Infraction for Ketari: I probably should make this funny...

• Relwin · 12/10/08, 5:32 PM

Post: Upcoming Hunter Changes
User: Ketari
Infraction: I probably should make this funny...
Points: 3

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

but I'm out of funny infractions for today.

QQ harder though without running any numbers or having solid data to back it up. We are not getting nerfed into the ground by any means. We already bring a unique raid buff as BM. (FI much?) As far as non-ferocity pets are concerned in raiding? You haven't seen Scorpid Poison yet have you?

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Saladin

In a 25-man environment...

And in a 10-man environment, it matters a lot what you bring. And, unfortunately for BM (and even moreso SV) Hunters there's quite likely going to be a Ret Pally in the raid, since they bring a lot of buffs and have a high personal DPS.

"Bring the player, not the class" breaks down in 10 mans, where chosing between two players of roughly equal skill is likely to be based on class, and the raid stacking it brings. The annoying Boomkin will help the raid more than the nice BM Hunter, post-nerf.

it's very lucky that they just happen to be the highest DPS choice in many scenarios.

Luck? If you recall, cats were basically useless, then they added rake in. They had every opportunity to balance rake, and they decided to make it a high-damage skill.

In any case, I don't think returning EW is a good idea, but there are other raid buffs they could add - see my previous post where I suggested that SV should get a talent which added the 2% physical vulnrability debuff.

TrevvyTrev - And how often do you see non-ferocity pets in raiding? It's raiding I'm largely concerned about...

Again, I'm thinking that the entire top end of the BM tree is looking expendible.