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Archive for June, 2011

Friendly Reminders for 4.2

Posted in addons, economics, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , on June 24, 2011 | 10 Comments »

4.2 is allegedly and finally dropping next week.  This post has some friendly reminders concerning it.

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Episode 86!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on June 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »

In which we lament the sad lack of hunter raiding guns in patch 4.2, and talk about the firelands spec balance. Here’s the site where we host our shows live. As always, here is the iTunes store link, the Hunting Party Podcast feed, and the direct XML feed. If you email us comments or questions, we’ll read them [...]

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Soloing Slabhide – Updated for 4.2

Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on June 17, 2011 | 14 Comments »

Just like better gear can change the way we approach group content, it can also change the way we approach extreme soloing.  This is a new guide for hunters soloing normal Stonecore up to and including the mount boss, Slabhide.  It reflects what is possible in ilvl 359 or better gear.

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A Note on the Pet Focus Bug

Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I just wanted to quickly confirm that pet Focus is back to normal on the PTR.  For more on the issue, check out the forum thread here. And, as long as I’m confirming things, yes, the new model for the Dark Phoenix mount does look much better.

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Ability Spotlight: Kill Command

Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , on June 10, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Kill Command is the signature ability in the BM rotation but, unlike Chimera Shot and Explosive Shot, it can be used by all three hunter specs.  Indeed, it can even be beneficial to use for MM and SV in some occassions, such as for some procs of the tier 12 four-piece bonus.  This post discusses Kill Command–how it works and how to [...]

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Episode 85!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , on June 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »

New pets, slight hunter nerf! Here’s the site where we host our shows live. As always, here is the iTunes store link, the Hunting Party Podcast feed, and the direct XML feed. If you email us comments or questions, we’ll read them on the next show. Send an email to huntingpartypodcast@gmail.com. Also, we love iTunes reviews. So please [...]

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A Note on the Careful Aim Change for BM and SV

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 7, 2011 | 7 Comments »

MM will want to keep its points in Careful Aim despite the nerf, but what about BM and SV, specs for which CA is weaker?  At least according to tentative results from a warf that’s been femaled, BM should keep points in CA (like this) if the PTR change goes live.  SV will be better [...]

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Episode 84!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , on June 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »

This show, Darkbrew and Euripides are called by Frostheim from the WHU BBQ. Here’s the site where we host our shows live. As always, here is the iTunes store link, the Hunting Party Podcast feed, and the direct XML feed. If you email us comments or questions, we’ll read them on the next show. Send an email to [...]

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Careful Aim To Be More . . . Careful?

Posted in Hunter, tagged , , on June 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Careful Aim now grants additional critical strike chance against targets over 90% health, up from 80% health. Well, crap.  That’s an unequivocal nerf.  It will have the largest impact on MM and is likely an attempt to rein that spec in. Also, we’ll get some new pets to tame and there’s a change to pet defensive stances.  See [...]

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