I do know what you mean. Hopefully it smooths out some with haste maybe? I am by no means an expert lol.
But right now, we no longer use black arrow or dire beast, and i don’t think we even use kill shot anymore. Its basically kill command spam with a few other buttons weaved in as far as I can tell.
Because I didn’t feel the need to grind after doing the stories. I was able to do everything just fine at the ilvl I was. I do however have a mage and monk above ilvl610 but after that grind to get those levels I didn’t see the point. I was able to do all dungeons, LFR and so on. I used to grind out armor levels years ago, doing mythic+, Mythic raids and so on but can’t be bothered anymore. I only do story and exploration content nowadays anyways. Also, I don’t have time to grind for that high ilvl anymore because I don’t play as often as I used to since having kids and shift work.
If that’s the case you can’t really complain that the content is too hard; you haven’t kept up with the content on the character and are going to need to put in some time to get caught back up.
OP, I suggest you take advantage of the class forums, even the ones located here. I’ve had moments where I had a bad start to the season or class, and they came through for polite questions and advice - unlike General Discussion.
It’s bad thematically too for me. I had a goblin hunter that I enjoyed for a while. You could play it as, you know, a goblin. I had a big rifle, I could shoot rockets, when I shot something it sounded like I was using a gun not a bow shaped like a gun and no not a crossbow. Then they just changed it all of a sudden. Guns sound like bows, abilities focus very little on gun-wielding, so I just dumped it. Probably gonna gut it. I think I’ll go in a corner and hope someday they give us a proper gun-wielding class.
2 things of note here.
1st, Siren isle is your friend. Get rid of those greens.
2 seconds of your time buying from the npc, 580+ and even upgrading since they are giving stones out like candy (or push through for the new zone blues).
2nd, growl was busted last night so pets weren’t actually tanking like they were supposed to.
Even me being near 630 was struggling because I am melee hunter over pulling because I thought my pet had my back.
Ill have to fiddle with bm. I haven’t really messed with it in months, but I was also dark ranger m+ build.
Been surv for awhile, which still feels good. Also tried mm, which doesn’t feel bad per say.
I agree with those that say BM is feeling worse or clunky after patch. The best way I can describe it is the feeling of going from fully geared out at the end of an expansion and then hitting the new max level and haste levels are low. I was crest farming a full week and a half before patch and it felt more fast paced than it is now.