Been playing mage quite a bit lately, but got frustrated trying to solo stuff. I thought, heck, I’ll roll a hunter and see how it goes.
Hunter seems like a better mage in ways. I’m loving it. Good dps, burst, and m+ utility. Torghast isn’t a pain, and soloing stuff in the open world is much easier. The only thing lacking is ports. Am I missing something?
Yeah, engineering, no ports problem solved.
One con every Hunter should know is that there are Hunters everywhere.
It’s not an issue for me as I dish out some phenomenal damage per second but you could see more competition in raid/m+ groups.
Yea, that’s probably the biggest disadvantage I see. Other than that, you have pretty awesome burst, utility, and a pet to use to tank mobs while soloing.
Mage is more fun
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Mages have an intellect buff which can get them into raids easier (provided said raid does not have a mage already)
As someone who plays mage and hunter, yes, hunter is way stronger at soloing. Hell a BM hunter with a clefthoof is arguably the strongest DPS in the game for soloing.
That said a frost mage can solo very well too. Fire and Arcane is tougher, you kinda just need enough gear to be able kill stuff fast.
I can see where you’re coming from a little bit, at least if you’re comparing mage to MM hunter. BM is very different than any caster in that it can do it’s full rotation on the move. And survival is of course the weird melee/ranged hybrid thing, and also has no hard casts. But MM does kinda feel like a caster tho.
In terms of things mages bring over hunters they have arcane int and mage food. Both of which have good value in raids and dungeons. At least with raid comps you always want at least one mage to buff all the int users in your team.
To each their own. I found mages to be really dull.
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Iv noticed far more SV hunters as of late.
There is a thought that the Year of the Spear is coming in patch 9.2 because of the double legendaries and raid set bonuses. Survival isn’t that bad now it’s just that there are plenty of other melee specs out that that are better. I guess we’ll see in a few months.
Yeah I only see people say this on the forums never in game. Truth is it doesnt matter. The player is what matters.