Let me start by saying that the nerfs weren’t out of the question. Yes, Explosive shot was too strong. Yes, scorpid poison was obviously too strong. No hunter in good faith would argue differently.
The problem is that now hunters in SOD are no different than in vanilla era. Every other class has a shiny fun new button to press that gives that dopamine hit. What does Hunter have? Aspect of the Lion? That doesn’t change gameplay. Sniper Training (already been nerfed mind you)? It doesn’t change gameplay. Kill Command? It doesn’t proc off of half of the pet abilities, only Bite and Claw and even then it can hardly be counted as fun and interacting gameplay.
Explosive shot was strong, but did it need practically a 90% nerf, made AOE such that we can’t actually USE it in the world because a pet can’t actually hold threat on multiple targets? Chimera shot (in this phase) doesn’t really do anything either.
Bottom line, if you want to play a Hunter, just go play on era because at least there it’s fair playing grounds.
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Nothing…nothing…noth…at…all…
My biggest disappointments are Lone Wolf and Sniper Training. Especially Sniper Training. SIX SECONDS of standing still for a lousy 10% crit chance.
Sniper Training - I can’t think of any time I’ve ever stood still for 6 seconds in any kind of relevant PvE or PvP content.
Lone Wolf - Might become better than having a pet, but for the moment it is more effort to acquire than it’s worth, even post BM nerfs.
Explosive Shot - Actually pretty good for its new “intended niche” as an aoe, it’s strong, very mana efficient. Probably the best hunter rune now for any kind of aoe situation.
Chimera Shot - Not sure why they nerfed this along with explosive. It didn’t feel too strong, regardless though, whether nerfed or not it’s far too mana heavy currently. Fun ability in concept, especially with the serpent sting component, but serpent sting is too weak currently for it to have a punch.
Master Marksman - 5% crit and 25% mana reduction, probably the best overall rune for the hunter himself. Shame that it competes with Aspect of the Lion, so you won’t get to use it in raids.
Aspect of the Lion - I’ll conclude this post by pointing out that the two best runes for hunters right now are passive effects, and that the only thing I’m now looking forward to for the class is the idea of stacking the 15% agi talent in survival on top of +20% stats from AOL in the later phases. But I’m expecting they’ll probably nerf that too if it turns out good.
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What is there for Hunters in SoD now?
The character page has a delete button and the account page has a cancel subscription button. That’s about it, unless you’re a bot.
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On this season of discovery, you absolutely can discover other classes. Thats the gameplay for hunters now. lol.
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we hunters get to reroll as a mage or druid so those classes can get nerf’d 4 times over (hunters got nerf’d twice before SoD went live) and yet we hunters got suckered into thinking they nerf’d us twice already before it went live… it clearly will be safe from any nerfs…
I feel like the guy who picked the wrong cup in raiders of the lost ark movie…
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Im sad about it, was level 24. Use all my free time to level, Now im re-rolling shammy, much more fun im finding though.
WE’RE SAVED! Glad they reverted until they can find a better solution.