I’m apologize. I had a post here reporting some findings from the people who run SimulationCraft. I’m only leaving this corpse to say to those of you linking in that, yes, there was once something else here. I’ve had some more time to further review the SimulationCraft people’s findings since I made the post earlier [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Nevermind
Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged simulationcraft, tier 13 on November 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Preparing for Raiding in The Dragon Soul
Posted in World of Warcraft on November 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
After the cut you will find a short list of resources to help you get ready for the Dragon Soul encounters in 4.3.
MoP Class and Spec Abilities Previewed
Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged Mists of Pandaria, MoP on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Blizzard announced last night that it has released an MoP talent calculator. The thing that makes Blizzard’s calculator different from, say, Wowhead’s calculator, is that it includes lists of the class and spec abilities gained while leveling (credit to Frostheim for noticing that). Importantly, the ability lists affirm just how compartmentalized the spec abilities will [...]
Episode 108!
Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged Hunter, hunting party, mooseturducken, podcast on November 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Survival optimal rotation, a few miscellaneous buffs, and mooseturducken. What’s mooseturducken? Don’t ask. Here’s the site where we host our shows live. You can now stream our show onto any mobile device through Stitcher.com, for those of us who prefer something like Android to the iPhone. As always, here is the iTunes store link, the Hunting Party [...]
Survival Rotation Changes
Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged 4.3, LnL, lock and load, Survival, sv on November 21, 2011 | 28 Comments »
Survival is changing for the better in 4.3. Its DPS is going up both in relative and absolute terms, leaving it more appealing than it has been since its nerf after Cataclysm launched. What is there to know about SV gameplay that might be different for returning hunters? edit: The post now includes updates resulting [...]
Hunter Damage Reduction Cooldowns
Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged cooldowns, damage reduction, intervene on November 16, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Cooldowns? Plural? Yes, hunters actually have a several options for reducing damage taken in raids, for ourselves and for others. Take a look at the descriptions of Intervene, Deterrence, Disengage and other abilities after the break.
Episode 107!
Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged hunter podcast on November 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This week, we talk about the flurry of announcements coming from Blizzard recently. Here’s the site where we host our shows live. You can now stream our show onto any mobile device through Stitcher.com, for those of us who prefer something like Android to the iPhone. As always, here is the iTunes store link, the Hunting Party [...]
Blue Posts on Hunter Scaling and the Survival Rotation
Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged blue post on November 10, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Following the class Q&A the blues hit the forums in force to clear some things up, and some of those things related to hunters. One post, found here, relates to hunter scaling. Others relate to the SV rotation and are found here and here. You can find all three posts in full after the cut.
Hunter News from the Class Q&A
Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged class q&a on November 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Blizzard had a class question and answer session today. You can find the chat feed here and a transcript of the hunter-related questions and answers here (courtesy of WoW Insider). After the cut you can find my summary and idle grumbling.
Episode 106!
Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged harmony, hunter podcast, mega-damage, stat inflation on November 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This week, we discuss the developer water cooler post about stat inflation, as well as some hunter PvP and whether Darkbrew should become the new developer for Harmony. Here’s the site where we host our shows live. You can now stream our show onto any mobile device through Stitcher.com, for those of us who prefer [...]
Friendly Reminders for Patch 4.3
Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged patch 4.3, PTR, Public Test Realm on November 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Patch 4.3 is available for download, and so now seems like an appropriate time to offer some friendly reminders about the patch.
Hunter Tips and Tricks for Tier 12
Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged Firelands, tier 12, tips and tricks on November 1, 2011 | 13 Comments »
It’s a bit late for a post like this, but I’m not sure that anyone else ever crowdsourced one for tier 12. If you have any useful tips beyond those already listed below (including those for hard modes), please put them into a comment below and I’ll update the post accordingly. Any tips you see [...]