Rasen wrote:
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(mine will probably look like this at 80: devilsaur for PvE as BM, cat for PvE as SV, scorpid for PvP, wasp for PvP, and one empty stable slot
As you're a known min/maxxer, I have to ask, why a cat? They're not bad, but Prowl is completely useless in PvE (Unless some recent changes have happened that I haven't seen yet) why not a Raptor?
This:
mikeyvach wrote:
They're giving cats another ability (rake, I believe it's called),
Edit: and I didn't know that I was a "known" min/maxxer over here on the hunter boards. It's been almost literally forever since I posted here when I was playing my first hunter. Good(?) to know that my reputation precedes me.
Ehcks wrote:
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I also have Survival Instincts in my build.
I meant Survival Tactics, the feign death anti-resist. :-\ That's just me and my hatred of "Resisted". So Serpent Sting is in your rotation for +3% damage, and for Lock and Load, where those repeated specials have a huge chance to crit and proc hunting party. I've never actually been on the PTR, but I really want to try that out now.
Yeah, Survival Tactics isn't really worth the points anymore, TBH, ever since they took the damage reduction off FD from it.
And the way Lock and Load is supposed to work is a 15% chance to proc from every SSting tick on a mob, so with full uptime, that's a LOT of DPS you're missing out on by not using SSting in your rotation, considering explosive shot is currently the highest DPS ability hunters have (though it's still unclear if SV will beat BM in DPS, which I doubt).
Since you'll be using SSting for L&L procs anyway, you might as well pick up 3% damage, as well as a great PvP talent for world PvP and BGs. Because the build I linked doesn't have Aimed Shot/Entrapment, but other than that is perfectly viable in non-serious PvP.
Ieatrocks wrote:
Yeah, viper on the PTR is pretty awful.
This is just my personal experience using Viper in the current beta build, but it's not "awful".
Yeah, it's not as good as it was (which it was incredibly OP, I could fire one explosive shot and be full mana again), but it's good enough that if you get low on mana on trash, you can switch to Viper for that pull and you're back to full mana.
As both SV and BM, I've had no mana issues whatsoever. This includes going into a boss with 60% (maybe less) mana.
dbernor wrote:
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Wingclip: No longer does damage.
wth?
Think about it this way: you can wing clip your freeze trap and not have it break.
dbernor wrote:
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Everyone will receive a talent refund when the patch goes live, and will be able to use all of the new talents.
I am really hoping that that will include a reset of the Respec cost as well.
There will only be the following. If there was a respec "cost" reset, it would say so in the patch notes.
Overlord Theophany wrote:
Everyone will receive a talent refund when the patch goes live, and will be able to use all of the new talents.
Edited, Sep 15th 2008 12:28pm by Theophany