I really, really just wish they would remove Hunters Mark all together. Ive mained MM hunter since MoP and love occasionally playing the melee Survival. Hunters mark works well in classic, but has had NO place since. It was a boring talent for MM, and now its slowing down a “fast” paced class. The fact that they just added a 20 second cooldown is nothing short of infuriating. If I wanted to play a spec/class with set up, I’d play Arcane mage (and I do!). Hunters Mark genuinely has no place in modern day Hunter gameplay, where you just jump in and DPS. Everything else about Hunter and its changes have been fine, and can be understood/contextualized that some Covenant Conduit might improve/ change it. But Hunters Mark just existing? It makes no sense. Its beyond infuriated that Im forced to have such a boring, press and forget button on my hotkeys, ESPECIALLY with the 20 second cool down now!
Sorry if I sound heated, but Im shocked Blizz hasn’t removed this on week 2 of the PTR when everyone was criticizing how bad/unnecessary HM was from the very beginning, and they somehow went backwards/doubled down on its tideous, annoying use by adding a COOLDOWN instead of making it off the GCD at the very least. Very disapointed.
If you like HM, I hope they put it in the talents since I fully beleive thats where it belongs. It has a place for many players, but DEFINITELY not baseline. Replace it in the lower tiers instead of boring Master Marksman or Careful Aim, or elsewhere! Just NOT in baseline hunter spells.
if I’m wrong, I’d love to be told so, and why. I might be passionate but Im open for my mind to be changed (and hopefully it does, since it doesnt seem like its going anywhere!)