Comments on: Patch 3.3: Arcturis the Spirit Bear, Diseased Wolves in Elwynn and More

By: Gimlion

Gimlion — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:51:57 +0000

I personally am not looking forward to Focus….. I never thought that mana was broken for hunters. I do fine, especially with how many batteries my raid group throws together sometimes… When I’m low I usually just pop VS then chimera shot and I’m good again, but sometimes i need a few moments in AotV to catch up…

By: Ryai

Ryai — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:50:45 +0000

I guess that makes it better than a rep grind as I barely even got to see Ulda with Aria a few weeks ago.

OH YOU DONT KNOW TACTS IMA GONNA QQ AND LEAVE U ALL TO DIExhalf the damn raid *facepalm*

Then the MT tank left when we downed that first boss even after my bike glitched. I just admited ‘yes I am an idiot’ in advance cause I can be at times. The healer managed to rope in a friend and we downed the bot of 5 yr old voice quickly O_o god hate elitists.

But yeah compared to that experience… a buff to our ranged weapons is much better than a rep grind imo.

And I’d kinda forgotten all about Viper Sting 8D

By: Nimizar

Nimizar — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:13:12 +0000

@Kalli: yeah, that Crossbow is really sweet (got it on my second visit to Pit of Saron, then sharded it again on my third visit – the loot table for K&I only has about 6 items on it)

@Ryai: Blizz didn’t have a lot of choice about that when they didn’t add new rep grinds for the Ulduar and Trial raid tiers. It’s not really a perk, just an alternative implementation of the hunter DPS gain that would normally come through a new tier of ammo.

As far as Viper goes, hunters have actually associated Viper with mana through Viper Sting for as long as I can remember (it will actually be interesting to see what, if anything, happens to Viper Sting with the change to focus). If Viper sticks around as an Aspect though, my money would be on it becoming the PvP aspect with Dragonhawk losing its dodge bonus and becoming the PvE aspect. Something a bit more like DK presences – perhaps give Viper a small movement speed boost that stacks with Kindred Spirits along with a GCD reduction (since hunter sustained DPS in Cataclysm will be focus limited rather than GCD limited).

By: Ryai

Ryai — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:54:38 +0000

Always hated that ‘perk’ Blizzard threw in for ranged.

and Nim: If it’s not taken out I suspect it might either A: boost Serpent Sting’s damage or B: provide a chance to cause additional poison damage or something, like a rogue can do.

I mean when one thinks of viper, their first thought isn’t about mana.

By: Kalli

Kalli — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:51:26 +0000

@Nimizar:

It’s worth noting that the crossbow from heroic PoS is item level 232 and therefore has the added damage bonus that ranged weapons below 232 do not. It’s the only ranged weapon available outside raids that has this perk.

By: Nimizar

Nimizar — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:42:28 +0000

@Witrely: Nah, everything the blues have said makes it pretty clear that aspect juggling for hunter resource management will be a thing of the past. The only question will be whether Viper is just ditched entirely (leaving Dragonhawk as the only regularly used combat aspect) or whether it is reworked into something different.

By: Witrely

Witrely — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:21:39 +0000

GZ Paulo

@ palla- dont be so sure we will not have to juggle aspects when focus replaces mana. they can always change viper to “focus returned from steady shot is increased by X% when this aspect is active” or something like that- to make us juggle it even more.

By: Paulo Brito

Paulo Brito — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:23:55 +0000

Yesterday I have tamed this beautiful pet.

By: Ryai

Ryai — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:54:14 +0000

I’m still iffy about focus, even if it’ll come with less problems than AotV has given us. But it took them what a year and a half to finally fix AotV into something decent?

Tho tbh as bad as it is at 80, it’s less fun on a hunter you’re leveling up. Especially with the nimrods of I KNOW UR CLASS BETTER THAN YOU. DONT USE VIPER!!! DEPEES.

Seriously.

But then again focus change should nip those annoying people in the bud for a bit.

By: Palladiamors

Palladiamors — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:35:05 +0000

I’m with you there, Nimizar. I can’t tell you how much easier it is to run heroics as a death knight instead of a hunter, just because I don’t have to worry about juggling AotV or even having to go so far as to drink.