I don’t see why Lone Wolf just can’t come with the eagle
Every single top 100 MM log is Lone Wolf. So.
The MM players that actually matter do, in-fact, only make use of pets for BL if they have to.
Funny to bring the smallest playerbase to say how they are the majorty of hunter players 
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They aren’t the only ones that matter. That is a terrible attitude to have towards this kind of thing. Especially when their problem is so easily solved without ruining things for everyone else.
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Because I don’t think they are going to do pet things as they are now.
Its your typical elitism. Its especially funny because mythic content is only done because its the, defacto, cheapest content for blizzard to produce Hands down., lmao.
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But they’re already shoving pets into MM as mandatory now. There is no “no pet option”, you have to take at least 2 pets at all times.
4 pets if you count intimidation and your little battle pet.
Might aswell count them all if you’re being pedantic about cosmetic effects.
Intimidation isn’t core to the MM experience, and not sure what other battle pet you’re after.
But your two hero talents? They force a pet on you.
You want to use Trueshot? You have to leverage the spotting eagle.
The eagle is just like Intimidation. It’s a spell effect that shows which target is marked instead of a buff just appearing.
It’s not forcing you to pull something out, start dismissing then using lust at the last second while a boss is pulled or trash is gathered.
I agree that if they give MM a baseling BL then they need to give the same to all hunters. MM gets all the perks of a pet and none of the pet management or UI issues.
It isn’t a perk though, it’s a hassle. Who in their right mind wants to be dismissing a pet mid combat? Surv and BM don’t deal with that.
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Yes how it is now is a huge pain. No spec should have such a huge dps loss just to bloodlust. This is why all hunters should have pets. If you want a petless spec play anohter class. They’re trying to do a petless spec in THE pet class of wow. It hasn’t worked.
At the same time if you give one spec all the benefits of a pet with none of the cons that’s hardly fair now is it?
Blizz needs to make a dark ranger class already and leave hunters and their pets alone.
Except you have to use the eagle. Intimidation, not so much integral to the playstyle.
Still forcing me to summon something I don’t want.
What other class can use bows?
Fetch, no more.
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So a spec that has been designed to be petless for longer than it hasn’t, and the people who have played it the CORRECT way deserve to be pushed off what they enjoy because of a tiny population of people who are doing it wrong?
Man if only all specs were designed for people like this, what a mess the game would be.
What cons? There’s like 1 or 2 dungeons in Warcrafts history that have made having a pet to be a pita.
You’re not summoning anything, most people will barely even notice it exists outside of their WA set up glowing for whatever buff it drops.
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I notice.
I cringe every time the poop owl howls its agony as it deals with it’s runs from a night of too much spicy food. If I could unpick all my hero talents, I would.
They’re saying bake it into MM so that you don’t need the pet for BL or the other utility. Doing that also gets rid of the complaint that you “have to summon the pet” for utility, and allows it to be a talent for a DPS loss for the people who don’t Care about being “optimal” to run their pet with MM if they want too.
They tried to push it in WoD and Legion, both times they had to roll it back due to massive MM population drop and backlash, if its such a “low percentage” of the population, why would blizzard have been forced back from the change twice now?
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If what they enjoy is a petless ranged spec then give it to them. Blizz has proven they can’t make a petless hunter properly. They’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. If you want a ranged bow weilding class then, and I want one too, Blizz should make one. Doing half azzed like they have been hasn’t worked. They’ve had over a decade as you point out.
And if having a pet isn’t a con then if it dies I’m all good right? I don’t have to lose dps to rez it because who cares. Pet management doesnt matter and isn’t a con right?
And weve been asking for that first one forever. Make it a lvl 1 or 2 mandatory talent in the general hunter tree or just make it base line like FD. (surprised no one has requested that go away yet.)
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