To the PVE hunter, Focus can seem perfectly fine. It satisfies the costs of a rotation. It requires enough management to be interesting but not enough to be distracting. It can largely be considered a successful class change on Blizzard’s part. But many PVP hunters think otherwise. The official forums are riddled with threads about issues related [...]
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Why is Focus Allegedly Too Weak in PVP?
Posted in arena, battlegrounds, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged focus, pvp on August 1, 2011 | 28 Comments »
The Only Way to Get an ilvl 378 Gun
Posted in arena, battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged arena, battlegrounds, bgs, conquest points, honor, pvp, raid gun, rated bgs on July 9, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Blizzard has left us with few options for a PvE gun this tier. It gave us a crafted gun at ilvl 365, but at raid-quality item levels it ultimately decided that the Firelands needed a second crossbow more than a single gun. This leaves us with one ilvl 378 gun in the game, the resilience-clad Ruthless Gladiator’s Rifle (there’s [...]
No more deterrence while carrying a flag
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged battlegrounds, deterrence, patch 4.1, pvp, undocumented on May 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
While it’s nice to be able to deterrence if disarmed, there was an undocumented change that slipped through with 4.1: we can no longer use deterrence while we hold the flag in a battleground. This is probably because a double deterrence combined with a double disengage (and the nice little 40% speed boost that comes [...]
Alliance loses a lot of battlegrounds.
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged alliance, battleground, bg, horde, win ratio on February 22, 2011 | 19 Comments »
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2187-Battleground-Horde-Alliance-Win-Ratio-Setup-of-the-Month I used to enjoy a 70% ratio in Wrath, before they merged my battlegroup’s faction with the alliance on all the other battlegroups. It’s mostly afkers that cause the losses these days, however there is a lot people arguing instead of playing, and a ton of badly geared players. First and foremost, however, is [...]
Hunting down flag carriers!
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, Marksmanship, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged 4.0.6, battlegrounds, camo, camouflage, flag carriers, marks, Marksmanship, pvp, strategy, tactics on February 11, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been grinding a fair bit of MM PvP since 4.0.6. I’m not so good at arenas, but I’m fairly decent in BGs. One of the most important factors in BG success with a hunter is your ability to play the map, and utilize the advantages of your superior class to the best effect possible. [...]
How to Fight a Hunter in PvP
Posted in arena, battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged aimed shot, battleground, chimera shot, disarm, hunter versus hunter, pvp, scorpid disarm on July 5, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been spending a fair bit of time on PvP lately, and while I’m far from an expert, I’ve logged a lot of battleground time, a little arena time, and have picked up a bunch of habits that I plan on writing about. As I’m fairly certain that I’m the worst PvP hunter on the [...]
Hunter Leveling at the End of Wrath
Posted in battlegrounds, Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, World of Warcraft, tagged alts, expansion, howling abyss of suck, hunter leveling, hunter leveling spec, leveling, newbie guide to leveling a hunter, newbies, wrath of the lich king on June 28, 2010 | 7 Comments »
We’re in the doldrums at the end of Wrath. The story is done aside from a token shrine. Like captivated readers often do at the end of a good story, many players have opted to just flip back to the beginning of the game and create an alt. This abundance of young hunters in the [...]
Winning Strategy for Node Battlegrounds!
Posted in battlegrounds, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged ab strat, arathi basin, battlegrounds. battleground strategy, eots strat, eye of the storm, Hunter, hunter pvp, node, pvp, pvp strategy on May 11, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Node based battlegrounds (Arathi Basin and Eye of the Storm, mainly) are curious. The strategy for winning them relies heavily on the ability for individuals to balance two things that don’t match well at all: spreading out and grouping up. Most people in a random BG will be in a constant cycle of: Find nearest [...]
Random Battleground Hunter PvP Tricks!
Posted in battlegrounds, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged battlegrounds, bg, Hunter, misinformation, mobility, peel, pvp, strategy, tactics, tips on May 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Here are a few of my favorite things in battleground PvP. Tactics If you have 5 people following you to a heavily defended node with, say, 6 opponents, how can you turn the fight to your advantage? Spread them out, distract them, and reduce their ability to focus fire. In Eye of the Storm, if [...]
Communication In Battlegrounds!
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged battleground, communication, pvp on April 23, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Put 15 random people into a group, add a dose of epeen, a dash of afk, and a dollop of cluelessness, and you have your typical battleground group. At any given time, there will be a couple people in low quality (or high quality PvE) gear trying to figure out what the rules are, a [...]
Hunter PvP for PvEtards!
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged arena points, battlegrounds, bgs, honor, Hunter, pvetard, pvp on April 19, 2010 | 26 Comments »
I’ll admit it, I’m a PvEtard. I don’t stand in fire and I don’t pull agro, but I sure as heck forget where I have master’s call bound and blow my trinket at the wrong time. That said, I’ve been having moderate success the last week in battlegrounds PvP, and thought I’d share some lessons [...]
Mastering Isle of Conquest – Revisited
Posted in battlegrounds, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged battleground, bg, glaive thrower, hangar, IoC, isle of conquest, nodes, pvp, Resources, siege, turrets, vehicles on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hey all, today we’re going to revisit Isle of Conquest guide, because my old guide was written the same week the BG came out, and I didn’t have as much info then as I do now. Let’s see what’s what now that I have a little more perspective.
Mastering Alterac Valley
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged alterac valley, av, battleground, bg, graveyards, honor, pvp, strategy, tower on November 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Alterac Valley is a complex battleground, but it’s also been out for a long time so I’m not going to spend time going over the basics. There are two basic ways to win this BG, and I’ll go over them today.
Mastering Eye of the Storm
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged battleground, eots, eye of the storm, strategy on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hey all, today we’ll discuss Eye of the Storm, and just like last time, I’m assuming know the basics of this BG (check this if you don’t). This will be a short one because EotS is a very simple battleground.
Mastering Arathi Basin
Posted in battlegrounds, Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged altitude, arathi basin, battleground, blacksmith, defense, farm, flag cap, lumber mill, mine, nodes, pvp, recources, stables, strategy, track humanoids on October 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Hey all, as promised, I’m going to put out guides on all the different battlegrounds. Today we’re discussing what has been the most strategic battleground since the inception of the battleground system: Arathi Basin. This post will assume you have a general familiarity with the battleground, and will focus on strategies more than basics.
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