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Do Hunters need a long cast nuke?
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Post by
Valer
As im leveling my hunter lvl 72 at the moment as survival im starting to notice i feel more like a dot class. Lots of small hits.
Hunters dont really have much burst, best i can do is explosive/multi/aimed. In tbc when Aimed shot was cast time it did allot more damage, which u could get people in freezing trap with.
Is it a problem we dont have a high damage burst attack now?
I thought hunters beat other ranged casters quite easily but actually my damage doesnt tend to be any greater than theirs, and certainly not burst.
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Post by
xcrunr1647
My hunter is 73...Kill Shot-->Readiness-->Kill Shot...don't tell me that isn't burst that doesn't hurt like hell. Especially when it crits for 6k+...I usually get the killing blow on dungeon bosses. In PvP, Chimera Shot-->Arcane Shot-->Aimed Shot-->Readiness-->Chimera Shot-->Aimed Shot-->Kill Shot-->Arcane Shot. Ow...
I've been hit by a Surv Hunter's LnL proc before...dual Explosive Shots...that was painful.
And everyone knows how much it sucks to be on the recieving end of BW. If you don't, believe me, you don't want to.
I've never had a problem with burst. It was nice to have a long-cast nuke, and I would love to have another one...but only so that I can slip in a Kill Shot/Chimera/Arcane/Aimed Shot right along with it at the end...a little 2-for-1 action, if you will. I actually use steady shot sometimes for a little extra burst in PvP just because it has a cast time, so I can drop in one of the shots I said right at the end of the cast, so they hit pretty much at the same time.
Post by
Valer
Yeah of course kill shot does nice burst but its an execute that u can only use on people with 20%hp.
And readiness burst is great, but it is only every 3 minutes.
Post by
xcrunr1647
Well, sure we don't have a "pyroblast"...but with the damage we can do combined with our mobility, I'm happy with how hunters are right now. I haven't been PvP'ing much because I'm trying to focus on leveling, but whenever someone tries to gank me, I don't usually have too many problems.
Your original post made it sound like you tought Hunters have very little burst damage whatsoever. Just because we can't one-shot people our level with a big crit doesn't mean we have no burst.
And as long as you aren't constantly blowing readiness every time the cd is up, you should have it whenever you need it.
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xcrunr1647
MQo
S
RDPS, yo
what
Post by
Kristopher
If hunters don't have burst, than I must've crit in every hit against that 78 lock to take her down. I'm a Lw'er too so my burst damage is:
Bestial Wrath
,
Kill Command
,
Bladefist's Breadth
, (or any trinket like that),
Rapid Fire
, and
Drums of Battle
. If
IAotH
procs during this, I'm an even faster killing machine.
I realize you're survival specced, and I don't know squat about that, but I'm sure you can substitute BW with LnL(right spec?) and ignore DoB if you're not LW.
Post by
Argg0
Drums doesn't work on 80s.
L&L is a great burst weapon.
Aimed Shot along with the good sustained damage of a hunter also gives healers a bad time.
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xcrunr1647
My hunter is 73...Kill Shot-->Readiness-->Kill Shot...don't tell me that isn't burst that doesn't hurt like hell. Especially when it crits for 6k+...I usually get the killing blow on dungeon bosses. In PvP, Chimera Shot-->Arcane Shot-->Aimed Shot-->Readiness-->Chimera Shot-->Aimed Shot-->Kill Shot-->Arcane Shot. Ow...
Where's the serpent sting? don't do chimera shot without viper/serpent/scorpid sting on your target!
Yeah I know that...I was talking about burst damage, not dps. Chimera Shot is one of the hardest hitting shots we have, regardless of whether or not Serpent Sting is on the target. If I get jumped by somebody, I start unloading as hard as I can, and worry about stings and whatnot later.
And I a$$-u-me-d that Serpent Sting was a given in PvE. My bad.
Post by
Fangorious
MQo
S
RDPS, yo
hahaha, win sir, I remeber having a Wind Serpent Call MQoSRDPS through BT when they were win, BRK FTW!
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Kristopher
Drums doesn't work on 80s.
L&L is a great burst weapon.
Aimed Shot along with the good sustained damage of a hunter also gives healers a bad time.
He is level 72, and I am level 70, so it really doesn't matter if drums don't work on 80's for us right now.
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