the quests in Shadowmoon Valley.  Then there's all the new pets to tame, killing rares, working on the Garrison... I have some more hunter-specific stuff in … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Pet of the Week: Echidnian Hydra

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These lumbering beasts wander the shallows of the Nightmarsh in Shadowmoon Valley. Hydras are one of the 3 new hunter pet families being added in Warlords of Draenor, the others being Rylaks and Riverbeasts, which I'll feature shortly. Hydras bring the Keen Senses (mastery) buff. There's a little bit of a bug … Continue Reading ››
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 ››