Played hunter since classic, that same hunter is still my main
Its was an orc from classic -> WoD, then i race changed it to blood elf.
I remember the first time i got a 1000 crit at like level 50 or something. I always played BM until i saw a video of marksman hunter pvp so i switched and had great fun looking at the big numbers from aimed shot
If you gonna raid...
Be prepared to be the physical manifestation of then-non-present misdirect. Pew, run to your designated tank and fd.
Be prepared to learn Molten Core as you might get assigned on sneaky trash pulling duty (and eye of the beast skill)
Be prepared to know how to kite (hunter epic quest as a proof of skill) to do the first boss in Blackwing Lair - and no, UBRS experience doesn't count for that, not even close.
Be prepared to use quivers.
Be prepared to have enough ammo for the whole raid duration. Grind good ammo before raid. Equip the right ammo.
Be prepared to be given Tranq shot from one of the early MC bosses and then use it immediately on the next one (doggy) to unenrage it as that will be your duty from then on (Chromaggus as well in BWL).
Be prepared for the hate from every DPS class when you (legitimately) roll on every weapon, because in vanilla every weapon is hunter weapon.
All right, gentleperchildren, let's review. The year is 2024 - that's two-zero-two-four, as in the 21st Century's perfect vision - and I am sorry to say the world has become a pussy-whipped, Brady Bunch version of itself, run by a bunch of still-masked clots ridden infertile senile sissies who want the Last Ukrainian to die so they can get on with the War on China, with some middle-eastern genocide on the side
Yes, legitimately roll on melee weapons. Are you high?
I guess rogues and warriors legitimately roll on ranged weapons as well.
Patch 1.12, and not one step further!
That doesn't sound right.
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Hunter's should definitely get the 8/8 T2 debuff slot. I'd argue even Hunter's mark.
Hunter's mark + 500 RAP >>>> 2 warriors' Impale.
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There are plenty ranged weapons that go to melee DPS like Striker's Mark and Blastershot Launcher.
And there are melee weapons that hunters should roll on like the ZG weapons, Core Hound tooth, Brutality Blade.
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oh my. Your gonna love vanilla. Huntards that pull half of instance* and after 3rd wipe roll for axe/sword along with literally every piece of armour, bcs every loot in game is huntard loot.
Cant wait for it even more than for chugging water. Im ready for salt, tears and for hate on 90% of hunters to come.
Heck, might even roll one for pet collecting.
*hunter aggro everything on sight, pet messing tanking, it was all fun and games back then
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Hunters played so different in classic compared to retail, gonna be interesting to play it again. I have some bad experiences with huntards needing on everything so often. I remember wanting the lions in the Barrens so bad, you had Echeyakee who is a white lion that only spawned for a quest, and a black lion that was at a much higher level though.
Warrior's Impale isn't going to do a lot of DPS. The RAP bonus for hunters is way more important than some shitty 20 DPS from bleeds.
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Echeyakee was a spawn for everyone who had the quest, he is spawned with a horn.
The Black Lion is the unique Humar the Pridelord, 23 elite ( I think ), just outside of Ratchet in the shadow of a tree
Going to roll need on everything. Need the classic experience 100%.
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Nay. Things like Blastershot Launcher and Striker's Mark and the tank rifle in BWL are clear non-hunter weapons.
Hunters will want things like Rhok'delar ( hunter only quest item ), Crossbow of Smiting ( +RAP, useless for melees ), Soulstring and Nerubian Slavemaker ( if you give those to melees you deserve to die horribly )
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How is hunter a brain dead class? You're the only class which needs to manage its pet, your rotation actually consists of more than 2 skills, you have to make sure not to clip your autoshots with aimed, you have to manage your mana whereas the other classes can just spam frostbolt for days.
This is aggravating, hunter DPS is probably the most complex DPS class in Vanilla, whereas mages and warlocks just bind Frostbolt/Shadowbolt to ''1'' and spam away.
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You never go BM.
Even in shitty gear at lvl 60 the Trueshot aura is a huge boost for your party.
120 AP is nothing to scoff at, especially when you have low gear.
And I'd argue you should still be MM even with good gear since raid DPS >>> your own DPS. Survival might do 50 DPS more at 500agi+ but that 120 AP you provide to everyone is solid.
2/31/18 is the standard poor gear spec, with hit from Survival at 2/5 Hawk.
Right now I'm 17/31/3 because I don't need the hit and I have Lupos, who hits like a truck.
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The fact that it had a Pet is why it was called "Baby's first MMO class" since you had a fraction of the down time of any other class apart from Warlock. It's the reason why Hunters were the leaders on all the 1-60 speed leveling. Other classes had to manage Mana just as much, hence the endless wand spam in my raids, Most Classes also had to watch not to reset their auto-attacks.
Literally your points of why hunters were "hard" happened to many other classes. You guys just had the benefit of having a Pet hold aggro and Feign Death. Hunter DPS wasn't the most "complex" by far.
Levelling is irrelevant to endgame raiding and mages can just use Evocation to get mana back ( if they even go oom at all ) and Warlocks have Life Tap.
Managing your pet on fights like Vael or the 3 drakes is definitely more complex than a Mage/Warlock/Warrior/Rogue sitting in one spot and spamming the same spell.
Not to mention how much a hunter has to work to be in the top on a DPS meter ( Lupos ) compared to Warriors/Rogues.
I wasn't aware Warriors and Rogues have casting abilities.Most Classes also had to watch not to reset their auto-attacks.
Hence why I said "most" not "all" I had to have a Auto-Attack timer on my Ret Pally because seal twisting and judgment could cause loss of Auto-attacks.
Also having 2 fights that required pet management? OH LAWDY PLEASE NO. SO HARD. Oh wait, you mean you could macro Pet Attack onto everything you needed. Well that kind of kills that complexity
I guess their infinitely hard rotation of Arcane shot and Aimed shot was intense as well. Just like putting up Viper sting on a Target to get mana back was the most complex thing ever.
Don't kid yourself.
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