So I am all for trying new specs but intel based gear for a DH just sounds ludicrous to me. And to make up for horrible gameplay and clucky mechanics they make them OP. I can say after playing Devourer I will not be bringing any with me in my groups. I mean I’m not telling you to not play it but my opinion this is a waste of a spec.
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It’s incomplete, even at 90.
It’s the controller on console from day 1 spec. Seems only the A and B buttons are in the game. Waiting for X and Y. 
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Consume.
Consume.
Consume.
Consume.
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I tried it for a bit on my max DH and it felt weird, i felt like i didnt understand it or was missing something. I was going to have to pay to faction transfer anyways, so i started leveling a fresh DH to get a feel for it.
I’m enjoying it, but it still feels like its missing an ability or 2
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Leveling feels exceptionally underpowered. The fact they need 2 weapons and cannot use heirlooms does them no favors but still not a good look.
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It is definitely a different play style than Havoc. Havoc is so fast and never feels like I’m waiting but Devourer is definitely not my play style. But for at this point I’ll just log on my Shadowpriest and play that becasue that’s what it feels like to me lol
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Its really interesting design. Its very much like playing a minigame inside of a game.
- Spam one button mostly just to run around and collect blue orbs (mini game)
- Once all orbs are collected use your Demon-Form
- In Demon-Form back to the mini game this time you are on a timer. You are trying to collect 30 before the form ends.
- Once you have enough Orbs use your primary damage ability Collapsing Star as a reward for completing said minigame.
I personally think the minigame will get stale and repetitive for most.
I have also found that most of the “recommended” specs for Devourer that are online websites such as WOWhead and Iceyveins are absolute TRASH. You cant ever complete the minigame and use the Collapsing Star because you are missing required talents to maintain Demon Form. It took me close to 2 hours to figure this out.
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Can’t relate, that talent straight-up did not work for the character I was leveling.
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In PvP I kind of like it, it’s based on a 1 shot set up though which is annoying because outside of that I don’t think we have enough healing/defensive to survive.
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yeah the orb thing looks really lame.. and collecting them is dumb.
just let them be like ice mage iclecles and spawn around us. then when we reap they gather and get sent out..
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I was very surprised to learn I was doing the rotation with how much it felt like I was missing something while working against target dummies in Dorn.
I was kinda hoping that 80-90 would open it up a little more but it does seem like that’s pretty much it. Kinda disappointed tbh
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I am not sure what you might be running into. It also took me a while to figure out what I was doing wrong. Granted I was not leveling but at max level. What I am thinking you might be seeing:
- You need to have at least 30 orbs collected before you can even go into Demon Form
- You are using a spec that is just absolute trash like what I was finding online and it limits your ability.
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I’m not sure either. I picked up the talent at level 15, and was just stuck at 50 soul fragments with no way to actually transform. Probably a level lock on the talent that they don’t communicate again, hard to really say.
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Yeah found out you get meta a few levels later. Its level locked and that was kinda crappy too.
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I didn’t get to play on retail yet because my computer is being repaired (it’s taking the whole bloody week 
) but if it’s the same of Beta right now, it’s really bad.
They designed a new spec that even when you take the most complex talent setup, it almost feels as if I’m using the single button assistant due to how basic it plays.
Cherry on top of this cake with the lack of void customization and the idle casting animation using a placeholder that looks awful.
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Neat. I guess I can put it with the long ranged interrupt for “why can I get a talent that modifies an ability before I get the ability”.
Also, why does Meta come from leveling at all? It should just be given directly by the talent. What in the world were they thinking?
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I’ll let you know how it is once I can play a goblin demon hunter
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For sure and being a mid-ranged spec the interrupt only works within 1-3 yards from mob. I feel there is going to be a ton of dmg loss from ping ponging back and forth to do your abilities.
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I see what you are saying. I think I get where they are coming from because you are quite literally playing a minigame. I think they want to make the “rotation” just 1 or 2 abilities so you can spend your time focused on the collecting of the orbs.
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Instead of picking up orbs I would rather just have a stacking buff
but then we would just be sat there smashing one button and it would be pretty boring
I dunno it feels like if they made MM hunters run around and collect their arrows off the ground so they could do more attacks
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