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Hunter DPS Trends in 4.3.2

Posted in Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , on February 18, 2012 | 10 Comments »

We have been in 4.3.2 for two weeks now, meaning that raidbot‘s two-week sample period is full of 4.3.2 data.  What are some of the trends in hunter DPS since the patch?

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SV Talent Builds in 4.3.2

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on February 4, 2012 | 15 Comments »

Survival is the spec of choice these days thanks to the buffs it received in 4.3 and 4.3.2.  This means that the spec is receiving closer scrutiny than it has in the past.  The consensus build appears to involve SV taking three points in One With Nature, two points in Sic ‘Em! and none in [...]

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A Blue Post on the State of Hunters in PVE

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on January 4, 2012 | 8 Comments »

It looks like 4.3.2 will hold a nice change for SV according to MMO-Champion: Lock and Load will no longer consume Arcane Shots.  Kaivax embellished on this change and Blizzard’s thoughts on hunters in general in an informative post:

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Launching Explosive Traps

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , on December 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »

In light of the increased attention being paid to SV these days, this post offers tips on how to launch Explosive Traps quickly and effectively.

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Survival Rotation Changes

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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Blue Posts on Hunter Scaling and the Survival Rotation

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged 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.

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Friendly Reminders for Patch 4.3

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , 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.

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A Quick State of Hunter DPS

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on September 25, 2011 | 26 Comments »

I haven’t seen any “state of hunter dps” posts in a while so I thought I’d throw one together.

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Comparing the Hunter Talent Trees for PVP

Posted in arena, Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, pvp, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on July 15, 2011 | 9 Comments »

This post goes over the relative pros and cons of the different hunter talent trees for PVP.  It leaves aside the strengths and weaknesses that hunters have in general, focusing instead on how the specs compare to each other.

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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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Ability Spotlight: Explosive Shot

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , on March 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I started the Ability Spotlight series to shed light on commonly misunderstood hunter tools.  I imagined writing about abilities that are underused but useful, abilities that improve huntering at the margins.  However, as the hunter recruits to my guild and the hunter forums have shown me, even signature abilities can be persistently misunderstood.  That is why [...]

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Survival and One with Nature

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 7, 2011 | 6 Comments »

The recent buff to Aspect of the Hawk left Survival with an interesting choice: 3/3 talent points in One with Nature (OWN) or just 1/3?  The question isn’t whether One with Nature is good.  OWN is good.  The question is whether or not it is better than the other good dump talents that Survival can spec into, Sic [...]

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Bloodthirsty PVP Gear Possibly Better than Dungeon Gear for PVE DPS

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, pvp, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on January 2, 2011 | 22 Comments »

I was playing around with Zeherah’s online dps modeler and found that four pieces of ilvl 352 Bloodthirsty pvp gear were better for my dps than the pieces of ilvl 346 pve gear I had equipped.  This was true for all three specs (an SV dungeon build, an MM dungeon build and a standard BM build) that I ran through [...]

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Likely Nerf to Survival, Buffs to Beast Mastery and Marksmanship

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on December 28, 2010 | 10 Comments »

In Ghostcrawler’s new post on upcoming class changes, all three hunter specs get mentioned by name in the first body paragraph.  Survival hunters are brought up twice, for having suspiciously high single target damage and for having possibly too-high AoE damage.  Beast Mastery and Marksmanship hunters get singled out as having damage that is definitely too low.  This much attention, this prominently in the [...]

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Hunters in Cataclysm Beta!

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2010 | 14 Comments »

Hi guys! The non-disclosure has been lifted, and what we know about hunters in Cataclysm’s beta is postable. I’m not in the beta or alpha because I didn’t sign up for it, however my co-host and dwarven chauvinist, Frostheim, has been chewing his tongue trying not to tell us all on the podcast about the [...]

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Addons and Mods: DoT/Proc Timing!

Posted in addons, Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, Resources, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2010 | 24 Comments »

editor’s note: Please put your hands together again for the newest OutDPS writer, Shadowstreak! You might know of him as the artist for the Frostheim Goggles comic, over at WHU. If not, go check it out- it’s some funny stuff! There are a few different DoT/Proc timing mods available. They all have their own different [...]

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Cataclysm Hunter Changes Live!

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 9, 2010 | 11 Comments »

Nethaera posted the hunter changes. Reposting now, analysis and follow up quotes will be edited in at the end. Of course this would happen while I was at lunch. I called it. With the upcoming World of Warcraft: Cataclysm many game elements will be changing, and each class will be receiving a number of tweaks. [...]

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