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Point Blank Range (PBR)
- Isn’t it time for hunters to finally leave the bottom of the arena ladder? Check arena history, hunters own the bottom.
- Long ago there was a reason for hunter’s not to be able to shoot at point blank range. Not any more.
- Hunter’s lost their 10 yard range advantage over other classes. Some may not remember this, but it was so and explains the history of this error.
- Players all got ways to either close the distance on hunters or to stop hunters from gaining distance. And other range players can do more dps at the same range as hunters.
- Casters have staves, daggers, and wands that they do not use. The same should be true for hunter’s melee weapons.
- Hunter pets lost health, range attacks, player buffs, magical attacks, pet food buffs, special abilities that matter, and too many things to mention. Hunter pets used to have more health than the hunter, now they have a lot less.
- The next patch plans to take 5% agility from hunters and more armor from tanking pets.
- If hunters are just going to be “free kills” at 85 forever, then admit it is world-of-gank-craft so some class has to be a free kill and hunters are it.
- Why should hunters be the only class that cannot fight at point blank range? Change shooting from 5-40 to 0-40 to fix this.
- Why should hunters be the only class that cannot use their best attacks at point blank range? Change shooting from 5-40 to 0-40 to fix this.
- When will being at the bottom of arena long enough not be the player’s fault but the class’s fault?
- Those who say that classes cannot be balanced are either those who cannot do it (lack of skill) or those who do not want to do it for financial reasons (world-of-gank-craft makes money). The “cannot” sayers are always proved wrong over time, for example, the sound barrier cannot be broken, the four-minute mile cannot be run, etc.
- Think of the issue this way: Give mages, locs, and priests all their current defense strategies, but make it so that in melee range (0-5) these casters have to use staves, daggers, and wands. So now locs, mages, and priests are 5-40 like hunters. I can hear the screams on the Moon and even Mars!
8:54 pm
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May 28, 2010
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Loved this post. Here's my two cents worth on some of these……..
4. Players all got ways to either close the distance on hunters or to stop hunters from gaining distance. And other range players can do more dps at the same range as hunters.
I've lost count of the times I went WTF is this crap?!?!? when a DK kept me locked down by spamming Ice Chains or the real bad ones, Ice Mages…UGH! Then there are the Warlocks and S.Priests that dot the crap out of you and then sit back and laugh as you in vain try to dps them down through their endless amount of health and self heals or fears that disarm you.
6. Hunter pets lost health, range attacks, player buffs, magical attacks, pet food buffs, special abilities that matter, and too many things to mention. Hunter pets used to have more health than the hunter, now they have a lot less.
While I like the current pet buffs they have been given, I still question why, if we are supposed to be the "king" of pet classes, our pets have l less survivability then Warlocks and Deathknights?
7. The next patch plans to take 5% agility from hunters and more armor from tanking pets.
*sarcasm* Can't have Hunters topping the dps charts or being able to solo stuff that others can't! *end sarcasm*
8. If hunters are just going to be “free kills” at 85 forever, then admit it is world-of-gank-craft so some class has to be a free kill and hunters are it.
When PvPing I pretty much see myself with a giant neon sign over my head, because I can guarantee who people will head to when they catch sight of me, a Hunter.
9. Why should hunters be the only class that cannot fight at point blank range? Change shooting from 5-40 to 0-40 to fix this.
Yeah, why is that? It's not like we are pushing out any greater damage then everyone else.
13. Think of the issue this way: Give mages, locs, and priests all their current defense strategies, but make it so that in melee range (0-5) these casters have to use staves, daggers, and wands. So now locs, mages, and priests are 5-40 like hunters. I can hear the screams on the Moon and even Mars!
The world would come to an end with all the qqing.
6:16 am
Grunt
January 13, 2011
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There has been many times where I have been caught wth my back up against a wall or rock and wondered why I am unable to defend myself or have been close to a target and wondered why I cannot shoot.
It's absurd and Blizzard should fix things so that Hunters can shoot and melee w/i 5 yards. The alternative would be to add a skill "distance" that would allow you you to maintain a specified distance from anything that was attacking you at the cost of some amount of health or focus and for some limited duration and cooldown. Another idea would be to create a spell or trinket you could use that would do the same thing.
7:04 am
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September 8, 2010
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Nice thoughts! I'm not a PvPer really, and it is for a lot of the reasons you mentioned. There is no point, I get too frustrated, I feel like Tak said, that I'm running around with a neon sign that says "EASY KILL!!!"
I know I need to just practice more, but I just get too frustrated too quickly, but I am trying new things lately and this might actually be one of the things I try and get better at.
5:27 pm
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April 10, 2010
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Drach said:
Nice thoughts! I'm not a PvPer really, and it is for a lot of the reasons you mentioned. There is no point, I get too frustrated, I feel like Tak said, that I'm running around with a neon sign that says "EASY KILL!!!"
I know I need to just practice more, but I just get too frustrated too quickly, but I am trying new things lately and this might actually be one of the things I try and get better at.
I second all of the above, particularly the frustrated part and hell I'm a newb.
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