Ghostcrawler Speaks and Other Hunter News

During the class panel at today’s BlizzCon festivities, Ghostcrawler announced some of the major changes in store for Hunters with the next expansion, “World of Warcraft: Cataclysm”. They are: Mana will be gone. Hunters will now utilize focus. Intellect will be a needless stat for Hunters. Focus will regenerate at a rate of 6 focus per second. Steady Shot improves the rate of focus regeneration to 12 focus per second. Shots are estimated to cost between 30 and 60 focus. …

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Recent Hunter Changes On The PTR

If you haven’t been keeping up on what’s going on over on the PTR, well don’t worry ’cause I got your back. Here’s a summary of the most recent undocumented changes to Hunters: Marksmanship Viper Sting now Stings the target, draining 4% mana over 8 sec (up to a maximum of 8% of the caster’s maximum mana), and energizing the Hunter equal to 300% of the amount drained. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on any one target. …

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