This was contained in optional talent-choices.
Not something that the spec was based around. The core of the spec was based around DoTs and focus building/spending.
That mechanic was meant to further build on the core’s basic design.
If by worked you mean ‘‘adding options to make MM more mobile’’ sure.
But it would still be catering to the fantasy of MM. Not to RSV.
What were after, is NOT just a playstyle where we can be mobile rangers.
The abilities and the overall design of RSV and how it catered towards it’s intended theme/fantasy. THAT, is what were after.
Piercing Shot has nothing to do with explosives/poison/animal venom. Nor with DoTs. Neither would your suggestion to add in Barbed Shot as a bleed.
Sure, it deals damage over time, but Barbed Shot is designed with the intention of strengthening your pet. Invoke it’s bloodlust and it’s primal instincts.
Agreed.
This.
The only thing that matters is if you can make the mechanical design fit the fantasy. Both of the spec and the class as a whole.
Keep in mind that ‘‘DoTs’’ are not the same as ‘‘magical debuffs’’. It literally means ‘‘Damage-over-time’’. Which is a mechanical design you can achieve in many ways.
Examples:
You can get it through using magic.
Through bleeds.
Through poisons.
Through animal venom.
Through fire.
(yes, there is fire in the game that does not come from magic. Explosive Shot was one example. Immolation Trap another)
Anyway, feel free to read my suggestions for a DoT-based hunter spec, and get back to me about whether it makes sense or not.
You can find them in part 2 of this post:
It had those issues yes.
But the actual problem wasn’t that it contained multiple roles in one spec. Or well, that to. But the very base issue, was that it contained multiple playstyles/fantasies within one spec. Fantasies that did not mix very well. Fantasies that could not be fully fleshed out as long as they remained as they were.
This can be applied to the topic of combining MM with RSV as well. Very much so.