Even if hunter starts out bugged, they will eventually fix it. I wouldn't change my mind for such reasons.
So you guys are saying that I should probably re-consider maining a hunter for Classic and choose another class instead?
Was it really that terrible during the beta test? I've read some negative comments here and there but didn't realize it was THAT bad...
Not at all! I almost rolled hunter despite the "not bugs" and the bugs.
Personally, I already had a few beefs with hunter (poor scaling late game, no spell interrupt), so when I saw the reports it wasn't so much as a "they broke hunter!" reaction but a realization that, though I was very attached to hunter, perhaps there was a class out there that would be better for me (and I had a class in mind too, it wasn't random).
As for the other hunter mains, I think a lot of them are going to stick with the class and try to make it work even if they are mightily upset about the situation.
The pet and trap responsiveness issues are massive to me. Got a very nice gaming rig, very good screen, keyboard, mouse, everything to be able to have fast responses. And then they bug pets to be slow when reacting to commands and traps to not proc when people move over them at the right moment. Shit like that is going to piss me off so much in the long run it'll be better to roll some other class and perhaps make a Hunter alt once these issues get fixed. Or not at all if they don't.
Oh and the melee weaving bug really sucks.
Ever since the removal of hunters from Classic I have been hanging out a ton on the hunter classic discord and HOLY hell is it a depressing atmosphere... Imagine a place where I am the local ray of sunshine... Things are bad in hunter town.
But they still know how to laugh. These are two of my favorites:
and...
The discord is absolutely FILLED with great info dismissing many of the "blizzlike" changes that have been made to hunters. Namely the argument that shared DR's are blizzlike, which is only half of the story. Yes, they were shared during vanilla, however they were not shared for 9 major patches in vanilla and were only shared for 3 patches at the end of vanilla which was then completely revised and was described as not working as intended within BC. We arent talking about a small debuff. We are talking about taking a class from a competitive bracket and ruining it with shared DR's. This isnt to mention all of the other stuff that is awful for hunters..
This class is still going to be strong at leveling and is still viable for a casual player. For the guys who want to PvP competitively and play at the top, this class is dead. There would need to be a MASSIVE overhaul. They have SO many issues, that they couldnt possibly address all of them before release - heres hoping though.
Recent census poles are showing hunter as low as 9.2%. Their retention rate throughout the beta fell off considerably. This isnt a knee-jerk reaction, they are just in an awful state.
For those interested check out perplexity stream clips showing how he can easily violate hunters and attack them by using leeway to swing at a hunter without activating his trap or running across traps without triggering them. Tried to link the two clips here but unfortunately I couldnt get it to work.
Last couple of days I've been following the discussions on the Hunter discord as well, and I totally agree with you, it's really depressing in there.
I've questioned myself so many times if I should pick another class, but I've decided to stick with a Hunter as my main, and hope that they will address some of the major issues, even though I doubt it...
Last couple of days I've been following the discussions on the Hunter discord as well, and I totally agree with you, it's really depressing in there.
I've questioned myself so many times if I should pick another class, but I've decided to stick with a Hunter as my main, and hope that they will address some of the major issues, even though I doubt it...
You're a brave man. A true hunter. But this time instead of hunting prey... you will be the prey. You will be hunting relevance. Hahaha. JK. Seriously tho...:lol:
In all honesty, most casual players wont even know the difference. This will only impact the top players anyhow. Hunters will still be good at leveling and strong in early wPvP due to bestial wrath. Just because this class is unplayable for min/maxers, doesnt mean that it is useless.
For those interested check out perplexity stream clips showing how he can easily violate hunters and attack them by using leeway to swing at a hunter without activating his trap or running across traps without triggering them. Tried to link the two clips here but unfortunately I couldnt get it to work.
I heard the clip eliminates some important context — allegedly this took half a dozen tries and only works when the trap's target doesn't adjust their camera or strafe at all, something about forcing more server updates on your position. I'd guess a good player could avoid traps consistently enough with enough practice in spite of that.