An old veteran returns…this has been a lot since Pre-BC.
As a hunter who was around since this game started back, 14 years ago…left when a number of mistakes were made. The biggest one being Focus instead of mana.
Now, as someone who played Hunter since I started this game, I’d love to see Hunters return to an actual playable form for me. Focus just doesn’t present an actual rotation that is solid. Two or three shots and I need to let it regenerate, it lowers DPS and can mean the difference between victory or defeat.
Mana was a ton more manageable, especially if you had the rotation down or one of your own build, or several to switch between. Gave the class more depth and more to manage making the class easier because you could change which rotation you were using depending upon what was going on around you.
Direct damage, quick damage? No problem.
Need some DOTs or traps to hold enemies? No problem.
Need to scout ahead (usually if no rogue is in the group)? No problem.
I’m a veteran hunter, ran hunter through Pre-BC, BC, Wrath, and Cata…and quit because there were to many errors and I just couldn’t ignore them anymore. I was a straight MM Hunter, always have been…always will be.
BM just didn’t appeal to my playstyle (not to mention there wasn’t a BM who could beat me back then) and survival…well…best not mention that black sheep.
Wow Classic is a hope that Hunters will be the class I used to enjoy.
Yes, I want the full challenge back…Arrows, Mana/Health Potions, Food to keep pets happy…I want a challenge! I want my pets to attack or run away if they were kept unhappy for extended periods of time.
I want the WoW I used to enjoy…before it all went downhill.
I know some of you…plenty of you will disagree…and thats fine. Just means you don’t want the original challenge of what being a hunter actually was. I do…I want to actually have a reason to play this game again.
If you want the OG Experience, to actually fight to get a pet (which could kill a beginner player) instead of being gifted one like you were too weak to get one by yourself, to actually hunt or buy food, to actually have to channel ‘Mend Pet’ instead of it just being a healing dot…then you want the same thing I want.
Until then…The Force shall set me free.