Hunter Changes in WoW Cataclysm
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Each class in WoW Cataclysm will see major changes from talent tree revamps to new class mechanics and I plan to make sure there’s a place for all those little changes to be listed clearly.
Hunters in WoW Cataclysm will especially see lots of new changes to the way the class is being played, are some WoW Cataclysm Hunter features
- Hunters will no longer use mana in WoW Cataclysm, it has been completely removed. (Shamans and Hunters will no longer need to share items)
- Instead of mana Hunters will now use Focus.
- Focus regenerates continuously, much like Rogues do. Abilities such as Steady shot improves the rate of getting focus back.
- Rogue energy returns at a 10 / sec rate, Hunter focus returns at 6/sec (12/sec with steady shot)
- A shot will cost 30 to 60 focus.
- Hunters will have fewer cooldowns on abilities, and will therefore probably function much more like rogues now.
- Ammunition will become an item, not a consumable that you can run out of.
- Hunters might be able to pick talent trees for their pet, in order to choose just the pet that looks best to them
- There’s a small chance that hunters will be able to tame mounts in the distant future.
- In Patch 3.3, pets will scale of all of your stats and allow buffs from raid encounters to affect them.
- In Patch 3.3, there will be changes to make sure that pets can’t be hit by AOEs from bosses but others (PvP) will be able to affect them.
- Pets classes might get a “move to this location” command for their pet, long cooldown abilities that let your pet teleport to you to get out of trouble. This would be good feature since developers can’t make pet AI as smart as a player.
For other Hunter class changes in WoW Cataclysm stayed tuned, as their will be MUCH much more information in the coming days.
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Nice job, man.
Update it always.
it is so cool i hope they show the hunters new spells from 80-85 i cant wait until Catalysm shows on Gameshop.
With the removal of mana, and the obvious requirement for intellect i wonder what impact this will have on hunters overall. Like I am happy about getting rid of mana, but with talents like careful aim being removed(to be assumed)we will have to find new ways to get our dps as high as everyone else.
I think Blizzard will make sure that your DPS doesn’t suffer – if needed they could even change your Focus regeneration rate to balance the class. I think removal of mana and introduction of Focus will help Blizzard give more cool spells to the Hunter class overall.
u are absolutely right and the DPS will be higher
The Focus will greatly increase the burst damage of Hunters.
hoping for more …but I agree taking away mana will possibly giver us a good dps boost though. and im dieing to know what out new talents will be for 85
And lets not forget the new talents and haste bonus to speed up our new focus regen.
How exactly are hunters going to pvp with the focus system? Each shot costing 30-60 focus with a 100 focus pool cap is stupid in the pvp aspect. Not to mention that steady shot is RARELY EVER used in pvp arenas, disabling the 12focus/second regen capability. Rogues have a 10energy/second regen rate with more than one energy regen skill, no? I’d like to see this unfold a little more.
I reaaaaally hope that “There’s a small chance that hunters will be able to tame mounts in the distant future.” is true
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Focus dependant? And we regain it slower than rogues? This will destroy us for PvP, mark my words, specially considering we have to blow 2 defensive cooldowns to escape from 1 offensive snare.
Each shot costing 30-60 focus = Explosive shot, aimed shot, black arrow, no focus so you gotta keep running, concussive shot, explosive shot, no more focus keep running, serpent sting, tranq, run away ect….
This is just redicilus…..once again they destroy the hunter.
”Hunters will no longer use mana in WoW Cataclysm, it has been completely removed. (Shamans and Hunters will no longer need to share items)”, True, now we just ened to share loot with Druid, and rogues. that’s just f*****g pathetic.
i’m gonna reroll to something else. this is just pathetic.
Great changes so far, keep it up dude!
Good Epixhunter, Leave the community or hunters does not want you, go the fuck away.
lol hunters wear mail last time i looked so should get gear all for us
until the geedy plate dps try and steal it
Mail yeah… What about cloaks necks rings weapons trinkets ?
Comeon guys – Think solutions not problems.
What about all the hunter regen talents, i mean if they persist and are changed to focus regen, Surv. hunters for one, would NEVER EVER need AOTV again.
Im thinking, Hunting party, thrill of the hunt.
comeon its not hard to think of a few mechanics that with a little twist, would equalise the “rogue-equation”.
on the pvp side. im not getting you people whining at all.
Hunters not being mana dependant is such a Huuuuuge plus.
no mana drain, possibly no more Aspect/trap silence.
less cooldowns was mentioned.
and yet i hear 50% whine about the restrictions this “might” cause, tho there is no-where mentioned the focus pool being restricted to 100.
Just the thought of a Hunter with Goblin or worgen racials make my troll shiver.
oh yeah i forgot. and and even better, on a mana dependant fight, you got a non mana-dependant class,
applying a mana regen. buff to the raid.
that trumphs any other replenishment, cus its infinite no matter what.
I hope Tame Mount will be added by cataclysm. I’m guessing it will work like pets, where you stable them at a stable keeper, and it doesn’t share the slots with pets. They might add more slots to both of them. I lolz at the silly druid,locks, and pallies when I am riding my chimera and raptors, when I am an Night Elf.Lol at the horde to then. Focus is a good change if the regen. goes up or the max amount is higher than 100.
Us rogues dont wanna share gear with u hunters anyway were always getting snatched from. All you hunters complain about Blizz expanding the game making it more fun cause every class doesnt use the same freaking thing. Good job Blizz
Hunter focus will make it so htere r more huntards than ever before oh goody i can’t wait
hey think solutions!¡! i hope that the maximun of the focus gauge wont be 100 but if it is don’t worry ( be happy) they’ll come up with something better focus regeneration or talents to do such thing, so plz try to think alternative (Ps i can’t wait to have my worgen hunter) GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That focus like thing to change mana to energy/focus was already mentioned before BC and also wotlk i only beleive this if it will become true.
bigbob, gtfo idiot
One thing id really like to see for hunters in cataclysm is Maces being usable since there always related stats towards are class.
@oblivion
Maces are the only weapon that hunters cant use, and no class in the game can use EVERY type of weapon. Blizz wont give us agility maces — they are for DK’s, enhance shammies, stupid paladins, etc.
As of right now, I can dps with my eyes closed, in both SV and MM. If you’re a hunter and arent topping the charts right now, you need to learn to play your class. I consistently out dps other classes whose gear greatly exceeds mine, with the exception of an arcane mage who really knows what he’s doing.
Therefore, a change from mana to focus pools will greatly increase the difficulty of playing the class. BigBob was right — this means more huntards who cant play a focus/energy regen type class. If you have ever rolled a rogue or feral kitty, you know that the rotations for end game content are the most complicated in the game.
I’m up for the challenge of new rotations, the question is, are all the terribad hunters who just faceroll ready? It’s going to be a completely new class.
AND @ the people who complain about gear: If you pull the numbers, your Raid leader will throw you the gear and not the shitty dps’er who can’t keep up….Learn to play, loot whores.
–Petri
i think that maybe we would do so bad in PVP only if that we have tons of burst damage cause hunter right now do decent damage but they do it really fast will running around the enemy and they cant move run up wing clip then set a trap disengage then keep shooting at, are focus attacks will be much slower because we will have to wait for are focus i think you shouldn’t do this if you want focus make a whole new class or don’t do it it all or unless we do tons of burst damage the cost of the attacks focus should be a little lower
and on a other bases aimed shot should go back to the old one that waited a few seconds to shoot
oh yeah and i also want maces for hunters too lol forgot to add it in
i like asd’s hippie views on the whole thing.
all tho these changes could ruin hunters they do sound like they could improve us greatly.
also yes, there will be no end to huntards. at least most of them dont make it to the cap
@Zilax
scroll up! Hunters will not have maces UNLESS blizzard takes away a weapon type hunters already have. NO CLASS IN THE GAME HAS THE ABILITY TO USE ALL TYPES OF WEAPONS.