Comments on: Glyphing the Lackadaisical Hunter

By: Cherrymint

Cherrymint — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:30:01 +0000

I’ve got the Mend Pet and the ranged Dragonhawk thingy glyphs… Like you, i also can’t be bothered gearing this toon much. everything she wears is from quest rewards, rep vendors or bought cheap from the ah. i only play her when i feel like questing again (my main is a lv80 holy priestess) or when i need meats!!

By: scott

scott — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:18:45 +0000

I generally take feign death, mend pet and scare beast as minors – occasionally I’ll swap in something like possessed strength or revive pet, but they tend to end up as “sounded fun but only got used once or twice” (now, if they would have left dragonhawk firebreath as an AOE, possessed strength might be something to rave about…)

For majors, the only “must have” for me is Mending, which always comes through for me when I’m taking down a group of mobs… but for someone who primarily does raiding or pvp it may not be the best choice. The other majors completely depend on my spec (although as others have noted steady shot is always a safe choice).

By: Witrely

Witrely — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:11:24 +0000

for minor glyphs I use the same 3 you use mania.
my choice of major glyphs depends on spec:

for Beast master spec:
bestial wrath- for the same reason you do- I like seeing my pet in big red form as much as possible.
steady shot- since I mandatorially use serpent sting and steady shot I would like them to work together.
kill shot- for long fights, either in raids or soloing elits, i found that this really makes a difference. when I am lucky and 2 kill shots crit the mob gets some 20k damage when I really want to end the fight already. it feels good to see nice chunks of hp go down so close to the end of the fight.

for Survival spec:
I spent most of my time in BM spec so my gear is more crit oriented and I am lacking alot of haste so glyph of the hawk combined with improved aspect of the hawk prooves to be a very useful combination.
I also use rapid fire glyph for the same reason- to get some more haste- though really I would like to get better haste gear and change this to a new shiny post-patch glyph like explosive shot (once its available).
and my last glyoh is my old favorit- steady shot which as I said above I simply like.

I hope you found this answer interesting :)
-wit

By: Mania’s Arcania » Gearing the Lackadaisical Hunter - Weapons

Mania’s Arcania » Gearing the Lackadaisical Hunter - Weapons — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:31:39 +0000

[...] Earlier this week I spent some time thinking about how to get Mania ’set up properly’ — where that means improving my glyphs, gear and whatnot, but only so far as it’s easy and convenient. Today I took a first look at upgrading my equipment. [...]

By: Jaeger

Jaeger — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:02:24 +0000

I went for: Major Glyphs : Glyph of the Monkey : Increases healing done by your mend pet ability pet by 40% - The more healing the better! Glyph of Beastial Wrath : Decreases the cooldown of BW by 20 sec. - More beastial wrath.. need i say more? Glyph of Hunter's Mark : Increases the AP bonus of HM by 20% - It was either this or a longer Serpent Sting.. I chose this as at 76 u get HM to give 300 AP.. with this glyph thats now 360.. an extra 60 AP on all ranged attacks is a nice extra IMO. Minor Glyphs : Glyph of Feign Death : Reduces cooldown of your FD spell by 5 sec. - Easily the best Hunter Minor Glyph! Glyph of Revive Pet : Reduces the pushback when casting RP by 100% - I always use a tenacity pet, so this isn't a 'must' but you never know when ya might need it.. and the other Minor Glyphs suck Glyph of Mend Pet : Your MP spell increases your pet's happiness slightly. - Again this is just to fill the slot.. But a happy pet is always a plus

By: Kalli

Kalli — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:07:34 +0000

Ah, good deal! So you’re pretty much focusing on single targets anyway then. DPS pets can actually be pretty good about holding single target aggro, especially when you’re BM and not doing as much personal dps (or at least that was the case when I was deep BM last and was wont to running around with my big green devilsaur rather than my crab). Makes sense! You’re probably more inclined to use CC then on multiple target pulls? Or no? :o Just trying to figure out what you’re comfortable with to offer appropriately helpful advice while still attempting to up overall passive dps. ;)

Hmm…if I’ve armoried you correctly, you could always pop a point or two into imp hawk for faster autoshots (which shouldn’t mess with aggro too horribly much) and get the glyph for improved aspect of the hawk to give another boost to it. (I’d probably pull a point from frenzy and one from go for the throat to do it.) Just tossing that out there as a possibility. ;D And as a side note, WOW, the armory shows glyphs and such now, plus dual specs. That is pretty amazing!

By: Arnen

Arnen — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:10:39 +0000

…Thunderstomping cat would be weird. And awesome.

Would it be a Thunder Cat? >.>

By: Mania

Mania — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:26:38 +0000

I will be interested to see how aggro feels after the patch, especially since I also intend to upgrade some of my equipment at the same time. But keep in mind that I hunt primarily with a cat — and they, unfortunately, will not have access to Thunderstomp.

By: Kalli

Kalli — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:15:52 +0000

I know this is probably a bit late, but I’d pass on the Aspect of the Beast glyph in favor of the one for steady shot. You’re probably putting serpent sting up on whatever spec you’re using, so regardless of min/maxing, you’ll benefit from the choice.

There really honestly isn’t much reason to run around with anything other than Aspect of the Dragonhawk up, since you get the upped dodge/survival from monkey and attack power from hawk, but I figure you have your reasons. :) I mean, sure, aggro might be less of an issue based on above posts, but honestly, with ALL tanking pets getting thunderstomp today, that hopefully will no longer be an issue.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:11:42 +0000

My main spec as hunter is Beast Mastery. the Major glyphs i tend to use are: Glyph Steady Shot, Glyph of Volley, and Glyph of Bestial Wrath.. the glyph of bestial wrath is VERY useful if you have Kindered spirits, Unleashed Fury, and Longevity as talents because with your pets attack increased by about 80% you should be sweeping fights very quick, and it break fear, stuns, snares, etc as well which really comes in handy for the occasional PvP fight here and there.