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.
Showing posts with label On being a bad hunter.... Show all posts
Showing posts with label On being a bad hunter.... Show all posts
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
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
On being a bad hunter... Episode 1
Yesterday i was in an instance, group makeup was Shieildwarrior, Healadin, Feraldruid, and two BMhunters (one being myself obviously)
Everything went very smoothly, and as usual Raipu and I topped the DPS charts with around 32%, the feral druid who was one level higher than me came in at 28% the other hunter who was one level lower at 21%, the warrior at 17%.
A couple of things stuck out to me about this, number one being the fact that the feral druid was putting out what seemed to me to be some pretty insane dps for a druid. The other being the fact that the other hunter was definately alot lower than i thought he should be.
I didn't think to inspect him, but judging by what he spammed in chat asking if he could need on things, he seemed to be in ok gear, he was beastmaster spec, and he seemed to have a decent pet reaction time, and shot rotation, when i had time to observe of course.
Halfway though our second instance run, he asks me, "Reydan, how do you get your mana back so quickly, i then spam my Everlasting Underspore pods, and my Purified Draenic Water, and follow up with "Between those and Aspect of the Viper its pretty easy to regen between pulls.."
He responds with, "Wow, that must get expensive!"
This my friends, is the topic of this post, and is my first off possibly many posts on what constitutes being a bad hunter. Being cheap.
Hunters are one of the main classes that besides durability costs, can burn through stacks of gold in instance runs. Between my water for mana, pet food, stat boosting food for myself, elixers, potions, and even my ammo, i probably burn through 5-10g an instance, just on DPS materials, every death of myself and my pet just costs me more cash.
However, i know that other people in my group pay for the instance in their own way too, tanks and their durability and health pots, healers with water and mana pots, etc. The cost of instance running is part of the aspects of your class, and you should be ready and able to cough up the gold required for you to do your job.
Don't be a bad hunter, keep the water, petfood, elixers, bandaids, potions, Ravager Dogs and Sporeling Snacks in plentiful supply. Buy the expensive ammo to boost your DPS. Don't cut corners to save cash, every small step you take backwards adds up, and you'll find yourself in an instance getting out DMGed by 50% by someone like me, who goes the extra yard to do the best his class can do, and pushes his class to the limit.
Everything went very smoothly, and as usual Raipu and I topped the DPS charts with around 32%, the feral druid who was one level higher than me came in at 28% the other hunter who was one level lower at 21%, the warrior at 17%.
A couple of things stuck out to me about this, number one being the fact that the feral druid was putting out what seemed to me to be some pretty insane dps for a druid. The other being the fact that the other hunter was definately alot lower than i thought he should be.
I didn't think to inspect him, but judging by what he spammed in chat asking if he could need on things, he seemed to be in ok gear, he was beastmaster spec, and he seemed to have a decent pet reaction time, and shot rotation, when i had time to observe of course.
Halfway though our second instance run, he asks me, "Reydan, how do you get your mana back so quickly, i then spam my Everlasting Underspore pods, and my Purified Draenic Water, and follow up with "Between those and Aspect of the Viper its pretty easy to regen between pulls.."
He responds with, "Wow, that must get expensive!"
This my friends, is the topic of this post, and is my first off possibly many posts on what constitutes being a bad hunter. Being cheap.
Hunters are one of the main classes that besides durability costs, can burn through stacks of gold in instance runs. Between my water for mana, pet food, stat boosting food for myself, elixers, potions, and even my ammo, i probably burn through 5-10g an instance, just on DPS materials, every death of myself and my pet just costs me more cash.
However, i know that other people in my group pay for the instance in their own way too, tanks and their durability and health pots, healers with water and mana pots, etc. The cost of instance running is part of the aspects of your class, and you should be ready and able to cough up the gold required for you to do your job.
Don't be a bad hunter, keep the water, petfood, elixers, bandaids, potions, Ravager Dogs and Sporeling Snacks in plentiful supply. Buy the expensive ammo to boost your DPS. Don't cut corners to save cash, every small step you take backwards adds up, and you'll find yourself in an instance getting out DMGed by 50% by someone like me, who goes the extra yard to do the best his class can do, and pushes his class to the limit.
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