Upcoming Shadowlands Hunter Changes - BM Hunters Using Arcane Shot over Cobra Shot Unintended

Beta Posted 2020/08/26 at 10:58 PM by perculia

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A hotfix is on the way to remove an incorrect additional -50% Focus Regen modifier for Survival Hunters. After this change Survival Hunters should be back to 5.0 Focus/sec, before Haste.
Can we get a 6th pet ability to replace the removed purge? Pet types that had the purge just simply don't have a family ability, last I checked. Maybe a pet-based clone of Curse of Tongues? We already have MS and a snare, a cast speed slow will fill a similar niche of reasonably useful but definitely not mandatory utility.

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Comment by AlliFan-50% focus regen LUL
and they realize only now that this is maybe a little too much?Comment by ChaxtonCool, that was a really odd feeling in the rotation. Hope it comes soon for better testing purposes. Now, we just need BM hunters to not have exotic pets locked behind level 39 (equivalent of 98 or 99 on live right now). That should be level 20 (a significant improvement from live's 65) like before. Or better yet, just let it be baseline. No reason to need a nearly max-level character for the only notable trait of the spec.Comment by slemaireSO hunters already have a !@#$load AND customization of utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by pikamasterSO hunters already have a !@#$load of customization AND utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by SearinoxRemovedComment by slemaireSO hunters already have a !@#$load AND customization of utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by byneStill forcing us to use Hunter's Mark though? No one likes it. Its just a wasted GCD.Comment by SlimTimDoWorkSO hunters already have a !@#$load AND customization of utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by cgallivantStill forcing us to use Hunter's Mark though? No one likes it. Its just a wasted GCD.Comment by AlatheiaSO hunters already have a !@#$load of customization AND utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by mahcatblizzard, can we please just get a glyph that changes the animation of cobra shot to look like arcane shot? please please please! i really hate cobra shot's animation! i have played bm hunter since Burning Crusade and i stopped playing it because of cobra shot! i really want to use arcane shot as a filler and it doesn't cost you anytime to just throw a glyph in the game that does that :( i know this comment is going to be lost in the cesspool of comments but am trying i guessComment by Aigilasblizzard, can we please just get a glyph that changes the animation of cobra shot to look like arcane shot? please please please! i really hate cobra shot's animation! i have played bm hunter since Burning Crusade and i stopped playing it because of cobra shot! i really want to use arcane shot as a filler and it doesn't cost you anytime to just throw a glyph in the game that does that :( i know this comment is going to be lost in the cesspool of comments but am trying i guessComment by zvqraRemovedComment by MightylorddkSO hunters already have a !@#$load AND customization of utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by Rambo55so BM gets 1 change and 1 tuning...and someone rages....prolly plays DH...we all know how perfect they are....hahaComment by Bended82SO hunters already have a !@#$load AND customization of utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by kodora1316

They took a pet ability and made it baseline on the hunter instead.

Now the pets that had the ability have no ability to use other than basic attack.

This would be comparable to taking a talent and giving it to you baseline, not replacing the talent with a new ability, but still leaving the blank talent there that you can still select but does nothing at all. Why would you ever use a pet that has no ability or select a talent with no ability when you could .... use an ability? Even a crap ability is better than nothing at all.Comment by EkkaSO hunters already have a !@#$load of customization AND utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.Comment by AilwufulI'm still crossing my fingers they'll make bigger changes to survival.Comment by KaptainKrunkSO hunters already have a !@#$load of customization AND utility but they want more?...... God damn @#$%^&*s.The thing here is in BfA they reworked pet families to do certain stuff in order to give them uniqueness among them all, in this case, we're talking about a dispell mechanic. They kept this system on Shadowlands while adding such dispell baseline, so now they're forced to add a new utility mechanic to that pet family (which makes sense since it's now blank).

However, to be fair, the guy is right as well. They're probably adding a new utility mechanic to maintain the uniqueness, making hunter class even more useful now whether it is PvE or PvP, which is basically his point, even though it is kind of twisted. The problem here is there are several classes with little to no utility at all in most scenarios (Feral druid for example) while some others are getting even more.

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