I Think MM Rework Means Tinkers Are Coming

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Now, I’m not one of the Tinker obsessed people. And Tinkers would not be anywhere close to my choice to spend the new Class slot on.

But it feels like I’ve seen this movie before…

Demonology Warlocks were the “turn into a Demon Spec” for a decade. But then WoD came and it brought Demon Bolt. The thing about Demon Bolt is that it was always the clear DPS winner among it’s competing Talents, and also it basically reduced Metamorphosis uptime to 4 seconds. Suddenly turning into a Demon was no longer the core of Demonology. Then one expansion later Demon Hunters were introduced and Metamorphosis was removed from Warlocks.

Now, for a decade MM has been the “gun and no pet” themed spec. But Blizzard is suddenly changing that fantasy to “the hawk guy”. Not only that, the Hero Talent choices are between “Nature Magic” or “Necromancy”, with no option to be just the guy with the gun.

Now, here in Brazil we have a saying, “a dog that was bitten by a snake is scared of sausages”. Maybe it’s just that. Maybe these changes are just a sausage and I’m seeing a snake because of what happened last time.

But if I’m right, those changes mean they are going to add a new gun Class without nature and animals undertones, so they are pushing the “nature and animals” undertones harder on Hunters so the new Class can stand out.

And since guns are a technological type of weapon, if we are getting a non-naturey gun class, I would bet on Tinkers.

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All weapons are technological

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Let’s not argue semantics. You know what I mean. Yes, all weapons are technological, but some are significantly more technological than others.

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Are you sure cuz your conspiracy theory sounds like it

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no heart for you this time luxuria.
instead you get a demon hunter.

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Yup, check the other Tinker threads. When I show up at all, I’m usually either arguing against Tinkers or making fun of them.

Just the other day I made the “Tonkers” thread lol

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I stand corrected!

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Hunters have always been WoW’s version of rangers. Always heavily nature themed.

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I also think it’s growing more possible now that the goblins don’t get a tier set that resembles them. Such as rogue or hunter. :robot::rightwards_hand: :coin: :coin:

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I expect blizz to do whatever thing pisses off the most people so… I could see this

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According to Blizz, the Hawk will be a focus of MM going forward.

They are moving hard away from MM being a solo hunter, and moving towards the idea of MM being a Hunter with an Eagle to acts as their spotter.

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I’ve gotta find a way to use this in conversation

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What about biological medieval warfare? Nothing technological about me dumping Kel’thuzad in the local well.

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My bad! I’ve edited my post.

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copium is a real disease, treat it seriously guys.

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Does that rhyme in Portugese?

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Nope lol

“Cachorro que foi mordido por cobra tem medo até de linguiça” is the original.

No rhyming there lol

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It looks like what is considered “technology” began with stone tools, clothing, and fire among other things. The term technology comes from the Greek word techne, meaning art and craft - so they are crafted objects.

Sticks and stones can be picked up and used as weapons, but they are not crafted and would not be classified as “technology”.

If you’re going to play semantic games, I’d make sure you’re correct my man.

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Despite the nonsensical responses, you might have a point OP.

I did notice that they gave Brann a tanking option, and that option was a tech shield and a hand gun, and they literally called it “Ranged tanking”. Brann also drops a AMOD mech that you can fight inside during delves.

Nice preview for the tinker class if you ask me.

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didnt they also just announce brann with shield + gun as a tank spec? add that to the list.

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