BM Focus Fire & SV TNT Buffs on the PTR

Two slight hunter buffs made it into the Patch 4.3 PTR today. Both buffs are pretty minor, but each one provides a slight DPS bump for both BM and SV. I’m excited over the fact that I’ll be having a lot more uptime on Focus Fire, as well Survival hunters should be stoked about the higher proc chance for Lock and Load. Beast Mastery Focus Fire now lasts 20 sec, up from 15 sec. Survival T.N.T. now has a 10/20% chance to …

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Stampede!

From the Official Blizzard Hunter Class Forum: Quote from Kaivax I just reviewed yesterday’s Q&A, and came away with a follow-up question that I then posted to the devs privately. The question submitted yesterday was “”Have you considered having a pet stampede spell where our 5 pet stable rushes our enemy for a 5min cooldown? Or is that too epic?” The response was “yes”, but there were two questions there, and we didn’t make it clear that we were responding …

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Hunter Class Design & Balance Q&A

Blizzard is hosting a live Class Design & Balance Q&A right now. I’ve weeded out all of the wasting-the-devs-time-with-support-class-questions Q&A, and have listed just the important topics below… specifically, the Hunter Class Design & Balance info. Some key points… Along with the removal of ranged weps, hunters will lose the ability to parry. Not a huge deal, considering our parry chance blows. If you have a melee weapon that you want to RP with, you’ll be able to equip it …

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