What is the reasoning behind 6 second cd arcane shot in classic

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Remove it. Just remove it

Thats why ret paladins and hunters do the worst DPS–we dont have any spammable abilties or special attacks to work with like other classes, we are stuck sitting with 3/4 mana bars waiting for multish1ts and judgements to come off cooldown while other classes go complete ham …our lack of abilties literally destroys us

I dont care if it only scales with spellpower, I dont care if it does low-ish damage, I dont care if it has no utility I just want a mana dump in pvp

Nothing like sitting there waiting for your multishot to come off cd…ok guys…wait for it…WAIT…wait some more…eureka! I can burst, my abilties are off cd while that mage just put in a fire blast, nova, CoC, blastwave, and 3x arcane explosions in the span of 10 seconds.

Mage arcane explosion–does 5x the damage, NO COOLDOWN, can be spammed. Logic???

Why not put a 6 second cooldown on a rogue’s backstab or sinister strike? What about a 6 second cooldown on a mage’s arcane explosion…both are arcane right?

No I dont want to use garbage aimed sh1t 3 second cast is waay too long in pvp. Also while you are at it make multi$hit instant-cast, like in cataclysm. I dont understand WHY do all hunter abilties( cept arcane shot+SS) require you to stand still while every other ranged dps can do their whole rotation while moving

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What is the reasoning behind 6 second cd arcane shot in classic?

Because that was the CD on Arcane Shot in 1.12. If you try to adapt Classic to Retail’s playstyle then you would be playing Retail.

The old hunter rotation did not rely on Arcane shot as heavily mostly due to that CD but MM Hunters were some of the hardest hitting classes in Vanilla. I am not sure why you are putting them in the same tier as Ret Paladin (outside of Reck-Bombs).

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Im curious as to how you think this feedback is going to alter what changes are already planned for it.

The history for those class changes has already been written.

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Classic is an old version of the game. You literally pay to play that version of it.

Class change suggestions are for retail and alpha/beta/ptr.

Blizz has been making some quality of life changes to wow(edit: classic); much to the dismay of some of that population. But class design isn’t even on the table.

I’m sure you are new, and possibly this is your first time with classic. Unfortunately as others have said. You are locked in.

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The reasoning is that is how it was in Vanilla.

It’s not going to change just because you don’t like it. If it bothers you that much, pick a different class.