Celcio wrote:
OK then my follow-up question is - what the heck are people doing? I've heard quite a few people in game say "Hunters don't know how to use Misdirect properly"
What the heck are they doing, targeting the healer? Themselves? Their pet? Waiting too long so the buff goes away? Just not using it?
Even among my Guild groups, using MD can be a little tricky. Swap "Guild" with "PUG" and things become even more uncoordinated.
The main issue seems to be one of communication. The Tanks are the pullers, always. I haven't been asked to pull an Instance run in ages. But when the pull calls for a MD the group always seems to fail to change their thinking, and they still want the Tank to pull. Which makes me, as the Hunter, have to try to time my MD, since it only lasts 30 seconds, and then my shot. I've had to tell a Tank puller who often 'balk' pulls (starting a shot and then moving to interrupt it) that I will be firing by timing their bow sound, and if they balk the mobs are coming anyway.
If every MD pull was a Hunter pull things would go better. It's not like the scant damage caused by a Warrior's bow is going to help him gain much rage or aggro in the first seconds of a fight, and I can unleash 3 shots in 1.5 seconds.
So, if you hear that Hunters are MDing improperly, in my experience it's the fault of the group for not adapting to a MD pull.