It’s freken happening bois and girls and I couldn’t be happier!!!
I finally can stop caring about a stupid pet and play a class that just shoots a bow.
The 11.1 changes are me so happy I cannot properly explain it.
I have wanted to lean into the lone wolf playstyle for ever, and the main reason I picked up hunter long long ago was to be an archer.
This would make my 13 y.o self jump for joy.
Not only is MM getting what appears to be a conplete rework I also can finally ditch my pet in PVP.
Blizz you had been dropping the ball, but this makes me happy
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Except you’re not a lone wolf. Now you have a pet eagle that you have zero choices about. You can’t choose it, tame it, name it, stable it, or anything hunters do with pets that make them unique. MM isn’t a petless spec. It’s now a choiceless spec.
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Sweet! What is the new class called?
Does this mean hunter will finally go back to 3 specs of ranged plus pet?
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nah, having 2-3 abilites that trigger an eagle are fine.
Hunter has needed this for a long time.
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Eagle cant be CCed, eagle cant be killed, eagle is eternal.
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It’s not even a pet, it’s a passive that shows up every so often. It’s like calling Murder of Crows a pet.
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They are taking my spec - a second time.
I’m in tears.
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Spec ain’t going anywhere
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That’s what they said the last time.
They said we would find a home in MM. It took years.
I wish they would just create a new Ranger class, and stop trying to stuff every single ranged physical DPS fantasy into a single class.
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trade my pet for a glorified
murder of
crows? Easier to play, simpler, and CHEAPER.
I try to avoid simple and easy cheap play. It’s habit-forming.
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Which is amazing… Now you still get all the utility but no downsides of the pet. Bring mortal wounds, lust, hand of freedom, whatever you want without having to worry about your dps being lower, or not being able to stun because your pet is rooted, not having to use gcds to mend pet… no crazy pet ai pulling for no reason… it’s a huge buff to the class as well as finally having an archer fantasy and I can’t wait.
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PREACH. My man spitting facts over here
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It all sounds really good. Hopefully they don’t mess up damage tuning.
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Can’t wait for my UNDEAD HUNTER to be forced to use an eagle that looks like complete drek with the rest of my kitout, once my usual bevy of spiders, bats, and undead wolves and bears are forcibly removed. Also can’t wait to no longer be able to have a pet to hold aggro while doing world content. Thank God Blizzard has finally remembered that there’s no game outside of M+ and raids. (???)
And if I am wrong and it CAN do all the things a normal pet does, then WHY remove my choice of what it sodding LOOKS like
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Are you mental? you already had that, it “happened” ages ago with lone wolf
Will you? does the eagle apply mortal wounds? slow? does it have the rest of the pet abilities like slow fall from the feathermane? can keep enemies in combat? can attack the rogue while you are sapped when you defend a base? can be invisible to surprise attack?
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This is perfect! Love it!
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They are adding MS effects to Aimed shot.
Intimidation already doesnt need a pet.
You will not need a pet for PVP anymore.
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Cool, what about all the other effects?
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if only there was a spec that could use pets on the hunter class
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MM is the alpha chad spec that kills the enemies and gets all the glory, not a turtle that spins nodes with a pet. If that’s the gameplay you prefer, I have good news - demo lock and BM hunter exist! 
Good riddance to base defending, could not be happier. Now people will never ask me to do it ever again in blitz
That’s a win in my book! I don’t want to be versatile, I want to be deadly
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