I was in Arathi Basin with Geno and Nindo, we were defending the lumbermill, watching inc on BS, and keeping pressure on the farm (I dont know how many people i have killed in that canyon leading up to the lm, its pretty much my favorite spot to be in AB)
We were pushing out from the canyon, driving back a surge towards BS, and trying to possibly cap farm to complete the 5cap. We get into one of those fairly epic 10 on 10 fights, geno is running around in circles jumping and spamming aoe spells like a good mage, nindo has already shadowstepped onto a healer, and i have BW and RF up, and am cranking out dps like Billy B.A.
I target a lvl 63 orc hunter, sick pet, scorpid sting, arcane, kill command.. Regular stuff, he then turns around, looks at me, feigns death, i retarget him and multishot, he stands up.. AND VOLLEYS AT MY FEET, his spell lasts one round, i dont get hit again, and my steadyshot/autoshot weaving burns him down in about 6seconds.
This brings us to the third, and hopefully most obvious way to be a bad hunter, using volley in pvp.. well, using volley for anything other than farming VC/SFK...
Don't do it.. It will never outdmg what you could have done with normal shots, unless possibly you have 10 people willing to stand in a small circle and not move or hit you for eternity, which doesnt happen..
Don't be a bad hunter. Take volley off your q-bar, replace it with scare beast (you got that one on?) and fear those annoying feral druids off your healers.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Sunday, August 5, 2007
On being a bad hunter... Episode 2
Ok, so... the other day i was in an pug instance with Theo, i was about 4 lvls higher than everyone else, and Raipu and I were just gracing them with my 65% of the dmg meter presence, getting Theo exp and hopefully some gear.
Another toon in the group was a hunter, MM spec (theres your first problem), with a pet cat that was identical to Raipu! (i hate when that happens, i never saw a pet that looked like Deathrain)
Anyways, we were in Hellfire Citadel, ran ramparts and then blood furnace, and somewhere along the way, the shaman belt dropped, Girdle of the Gale Storm, got intelect, stamina, mp5 and healing..
AND THE HUNTER NEEDED IT
Now, obviously its not a big deal, because no one in the group wanted it, but the warrior was quick to point out, "Why in the world would a hunter wear that" To which i replied "They wouldnt"
The said hunter then goes on to claim its better than what he has on, and spams a lvl 53 mail belt of the eagle or something in chat...
It is at this point in which we come to our focus of On being a bad hunter... Episode 2...
Knowing your class loot, and gearing up to perform your duties.
The first zone in Outlands, Hellfire Pennisula, has a few lines of quests that gives gear that was good enough to replace nearly everything short of mid-tier dungeon armor, HOWEVER.. there is mail gear thrown in for shamans in some quests, which means there is pretty much nothing specifically for a hunter
It is at this time that i implore you, ignore the MAIL tag that you have been stuck on since lvl 40, the main stats a hunter needs to look for in gear is Agility, Attack Power, and Stamina.. Also known as Of The Bandit when searching the AH.
The good thing about the hellfire quests, and all quests/dungeons in general, is there is an entire other set of gear that fits the hunter very well.. Rogue gear, other wise known as LEATHER.
Hunters while leveling, shouldnt get hit, our pets should absorb 90% of the dmg while solo, and in groups there should be a tank..
While leveling, ignore the mail/leather boundry, and pick the gear with the best stats for your class, Agility, Stamina, Attack Power, Crit Chance....
Intelect and Mp5 are nice addons to help with mana, but never ever give up agility, ap, or stamina for mana gear
Another toon in the group was a hunter, MM spec (theres your first problem), with a pet cat that was identical to Raipu! (i hate when that happens, i never saw a pet that looked like Deathrain)
Anyways, we were in Hellfire Citadel, ran ramparts and then blood furnace, and somewhere along the way, the shaman belt dropped, Girdle of the Gale Storm, got intelect, stamina, mp5 and healing..
AND THE HUNTER NEEDED IT
Now, obviously its not a big deal, because no one in the group wanted it, but the warrior was quick to point out, "Why in the world would a hunter wear that" To which i replied "They wouldnt"
The said hunter then goes on to claim its better than what he has on, and spams a lvl 53 mail belt of the eagle or something in chat...
It is at this point in which we come to our focus of On being a bad hunter... Episode 2...
Knowing your class loot, and gearing up to perform your duties.
The first zone in Outlands, Hellfire Pennisula, has a few lines of quests that gives gear that was good enough to replace nearly everything short of mid-tier dungeon armor, HOWEVER.. there is mail gear thrown in for shamans in some quests, which means there is pretty much nothing specifically for a hunter
It is at this time that i implore you, ignore the MAIL tag that you have been stuck on since lvl 40, the main stats a hunter needs to look for in gear is Agility, Attack Power, and Stamina.. Also known as Of The Bandit when searching the AH.
The good thing about the hellfire quests, and all quests/dungeons in general, is there is an entire other set of gear that fits the hunter very well.. Rogue gear, other wise known as LEATHER.
Hunters while leveling, shouldnt get hit, our pets should absorb 90% of the dmg while solo, and in groups there should be a tank..
While leveling, ignore the mail/leather boundry, and pick the gear with the best stats for your class, Agility, Stamina, Attack Power, Crit Chance....
Intelect and Mp5 are nice addons to help with mana, but never ever give up agility, ap, or stamina for mana gear
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