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Where did you see that BM has the gun? I saw the pick of a bow with "hunter weapon' on it and in the text it says it makes an execellent marksman, but is there something that points to BM having the gun, other than assumed default?crimzon07 wrote:Pepsi Jedi wrote:I'm actually pretty happy with the changes that we're seeing.
That said, this is way way early in development. Any and all of it could change.
Survival? Never played it. So I'm fine with it going melee/pet. I think it fits. I also think spear throwing and pet would be cool, but Survival being about traps and what not, the spear thing works for them.
Marksman, ranged with no pet? I'm fine there too. In marksman your pet has always been minimal. It's been more about the Hunter's own damage, and moving it down range. The pet was mostly just an assessory. You played marksman to be a non magical ranged class. They don't 'need' the pet.
Beast mastery, ranged with pet. Our damage has always come with large portions/percentages from the pet. It was the dedicated 'Pet" class/spec.
As per the weapons we'll get?
There's images of a Bow and a gun.
I'm hoping that the Bow goes to Beast Masters. I prefer bows, so getting stuck with a gun (As I'm BM) Would be rather depressing as it seems we're keeping these weapons all expansion.
I think Marksman will get the gun. Why? ___MARKSMAN___ Not "Archer". Marksmen are expert shots. Snipers. While you 'can' do that with a bow, it conjures more images with the gun.
So I'm hoping it breaks down like that.
If it does. I like how it's set up. If Beast Masters get the gun... ehh.. I'll see how it looks. I'm not going to rage quit or anything, but I'll be slightly less pleased.
As it is though, I'm very happy about the splitting up the specs and I'm happy Survival got the spear (As being BM. I don't WANT the spear. lol I like my hunter in the back, My spiffy Fel wolf up biting the face)
BM has the Gun, MM has the bow, and Survival has the spear.
This is the thing I am displeased about. I want to use my pet and have a bow. So I will have to transmog over my artifact.
This so much, MM no pet, surv 1 pet and BM 1 pet. I think it can work like this; BM can have ONE exotic pet out at a time but the pets' damage and hp and defense raised by 30% but a BM hunter can also have TWO non exotic pets out at a time but both pets share the same target, reduce each pets damage, hp and defense, leaving their stats to 65% each.Pepsi Jedi wrote:I'd like BM to have two pets out. One on each side. That'd be fun. I don't see it happening, but it'd be fun.
They can still leave Lone Wolf as a talent that effects MM, versatility stays with BM and a new talent for Survival *cough*tankskill*cough.Wain wrote:I guess we'll have to wait for more info, but I don't know how it could work if pets were optional. If the pet does any damage at all (other than a trivial amount) then it would fast become mandatory and make the change pointless. But if MM hunters can still have a pet out and not have it do any damage then it seems workable. If they didn't want that to confuse new hunters (who might think their pet is doing something important) they could always make it a cosmetic ability at later levels.Kayb wrote:I sincerely hope no pet for marksman is optional....
I've been marksman since vanilla, i don't wanna change spec, and i wanna keep my pet.... :\
I agree with both of you. I don't really like melee and vastly prefer ranged. The change to survival is interesting, and I will try it, but I will probably end up abandoning it for MM. I am glad that it was Survival that became melee and not BM. I can see why BM would make sense as the melee hunter spec, but it's been my favourite spec of any class since I started playing. I would probably have unsubbed rather than be forced to play melee when one of the main reasons I have a hunter main -apart from pets- is because they are ranged. It's simply what would have happened. But no matter what change is made, people are going to hate it.Shade wrote:My thoughts exactly.SylviaDragon wrote:I feel like we already have a saturation in melee classes unless they plan to switch up the specs of other classes to add ranged options.
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This is the gun in question, since the bow is in the same image the gun cannot be another form of the bow. And since the gun has a beast motif it's to be assumed it's for bm since the eagle spear is for survival hunters.Pepsi Jedi wrote: Where did you see that BM has the gun? I saw the pick of a bow with "hunter weapon' on it and in the text it says it makes an execellent marksman, but is there something that points to BM having the gun, other than assumed default?
The gun is cool and all. but I love bows. YAY! Flight Rising! Rawr!
I want to roll a Surv Pandaren too because they are so many cool looking Pandarian Pole arms!SetsunaChan wrote:snip.
I'm guessing Rogue would get a ranged spec.Shade wrote:My thoughts exactly.SylviaDragon wrote:I feel like we already have a saturation in melee classes unless they plan to switch up the specs of other classes to add ranged options.
Sylvanas likely was MM in her former life. The MM artifact certainly points to that, being a Windrunner heirloom. As the Banshee Queen though her abilities resemble our Survival kit much more. Granted its only a resemblance. Trying to say lore NPCs are a single spec in the game doesn't really work. NPCs have spec overlap that players don't have.Junrei wrote:Well so far, the responses, from what I saw earlier today on twitter and stuff, have actually been positive for the most part. Sylvannas is prob an MM hunter, not survival. She was a ranger(which is what MM is becoming truly).
Any change usually upsets somebody somewhere.
Was doing the ICC 5 mans for some mog boots, and I had forgotten how much Sylvanas drove the RP. She wields daggers more than a bow during those. I'm OK with this! I know the spear is more a Tauren/Highmountain thing, the fantasy I choose is to make my Survival hunter resemble herQuivering wrote:Do we have a melee Survival hunter in any part of the lore?
Now to find some cool polearm/staves for mog!
That is something that I have not yet considered-are there any classes that may end up getting a ranged spec? So many of the classes are pure melee or melee/melee/tank. Are there any that would make sense as a range?pop wrote:I'm guessing Rogue would get a ranged spec.Shade wrote:My thoughts exactly.SylviaDragon wrote:I feel like we already have a saturation in melee classes unless they plan to switch up the specs of other classes to add ranged options.
That would actually be kind of awesome.Quivering wrote:Maybe Rogue will get a Crossbow artifact if they get a ranged spec. Hunter artifacts are pretty much known, so who knows!
You can always transmogify.ehrinlove wrote:I really hope BM gets the bow... I hate guns, and can't play with them, but I'm really excited for the new weapons system and that gorgeous bow to, guns are over loud to me and trigger sensory issues I have never used one in my time playing and I hate playing with others useing them even. BM doesn't belong with a gun, guns are loud and unpredictable, and could startle pets, and bm is the pet pec along with SV... MM should get the gun BM should get the bow. if it doesnt... I'm not sure what I'll play, I joined wow for being able to play a hunter with a pet at my side, I played SV, MM , BM ..sv was my favorite but now I won't play it. they took away pets from MM which makes me sad, I raided MM and hate it, I miss my pets, I have them out all the time I'm not raiding... I feel forced into BM.. and if they hand me a gun ontop of that... I have a feeling that Isa, my main since I joined with be placed on a shelf, and I'll been possibly leaving.. I'm rather anxious about all of this
I can yes... but I was /really/ excited over the new weapons system, and that bow in particular it will suck running around with my transmog bow seeing the one I want to use on others and being unable to, unless I give up my pet as well, it just feels like everything I really like about hunters is being picked away at, my reasons for picking one slowly.. vanishing before my eyespop wrote: You can always transmogify.
