They should let MM hunters 'sacrifice' their pets.

[Genooo]

But MM spec works around hunter using his ranged-weapon skills with synergy with his pet. Survival uses nature-magic to enhance his shots and traps. BM relies on his animal-world bonds to tame stronger beasts.

Hunter class is all about balance between tech progress (guns, crossbows), nature (magic) and FRIENDSHIP (a pet)

Throwing away one part will ruin balance and it will no more be a hunter class.

Lol, lore. Blood elves are supposed to shrivel up and die if they don't use mana, yet we have perfectly healthy looking blood elf warriors everywhere.

[Charge me Doctor]

Lol, lore. Blood elves are supposed to shrivel up and die if they don't use mana, yet we have perfectly healthy looking blood elf warriors everywhere.

There is no blood elf warriors, there is blood elf spellbreakers and they use mana.
And even if you remember warcraft 3, there was elven swordsmans.

[nightfalls]

There is no blood elf warriors, there is blood elf spellbreakers and they use mana

Lor'themar. And even in warcraft 3 there were Blood Elven Swordsmen (warriors).

[edit]

For as long as war has raged, heroes from every race have aimed to master the art of battle.

Pretty much the inclusion of warriors for all races is one of the most lore-justified decisions regarding what classes are available to what races there are.

[Genooo]

There is no blood elf warriors, there is blood elf spellbreakers and they use mana

[citation needed]

Don't pull stuff out of your ass to defend your point.

[Mormolyce]

Holy shit, please reread the last line of my first post. And I know it doesn't, but why shouldn't it? Because YOU don't like the idea?

Because we already have Hunters and another class using bows or guns without a pet would be too similar.

It's more like, because BLIZZARD doesn't like the idea.

[teddytous]

The problem with the change is you take away a class/spec people currently love what people like about a class just cause you don't like it and make it to something just you or some minority would want.

Sac proved that people don't care about options they just want max DPS.

A) If sacing a pet is the high dps option - everyone will "have" to use it to be competitive and you just killed that spec for all the people that liked it with a pet.
B) If sacing a pet is the low option - nobody (or very near) will use - so whats the point - might aswell just be current setup and dismiss your pet.

If you make it not a choice - then same as A) you killed a spec people loved for just a few oddballs like yourself.

[Mormolyce]

Lol, lore. Blood elves are supposed to shrivel up and die if they don't use mana, yet we have perfectly healthy looking blood elf warriors everywhere.

Blood Elves don't need to om nom nom mana anymore because the Sunwell is repaired.

Hmm, isn't that the whole point of this thread? Throwing that idea around?

Well it's talking about changing the MM spec, not creating a new class. Which could work I suppose, if Blizzard wants to move MM in that direction. I think that would be quite a big change though and a lot of MM Hunters might object.

[Genooo]

Because we already have Hunters and another class using bows or guns without a pet would be too similar.

It's more like, because BLIZZARD doesn't like the idea.

...Who the hell suggested an entire new class? And when did blizzard say, recently, that they don't like this idea? Are you assuming they don't because YOU don't? (I say recently because blizzard has said a lot of things they went back on in the past.)

[Myzou]

Any pet sacrificing would have to be a 15-20% DPS loss, like Grimoire of Sacrifice is for Warlocks. They nerfed it with the intent it would always be a decent DPS loss if fyou grabbed it.

Blizzard has said pet classes are pet classes. It may have been a warlock question, but it applies to hunters to.

[Charge me Doctor]

[citation needed]

Don't pull stuff out of your ass to defend your point.

Some blood elves become warriors (or scouts or hunters) — especially those seeking to be spell breakers, demon hunters, and rangers. In the aftermath of the Third War, Kael'thas took a group of the strongest blood elf warriors and spellcasters and joined the Alliance against the Scourge (most of these later joined him in Outland).[10] Although non-playable blood elf warriors do exist, most are in service of Illidan (or at least Kael'thas). There is also a group of blood elf and draenei warriors who form part of the Shattered Sun Offensive, the Shattered Sun Warriors.

Anyway, being a warrior doesn't means that he can't use magic-infused weapons (i think enchanted weapon and armor will do the trick to ease the pain from mana-hunger)

[worsthitmanNa]

People complain about class homogenization and then demand we have the functionality of Warlock sac.

Different people are different. Why not fuse with your pet taking on aspects of it for a damage boost.

[Landin55]

Lol, lore. Blood elves are supposed to shrivel up and die if they don't use mana, yet we have perfectly healthy looking blood elf warriors everywhere.

Use mana? lol you don't know shit bout lore son. They feed on magic. So a Blood Elf warrior goes around and mana taps mages doesn't make sense?.

[Charge me Doctor]

Any pet sacrificing would have to be a 15-20% DPS loss, like Grimoire of Sacrifice is for Warlocks. They nerfed it with the intent it would always be a decent DPS loss if fyou grabbed it.

Blizzard has said pet classes are pet classes. It may have been a warlock question, but it applies to hunters to.

Warlock can get benefits from sacrificing a deamon and absorb his powers, it's a dark magic ritual after all,
but how a hunter can use anything related? He can use a little of nature magic, but anything related to sacrifice is merge in to a single entity, but again, it's a druids part.
I mean hunter is a bow+pet, you remove pet, now you start to shoot better? Or you eat his liver and become stronger?

[worsthitmanNa]

The problem with the change is you take away a class/spec people currently love what people like about a class just cause you don't like it and make it to something just you or some minority would want.

Sac proved that people don't care about options they just want max DPS.

A) If sacing a pet is the high dps option - everyone will "have" to use it to be competitive and you just killed that spec for all the people that liked it with a pet.
B) If sacing a pet is the low option - nobody (or very near) will use - so whats the point - might aswell just be current setup and dismiss your pet.

If you make it not a choice - then same as A) you killed a spec people loved for just a few oddballs like yourself.

You would have the option to use or not use your pet on fights were pets are buggy. You are just giving people chooses nobody wants to remove pets from the game just on certain raid bosses.

[Solzan Nemesis]

Maybe a Kinetic Mage would be better...?

[Charge me Doctor]

Maybe a Kinetic Mage would be better...?

Well, thrown fire ball contains kinetic energy, so any mage is kinetic mage =P

[Mormolyce]

You would have the option to use or not use your pet on fights were pets are buggy. You are just giving people chooses nobody wants to remove pets from the game just on certain raid bosses.

Killing your pet should not be the solution to AI bugs.

[worsthitmanNa]

Killing your pet should not be the solution to AI bugs.

Earlier i said you fuse with the spirit of your pet I said nothing about killing.

[Charge me Doctor]

Earlier i said you fuse with the spirit of your pet I said nothing about killing.

You already fuse with the spirits of beasts (aspects).
And don't you find this way a little... druid?

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Survival * plz