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Episode 105!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on October 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »

This week, we’re joined by Zeherah, creator of femaledwarf.com, and the most recent of three dwarven hunters to receive an in-game item named after her! We talk about OMG’s triumphant display of hunter PvP, and how it doesn’t mean we aren’t due for some buffs, as well as the buffs to BM DPS. Here’s the [...]

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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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Episode 95!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , on August 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »

This episode, we discuss transmogrification of guns, tank threat, and (surprisingly), pvp. 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. [...]

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Encouraging Blue Post on Hunter PVP

Posted in Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , on August 18, 2011 | 10 Comments »

Zarhym sat down down in the forums tonight and talked pvp with folks.  Out of that discussion we got this somewhat encouraging post about hunter pvp: I need to talk to the devs about the balance feedback I’m seeing echoed in here. That still doesn’t guarantee I’ll get right back to you tomorrow on this stuff, but [...]

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Transmogrification!

Posted in Offtopic, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , on August 17, 2011 | 13 Comments »

First thing I’m going to do with this is transmogrify all my PvP gear to look really dumb. Trying to decide whether I should go for BC-leveling-greens-clown-suit, or classic old season gear. Maybe I’ll use a stealth pet and wear shammie mail! Should make basing a kill priority decision much harder :)

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Finally, a Gun

Posted in Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , on August 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »

I got my gun tonight.  After weeks of grinding CP I’m finally again able to make use of my dwarven racial bonus.

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Why is Focus Allegedly Too Weak in PVP?

Posted in arena, battlegrounds, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , on August 1, 2011 | 28 Comments »

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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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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Assorted Advice and Commentary for 4.2

Posted in economics, Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on July 1, 2011 | 12 Comments »

I kept starting and stopping a variety of posts because I’d find something to write about but it wouldn’t be enough for a full post.  So, today, a stew of all those ingredients.

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No more deterrence while carrying a flag

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

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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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Vicious PVP Gear in PVE

Posted in Hunter, pvp, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , on April 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Many classses were using pvp at the start of the expansion to obtain gear that was superior in pve to anything that dropped in heroic 5mans.  Blizzard responded to that drift toward pvp gear by nerfing 4-piece pvp set bonuses across the board.  Yet, this did not bring an end to the well-reasoned use of pvp gear in pve settings by [...]

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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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Hunting down flag carriers!

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

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Episode 69- the descent into madness!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , on February 8, 2011 | 13 Comments »

This episode, we invite Michele Morrow back! Then all hell breaks loose. We were a little light on hunter news, so we spent most of our time listening to Frostheim and Michele play the Hunting Party Podcast drinking game. We also talk about the Foam Weapon League, Frostheim’s hairy wrist bracers, and a whole host [...]

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Episode 64, Kripparrian!

Posted in Hunter, Hunting Party Podcast, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 12, 2011 | 9 Comments »

This week, we welcome Kripparrian, hunter extraordinaire from the Exodus guild on Ysondre-US! This episode was recorded two weeks ago, and in it, we talk about the impending nerfs, some persistent bugs, and the best practices for playing a hunter at the highest possible level of content. Here’s the site where we host our shows live. As [...]

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