So it seems like people are really buying into Hazzikostas’ misconception here, huh.
No, that’s not true. That all happened in MoP. By then Survival had already been using Explosive Shot and Black Arrow for years. Nothing meaningfully changed about SV’s identity and gameplay going from Cata to MoP. Melee was gradually phased out over years and hadn’t been the major part of the original SV Hunter since way back in the Hunter class review in patch 1.7. I know it might be hard for you to accept but Hazzikostas is wrong on this.