Hunter spec change discussion

[Quiv]

Hopefully there'll be a lasso cosmetic glyph option too

LOL calf wranglin' hunter

[Tsiya]

Survival Hunters will get a Harpoon ability that allows them to throw a spear to pull mobs towards them.

I can already see people macro-ing a "GET OVER HERE!" /yell with that move.

I already have it macro'd for my DK...

[SpiritBinder]

Wondering if MM will get some kind of tools for soloing, or if we will just be leveling and questing as BM...

This is my main gripe with this change if it goes through. I quest with a pet as MM and go Lone Wolf for raiding/dungeons. I rolled a hunter because I like having a pet! And yes I could just go BM but I really love MM atm so I don't want to feel forced to go a certain spec just because I dont want to face tank everything while lvling. I also want to get that gorgeous bow...I just yeah not sure how this is gonna work.

I wonder if you have a duel spec of MM and BM, if you'll be able to transmog a BM Gun into a MM bow? Could potentially be a bit of a pain in the ass get access to certain bow options (trying to keep both weapons at equal power/achiventments) if you normally play BM, but can't see why a MM Bow to BM wouldn't work? But then if the options are ONLY made available via a spec and not added to the transmog library once unlocked, would also be a no go too. -_-

[Zulmalakhan]

they already said you can't mog artifacts over one another, they are spec specific sadly

[Xota]

Wondering if MM will get some kind of tools for soloing, or if we will just be leveling and questing as BM...

This is my main gripe with this change if it goes through. I quest with a pet as MM and go Lone Wolf for raiding/dungeons. I rolled a hunter because I like having a pet! And yes I could just go BM but I really love MM atm so I don't want to feel forced to go a certain spec just because I dont want to face tank everything while lvling. I also want to get that gorgeous bow...I just yeah not sure how this is gonna work.

Maybe there will be a talent, like the inverse of lone wolf. MM would be able to use a pet, but your damage would be lower (and maybe no family abilities).

[Zulmalakhan]

to be honest I'm sad that BM stays ranged and survival is the one that goes melee, I've loved going in melee in solo content since vanilla wow :3 and I will miss my devilsaur , would be cool for exotic pets to be tameable without an extra ability for non BM hunters, but that would be unfair to BM, unless BM gets to have 2 pets at once then it is ok :3, the coolness is balanced

[PrimalTazza]

Saw some people complaining about the new gun sounds so I'll just pepper this in - I didn't like them either but I found something similar to this early in WoD - I don't think this is the one I used, but it's very similar, and I haven't had to update it between patches like some other add-ons.

http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/gunsniperaudiopack

It has custom sounds for guns, and includes the old vanilla gun sounds. And don't worry, it only affects you, so you won't be bugging your raid!

Edit - I think THIS is the one I used! http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/vanilla-gun-sounds