Sure, as long as you understand it would be purely visual and you wouldn’t control the pet or be able to use it at all (outside of using the abilities tied to it).
That’s not what this thread has been about at all. This thread has been about keeping the option to use it in the same way it is now.
Playing at a CE level means you have to have a good knowledge of the class and specs you play and how they function.
If you knew what you were talking about you would know that.
But I’m not wrong.
Time played doesn’t make you good at the game.
It’s pretty clear you probably don’t even play any group content.
Playing trivial content for a long time doesn’t make you good.
Yes I do. I have bm parses because BM has been the stronger spec for raiding till 11.0.7
This is the compromise, I’m happy to settle for it but I do not speak for everyone.
This is the ideal, I’d be thrilled if I got to keep my meatsack and all the utility got moved to baseline.
I don’t think this matters very much because we as heroes are not just rank and file fodder but if you wanted to complain about this then you should have done so when ranged weapons were removed from many class’s equipment slots.
Making Hunters the only class capable of using these weapons for the sake of end game loot distribution is ultimately what landed us with hunters as the only option for “mUh sNIpEr fAnTaSy” and being the path of least resistance to this concept.
I’ll say this would have needed to come early, so this ship has sailed, but in the before times Warrior or Rogue could have been expanded to encompass this kind of character. I think what we are seeing is narrowing of concepts rather than expansion when you really look at it.
Pfft, imagine being a sniper.
Why settle for that when you can pick up a spear, fight alongside your pet, and lob bombs in the faces of your enemies? 
and therein lies the problem, you come at things with ONLY a viewpoint of “what is optimal” and enshrine it as truth, because you refuse to believe that players would do things that are not optimal purely because they are fun and have meaning beyond “bigger number better.”
What is optimal is what matters in group content. Solo content being optimal doesnt matter.
Incorrect. I fully understand that people play differently and I do and I have zero problem with that.
Says the guy that doesnt even play hunter rofl.
I started the expansion as a hunter and was a hunter in season 4.
Finally realize you are wrong, I am a better hunter than you are and you cant refute any points I made?
Fat people fight better from a distance!
The problem with GD is that you can expect every class change to be analyzed through this lens. Every single one. This means that any customization, fantasy, or utility removed for the sake of pure HPS/DPS throughput is going to be seen as an ultimate win for a specific subsect of players here.
Which is ultimately just a perspective conflict. Some want nothing but ultimate optimization. Others want nothing but completely free customization.
Some of us try to find a reasonable solution that could please both sides amidst the torrent of “you bad,” and “no you bad” that is GD.
Getting? Where have you been?
in 11.1 its supposed to be a viable build to not take 2 pets.
The issue in this particular case is that these changes are fixing a major issue MM had in group content and mplus
Primary is not the same as sole damage dealer.
Primary implies there is a secondary or tertiary contributor.
God I swear these anti pet people are trolls or willfully ignorant and didn’t even bother reading the OP.
The entire point of this is COSMETICS…
If you actually read the OP, you’d see that it changes nothing rotationally, even with the new changes.
All it does it essentially give you a second auto attack with a pet and a taunt for solo game play.
But the important thing is it gives a fully customized pet that can be named if the hunters chooses to.
That’s what we don’t wanna lose.
And in fact these eagle hurts everyone thematically since it removes the ability to tame all the beasts in exchange for a single bird and it forces those who don’t want a pet to have one in the form of this eagle.
Idk how else to get this point across…
Again, this is essentially a cosmetic choice, even if it suboptimal for DPS.
Which again, BM has this privilege when they can pick between one or two pets…
The OP fixes it it better…
You’d know it if you actually read it
That doesn’t seem related to what I wrote
The OP doesnt fix it.
I did read it, and it confirmed you have no actual clue what you are talking about.
How doesn’t it fix it… Plz tell me
No mention of Freedom
No mention of Roar of Sac
No mention of fixing the tuning issues thats holding MM back from being more viable in higher end content.
Like I said
What you wrote doesn’t seem related to being an adventurer is essentially what I said.
It’s about being a specialized member of a dedicated and static fighting force. Which isn’t what any of us are.
Speak for yourself, I statically fight all the time.