Originally Posted by
Frogguh
Then you should have no trouble switching to mage or warlock to replace ranged Survival.
I've wanted a melee hunter since Wrath when I started playing, because no other melee has an animal companion (a shambling corpse for a DK is not an animal companion). Since no other melee fulfills what I wanted, they are irrelevant to the discussion of the benefits of a melee hunter.
While I wish BM had been made the melee spec so I could only have one spec to deal with (Marks and ranged Survival both suck), I'm quite thankful hunters finally get to be up there with their pet fighting.