Bolty,Apr 27 2005, 01:47 PM Wrote:I was asked this recently by someone. "I'm a pretty casual gamer. What should I go with if I wanted one Alliance and one Horde character to play only?"Dang, Bolty, you are completely wrong... about Hunters at least... in my biased and immodest opinion.
HUNTER:
I'm thinking this would be an extremely poor choice for casual play, since the level of in-game documentation on how to manage pets, keep them happy, and learn new pet abilities is ridiculously low. Add to that the complexities of even managing pets to begin with (separate set of commands on your character), and I'd rule Hunters out for casual play.
Since I haven't met anyone on this board yet who said "Dang Bolty, you are completely right" - debate! :)
-Bolty
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Perhaps there's a bit of a learning curve in the very beginning about training and keeping a pet, but once you learn it, it pretty much applies to 50 levels... Other than that, the Hunter is easy to play... I think more than any other class, a Hunter can be successful with 'inefficient' play... it's the most forgiving of mistakes. You can deal damage without using mana... you can fight for a very long time... your melee is dead simple (autostrike, raptor strike, mongoose strike, and wing clip). You've to autoshot and a handfull of different situational shots... You can be effective not ever using half the abilities that you've got available.
More than 90% of hunter encounters are Hunter's Mark, Pet Attack, Aimed Shot/Concussive Shot/XXX Sting let the autoshot take over and wait for the beastie to die... Pet Mend if your firend is getting beat up...
Pretty much everything else is (unrequired) optimization.
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