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Hunter Comp Wins Blizzcon Arena Tournament

Posted in arena, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , on October 22, 2011 | 9 Comments »

The big news of the 2011 Global Battle.net Invitational is that a team with a hunter on it managed to come out on top.  And it is news because, well, nobody expected any team with a hunter to do this well. The winning team was OMG, a PHDK comp of a holy paladin, a marksman hunter, and [...]

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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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The Only Way to Get an ilvl 378 Gun

Posted in arena, battlegrounds, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Moving Into Hunter Arena PvP!

Posted in addons, arena, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2011 | 17 Comments »

A lot of hunters are starting to get into PvP, if only to fill in some gaps in their raiding gear. A lot of hunters don’t have access to epic PvE head and shoulders, and using Vicious Gladiator pieces in those slots can be a DPS increase, especially when you consider the 70 agility from [...]

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Episode 76!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , on April 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »

This week, we talk about pvp and some of the new hunter changes. 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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Episode 35!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on June 1, 2010 | 9 Comments »

Hi folks! This week, Darkbrew and Euripides discuss PvP with Loinclothz, PvP hunter extraordinaire! Here is a link to a video of his on Skill-Capped 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 [...]

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Hunter PvP Expert Questions!

Posted in Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on May 26, 2010 | 17 Comments »

Hi folks, this week we’ve invited Loinclothz, the top rated hunter in the US, to the Hunting Party podcast to talk about the journey from PvE to PvP mastery. Having dipped my toes in the battleground waters recently, I have a bunch of noob questions I plan on bringing up, however could use your help [...]

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The Right Stuff (Arena Edition)

Posted in arena, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , on March 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Hey all. Today I want to talk about an issue that is about as near to my heart as anything related to arenas can be. Most people take a lot of time to figure out their gear and spec before stepping into arenas: they look for good teammates of the right classes, and they try [...]

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My Travels in Season 7

Posted in Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I’ve been running all kinds of crazy comps this season, including double healer/hunter, hunter/moonkin/priest, hunter/DK/priest, turtle cleave, and every variation on hunter/shaman/paladin that you can think of. I probably played hunter/DK/priest the most, but lately I’ve been running hunter/protret/resto shaman and have had by far the most success with it out of all the comps [...]

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Call Stabled Pet Bug Fix!

Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , on December 15, 2009 | 18 Comments »

After reading Xanther’s post about this, I remembered I had heard of a fix to this new call stabled pet bug (thanks to Bierzun in my guild for pointing this out to me). The gist of the bug is that when you use call stabled pet, the cooldown is set to 25 days instead of [...]

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How to Position in Arenas

Posted in arena, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 20, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Positioning is a big deal for anyone in arenas, but for hunters it is a particular problem. Today I’ll present all the information I can in a concise way on the topic of arena positioning. At the end, I will address all the hunter-specific considerations associated with the same.

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List of Arena Advice for the Ages

Posted in arena, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on October 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Hey guys, I’m gonna throw up a list of great tips that anyone can use in arenas to increase their rating, even experienced players. I’ve been doing arenas actively since s1 and I still screw these up, so don’t feel bad if you don’t do these!

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Marks, DKs, Spell Cleave, and Comps in Season 7

Posted in arena, Hunter, Marksmanship, pvp, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 19, 2009 | 11 Comments »

So I got a new weapon recently, and I’m sure by now most of you have managed to pick up something from ToC that’s giving you good mileage, which means it’s time to look at marksmanship! Of course, a lot of you PvE as marks. MM is by far the most fun spec to play [...]

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The Hunting Party Podcast, Episode 8!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 29, 2009 | 11 Comments »

This week on the Hunting Party Podcast, Darkbrew and I talk to Jurgwena, the PvP writer for OutDPS! If you are a PvE hunter and are looking into the idea of starting some PvP, this is the show for you. You will find that many of the questions we ask are from a perspective of [...]

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How to Enchant for PvP!

Posted in arena, Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, pvp, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on September 21, 2009 | 14 Comments »

Hey everyone, today I’m going to write a short post about enchanting your gear for PvP. It’s not as straightforward as you might think. What enchants you use obviously depend on your professions, to some extent, but hunters actually have a lot of flexibility and it’s important to know what you’re doing.

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Hunter PvP 101!

Posted in arena, Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, pvp, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 18, 2009 | 21 Comments »

Hey everyone. Today we’ll talk about what it is the beginning pvper needs to know as far as gearing and setting up for pvp. I’ll try to cover the most basic things that everyone should know without favoring one type of PvP over another.

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S7 3v3 Comps

Posted in arena, Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, pvp, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Hey everyone! I’ve been experimenting a lot this last week with different comps and have a lot of tips and ideas. Today I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned :).

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