They did in season of discovery, lone wolf was the best simming chest rune, and it just gave you 30% more damage if you didn’t have a pet out
Edit; adding on, upon further reflection, it was actually ridiculously op and people complained about hunters for all of phase 3/4
Hunter’s have plenty of defensives currently. The problem is this is a team style game, not solo hero.
Gotcha. That would be my main issue with it. If you give a Hunter all of the benefits of having a pet without actually having one and the increased damage, what is the setback of not having a pet?
Ya that was one of the gripes, it just didn’t really matter because they were 2-3 shotting people, had a mana drain, and could still call in their pet if you wanted. You just didn’t do +30% damage until it was dismissed or die