Originally Posted by
Okacz
Blizzard mistakenly feels that hunters are awesome in pvp because of their damage, which is not really the case. If it was, Retri Pallys or Ele/Enh Shamans would be the most hated class.
Hunters are powerfull, because they CAN do this dps. We have amazing movement, unhindered by pretty much anything, disengage, many tools to boost our speed, 1 min CD bubble, Readiness, big amount of click-and-go CC, roots, good stun... the list goes on, amazing burst isn't really on it.
Nerfing Stampede here is pretty much a nerf of PvE, or rather "Hunter having fun anywhere". Stampede is probably the easiest to avoid among hunter CDs, and the "major buffage" from pets could be easily disabled on arenas only.