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I havn’t seen a post on this so I thought I’d post it up. 2.4.2 patch notes are up at MMO-Champion (see-able here). These are as they are on the PTR and hopefully are not set in concrete (see below). Those Scare Beast changes are there (with much controversy) but it’s not all sunshine for hunters. Here they all are that have been noted:
2.4.2 wrote:Hunter
Aspect of the Viper: This ability now grants an additional amount of mana each 5 seconds equal to 35 of the hunter?? level.
Boar Charge: This ability will no longer make Growl cast immediately after it generates excessive threat.
The pet ability Growl will no longer scale with pet Attack Power.
Dire Ravens in Blade?? Edge Mountains now tameable.
Scare Beast: The range on this spell has been increased to 30 yards and it is now instant cast.
Tamed Drywallow Snappers now will know Bite 5 (instead of Claw 5.)
Well, at least Blizz adressed my one desire in the game, those Dire Ravens! Thank god for that one. Also that change to Drywallow Snappers is a god send. A slight nerf to the boar charge (Never had a boar so don’t even know if it’s a buff or a nerf, im guessing on what I’m seeing.) But all in all there is one main talking point for this patch:
Scare Beast: Quite a controversy surrounding this one. Looks like this is another attempt to nerf run away druids and increase the want of hunters in arena with as low as possible effect on PvE. The one problem here though (and where most of the controversy has stemmed from) is it’s much bigger effect on Feral Druids. The way I see it is that Blizz is attempting to somehow find a way to both increase the viablility and want of hunters in Arena and nerf Resto druids all in one move, but it has bombed by laying the smackdown on Ferals much more than Restos. Their answer is pretty much “Not all specs are ment to be viable for arena”.
So what do you guys think of the patch notes so far?-Palintanta 70 Night Elf Hunter
Chalion 66 Blood elf MageIf you are a newbie hunter I would recommend the FAQ
It will answer most of your first questions (e.g. there is a pet related section which answers the basic questions you’ll likely have).-Hunter FAQ
SW 6/6; Thori’dal, the Stars’ Fury more bag space since Oct 28
The pet you started with can stay all the way to 70 if that is what you wish.
You only need a temporary Pet every 6 or 7 levels to learn new skills to train your original cat better Bite or Claw and the pet can stay as long as you like.
Check out all the Pet Questions you can think of are there..-My mage
my hunter
My hunter is not the best at damage but at least i survive.Hi fellow hunters. i just recently made a BE hunter on earthen ring, and am currently questing in the ghostlands. i currently have a cat from the eversong woods at lvl 16. i was wondering if i should just keep my current pet or if i should get a new one. and if i should get a new one, when and what? thanks from a newbie ret pally