incoming nerfs to hunters soon...

[Ziene]

Hey guys

Was reading Blizz forums (not going to question till I see), but someone came up asking about hunters in PVP. Taepsilum (some one responding to posts) had this to say:

Hunters in general are very strong at the moment yes, but the high number of priest/hunter comps out there in 2v2 can also make them seem a bit stronger than what they actually are, it’s important to look at the overall picture, sometimes a class might seem too strong but when put in a different comp it might look just fine, it’s important to understand that this is a particularly strong synergetic combination that provides amazing crowd control (scatter, trap, fear, mind control, pet fear, web wrap, silencing shot, tendrils).
Anyway rest assured that devs are on to it, Stampede and Blink Strikes are being looked at, and you can probably expect some hotfixes on those two abilities very soon.

[Deleted]

Will nerfing those abilities actually fix anything? Ret hunter seems to have good synergy regardless.

[Ziene]

Will nerfing those abilities actually fix anything? Ret hunter seems to have good synergy regardless.

this is derailing the thread.. if you have a topic concerning Ret Paladins.. please find.make a new thread...

[Flaks]

Does NOT address the central issue: a ranged class not subjected to ranged counters with far too many outs.

Literally all they need to do is remove readiness from the BM toolkit and it would be enough.

[Illiterate]

From that post, it does not look like they know what they are doing.

[Hunterpower]

I play marksman so those 2 nerfs affect me none


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Does NOT address the central issue: a ranged class not subjected to ranged counters with far too many outs.

Literally all they need to do is remove readiness from the BM toolkit and it would be enough.

They do have a counter, disarm, it's just the fact that bm has 3 trinkets (like you said, readiness is the problem) and 2 of their attacks are from their pet and can be cast while disarmed, meanwhile MM and SV are useless disarmed. what they can do, readiness no longer affects bestial wrath and CC. affects the cc train and bm's huge trinket pool.

[Kals]

I'm glad they're looking at Blink Strike at the very least (though I agree other things should be looked at as well). I understand BM is a pet spec but I shouldn't be able to never get away from a pet without actually hard CCing it or killing it. Slows do nothing at all. Watching a ret friend line a hunter perfectly while his pet just goes to hamtown on him was a little discomforting as well.

[Flaks]

How blink strike went live for BM blows my mind so hard after cloak and dagger got nerfed for sub rogues.

[WarTV]

hotfix inc next reset.
confirmed by holinka

i honestly do not mind hunters that much since ele / ferals and mages are all retarded atm.
hunters are the only ones carrying melee vs casters atm.. once that is gone it is back to harrypotter craft again. i really hope the hotfixes carry some changes to ele shamans as well.

[Bakis]

Fix non-DR with melee cc and rework rediness for BM.

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hotfix inc next reset.
confirmed by holinka

i honestly do not mind hunters that much since ele / ferals and mages are all retarded atm.
hunters are the only ones carrying melee vs casters atm.. once that is gone it is back to harrypotter craft again. i really hope the hotfixes carry some changes to ele shamans as well.

Hmm didnt fint that speciffic tweet, only one about CC resetting being something they are not happy with in terms of Rediness.

[Deleted]

This is the Holinka tweet: https://twitter.com/holinka/status/342450768386850818

[VoZZaBBe]

Oh, lol

[Deleted]

this is derailing the thread.. if you have a topic concerning Ret Paladins.. please find.make a new thread...

It's not derailing the thread. I am merely asking a question.

SYNERGY is the problem.

"...it’s important to look at the overall picture, sometimes a class might seem too strong but when put in a different comp it might look just fine, it’s important to understand that this is a particularly strong synergetic combination that provides amazing crowd control".


So how will nerfing hunters fix anything if priests are still too good? They will just synergize with mages better instead. How does nerfing hunters solve anything?

[wickedbastard]

Then i just switch to one of my other OP classes, no biggie.

[Torais]

Maybe they should of taken the time to address the class as a whole while they were ripping skills off our toolbar with reckless abandon.

They made BM a literal two-button spec and are are surprised its too easy to play? Who would of guessed...

[wickedbastard]

They made BM a literal two-button spec and are are surprised its too easy to play? Who would of guessed...

This cant be said enough, wth were they thinking?

[Bakis]

Maybe they should of taken the time to address the class as a whole while they were ripping skills off our toolbar with reckless abandon.

They made BM a literal two-button spec and are are surprised its too easy to play? Who would of guessed...

Prety damn sad that at least 1 possible 2 demanding specs gets sacrificed just to cater super bad and new players with the BM spec.
Never understood why BLZ never reward skill.

[Deleted]

This cant be said enough, wth were they thinking?

"Casual" players and money.

[wickedbastard]

"Casual" players and money.

Yeah ok, but you cant say that having the actual spell blink strike was making BM harder to play.

[Aleksej89]

Remove the damn readiness CD, and balance hunters around that.