We were running Shattered Halls two night ago. 4 guildies (Backpack, Dezzi, Amalore, and myself) +1 Warlock that we picked up. On the pull before the second group of mobs training off to the sides we were feared, Slappy ran behind me with the MoB he was off tanking chasing after him. I popped Bestial Wrath to stop him from running and he happily went back to eating his target's face.
Fear wears off and his Succubus is fight dangerously close to a group of 5 MoBs. After about 30 seconds the group on the left side aggro'd and we wiped. Backpacks asked "what happened?" To which the Warlock replied "the hunters pet got feared into the mobs." Now here I have two options. I can let it go or I can make a big stink about it and tell the Warlock where he can go stick a soul shard. I choose the former since we're in there for rep and I *really* need to start running heroics. Luckily all the guild members were in Vent and I let them know that the 'Lock was a dirty liar. In a PUG I don't think I could have held back. This douche was using hunter stereotypes to get out of taking the blame for not being able to control his pet. Did his statement hold any weight with my guild? No. Would it have in a PUG? Probably yes, I'd have 3 angry players thinking they're grouped with yet another huntard. What would you have done in that situation? Hunters, would you have let it go as I did? Non hunters, have you ever placed blame on another class for a wipe that you caused?
And if that Lock is reading this, man the eff up and admit when your wrong bro. The next day I wiped a group three times and took the blame everytime. Like everyone, I make mistake but I can admit mine..... or blame Slappy at least. Sometimes that cat has a mind of his own!
Friday, August 31, 2007
Two days, four new items and an enchant
My quest to become Kara ready is nearing an end. Tuesday night I got the Master Key and the hourglass from Black Morass. Woot! But the gear train didn't stop there, not even close. A Shattered Hall run yielded another cloak upgrade. (I've stopped keeping of track of the names since I seem to get a new one everyday!) Then I purchase the Pathfinder ring and the Gale Force belt. Finally we ran Mechnar where I got the Abacus. When we got back to town a quick shout in Trade found someone to install a savagery enchant on my Sonic Spear. My DPS is now over 300 with Hawk on!!
I'm also closing in on my Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer. It's been much easier then I thought to gather the mats. After finding a awesome deal on the 20 khorium bars I went out to Skald to farm motes of fire. To heck with the Elemental Plateau. Go to Skald in Burning Edge Mountains for all your fire motes! They drop less often off the elementals there but you don't get ganked or have to fight with others for kills. They're also lower level so they die faster. Lleu is all about quick killing. In 2 hours I farmed close to 4 Primal Fires. A quick lap around Burning Edge and Netherstorm for Fel Iron and Adamantite then it was back to Orgrimmar to fill in the gaps in my materials. Only 112 motes of air to go! My plan now is to farm the Air Elementals in southern Shadowvalley until my new Warp Chaser hits Best Friend status and then purchase any primal airs that I don't have.
A big thanks to Dezzi, Backpacks, and the rest of the Dirty Horde crew that's helped me get keyed and geared for Kara. You guys have really made this hunter feel welcome in his new home.
I'm also closing in on my Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer. It's been much easier then I thought to gather the mats. After finding a awesome deal on the 20 khorium bars I went out to Skald to farm motes of fire. To heck with the Elemental Plateau. Go to Skald in Burning Edge Mountains for all your fire motes! They drop less often off the elementals there but you don't get ganked or have to fight with others for kills. They're also lower level so they die faster. Lleu is all about quick killing. In 2 hours I farmed close to 4 Primal Fires. A quick lap around Burning Edge and Netherstorm for Fel Iron and Adamantite then it was back to Orgrimmar to fill in the gaps in my materials. Only 112 motes of air to go! My plan now is to farm the Air Elementals in southern Shadowvalley until my new Warp Chaser hits Best Friend status and then purchase any primal airs that I don't have.
A big thanks to Dezzi, Backpacks, and the rest of the Dirty Horde crew that's helped me get keyed and geared for Kara. You guys have really made this hunter feel welcome in his new home.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Dead Zone
For those of you that don't know, hunters have a "Dead Zone" This is the area between 3 and 8 yards where a hunter can't do squat. Casters can happily sit in this area and nuke us all day long. Sure we have methods to get to distance but they don't always work or they're on cool down. So what's a hunter to do when a mage is reverse kiting us? ( I just made that up, you like?)
By reverse kiting I mean running behind us using instacasts as we try to distance ourselves to pop a Concussive or Arcane shot. Intimidation? That'll work if they've used blink to cover the distance and get into our Dead Zone. Wing Clip? Sure that'll work, it'll also get you a nice bif Frost Nova for your troubles. How about using TBW with that wing clip? Now you've got the cast snared but how to get to range? Cheetah right? Mage blinks and you're right back where you started. Traps? Any good PvPer will miss your trap so that won't work.
Non MM Hunters are the only class that has this dilema (MM's have scatter shot to help them out). Every other class has a way to close the gap of get some distance. Do I want the dead zone to go away completely? No, I'm convinced that if it wasn't there Hunters would destroy everyone in PvP and would out DPS all others by an even greater margin. What I would like to see is a slight modification to the Dead Zone. Instead of dropping our DPS to 0 in that area, how about a 1/2-3/4 reduction of damage done with a higher chance to resist Concussive shot? Do you think that would be a viable option. I'm not looking for ways to keep us doing max damage, notice I said nothing about ways to get us away from Melees. If a rogue can get to me then he deserves the shot to kill me. I'm looking for ways to ensure we can continue to do damage even when our counter CC abilities are on cooldown.
By reverse kiting I mean running behind us using instacasts as we try to distance ourselves to pop a Concussive or Arcane shot. Intimidation? That'll work if they've used blink to cover the distance and get into our Dead Zone. Wing Clip? Sure that'll work, it'll also get you a nice bif Frost Nova for your troubles. How about using TBW with that wing clip? Now you've got the cast snared but how to get to range? Cheetah right? Mage blinks and you're right back where you started. Traps? Any good PvPer will miss your trap so that won't work.
Non MM Hunters are the only class that has this dilema (MM's have scatter shot to help them out). Every other class has a way to close the gap of get some distance. Do I want the dead zone to go away completely? No, I'm convinced that if it wasn't there Hunters would destroy everyone in PvP and would out DPS all others by an even greater margin. What I would like to see is a slight modification to the Dead Zone. Instead of dropping our DPS to 0 in that area, how about a 1/2-3/4 reduction of damage done with a higher chance to resist Concussive shot? Do you think that would be a viable option. I'm not looking for ways to keep us doing max damage, notice I said nothing about ways to get us away from Melees. If a rogue can get to me then he deserves the shot to kill me. I'm looking for ways to ensure we can continue to do damage even when our counter CC abilities are on cooldown.
Call me Hunter
Ah, the obligatory first post. Who am I? My name is Lleu, 70 Tauren BM hunter on Spinebreaker. What do I do? Laugh as my kitten rip offs your face. Oh, I also top the damage meters in a group without batting an eye. Why do I do this? Because I can. BM baby, total ownage on all levels (you know, unless you're in melee range or my dead zone [DAMN YOU BLIZZARD WHY MUST YOU TAUNT ME SO?!])
Plans for the blog? mmm nope, not really. I've wanted to start one for a while but never got around to it. We'll mostly cover my adventures as a hunter but I'm rolling several alts during my downtime so I'll talk about their progress as well. If you have math questions go see BRK, he's a friggin genius. I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have, I've played most classes so I've got at a decent amount of knowledge most of them. Feel free to ask about specs and gear but don't expect math problems and such.
Thanks for coming, kick your shoes off and stay awhile!
Plans for the blog? mmm nope, not really. I've wanted to start one for a while but never got around to it. We'll mostly cover my adventures as a hunter but I'm rolling several alts during my downtime so I'll talk about their progress as well. If you have math questions go see BRK, he's a friggin genius. I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have, I've played most classes so I've got at a decent amount of knowledge most of them. Feel free to ask about specs and gear but don't expect math problems and such.
Thanks for coming, kick your shoes off and stay awhile!
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