What I Love About Cataclysm Hunters!

I’m a fairly laid back hunter blogger, and as such, I tend to see things through a rose-colored monocle. It was not needed today- the Cataclysm hunter changes were 100% good ones, in my opinion.

I’ll complain if I feel the results need tweaking, but as all we’re seeing now is a design philosophy, I have to say that it looks like they’ve nailed down a bunch of gripes we’ve had for a long time. Assuming they can balance it so we’re ahead of feral druids when we all hit 85, I’ll be a happy camper!

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Cataclysm Hunter Changes Live!

Nethaera posted the hunter changes. Reposting now, analysis and follow up quotes will be edited in at the end.

Of course this would happen while I was at lunch. I called it.

With the upcoming World of Warcraft: Cataclysm many game elements will be changing, and each class will be receiving a number of tweaks. Here, we will explore the changes that are being made to the gun-wielding, pet-training hunter. The information you’re about to read is certainly not complete, and is only meant to act as a preview of some of the exciting new things to come. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the new hunter abilities!

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Crit Rating Refresh on Serpent Sting?

It looks like people are seeing some interesting data on crit rating and serpent sting. If you have the 2t9 bonus that lets your serpent stings crit, apparently a mechanic that locks have known about for a while applies to us, as well. It looks like your serpent sting crit chance at the time of application gets refreshed (along with your %damage buffs like tricks of the trade and the 2t10 bonus) when you refresh your sting with chimera shot.

Does this mean that marks hunters should be popping a wild magic potion when they get trinket procs that increase their crit? I’d guess. If I could code, would I code an addon that shows us a live crit% somewhere so we could maximize our sting damage? You bet. Will I continue to ask myself rhetorical questions for the purpose of informing readers? Nope.

This post was written at 5:21 PM on a Friday. From work. I make no other excuses for my bad jokes.

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ICC Macros

This post holds macros that you may find useful for Lady Deathwhisper and Saurfang in ICC.  If they fit your play style, great; if not, don’t use them.  Also note that these macros are at their bare bones.  You should add in Kill Command, trinket activations, etc., as appropriate.

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