Cookie-cutters never were my thing. Ask anyone who has played alongside my (completely useless) swordsmanship/beast mastery W/R in Guild Wars. I never looked at any builds in deciding my hunter, and simply assigned point on what I thought would be necessary for the near-future. Ideally, I was trying to get a good balance between MM and BM (Though I leaned heavily towards BM until about 35, it was worth it for Intimidation).
Current build - 21-12-0 at 42. About the biggest regrets I have is the points in Improved Mend Pet (Since I never revive in-combat, but it was a better choice for a 10-point investment than either IAotM and IEotB) and possibly Endurance Training.
By a simple process of conversion, coupled with "Ooh, shiny icons" - *Click*, I've kludged together this build. Any thoughts?
Proposed build - 22-11-0 at 42. Focused Fire looks an absolute killer for a 10-point talent, though I may be imagining that Thick Hide has been nerfed (From a flat +30% to a +10% and a +20% "contribution", whatever the hell that means). Intimidation is an absolute must - If I crit my opening Aimed Shot and the following Auto Shot, that's aggro wiped from my pet almost completely. Aimed Shot is another must, since I've gotten used to using it as an opener since acquiring it. Otherwise, 22-11-0 is by no means set in stone. Top of the MM tree is open to change too. I like ICS when it triggers, but full Efficiency or IHM could be better substitutes.
Point is, I'm not really sure where to go from here. There's a lot of talents that seem like utter junk (Animal Handler for one, is a 8% increase in pet tohit worth 27 points?) and there's seemingly nothing in the Survival tree that interests me in the least (Save for maybe Hawk Eye, which used to and still makes more sense to be a MM skill).
Really, it's just a pity I can't get 41-41-0. Couple of nice high-end skills there.
So, any suggestions, fellow lurkers? <strike>Oh, and all hail TinyURL.</strike>
Edit: Thanks, Gnollguy. In rebuilding the whole damn build I also noticed a weird bug with the talent calculator. The 20-13-0 build was actually impossible to achieve, since it involved putting points in Unleashed Fury and Ferocity to get Intimidation, then remove a certain amount of points from UF&F. Weird.
Current build - 21-12-0 at 42. About the biggest regrets I have is the points in Improved Mend Pet (Since I never revive in-combat, but it was a better choice for a 10-point investment than either IAotM and IEotB) and possibly Endurance Training.
By a simple process of conversion, coupled with "Ooh, shiny icons" - *Click*, I've kludged together this build. Any thoughts?
Proposed build - 22-11-0 at 42. Focused Fire looks an absolute killer for a 10-point talent, though I may be imagining that Thick Hide has been nerfed (From a flat +30% to a +10% and a +20% "contribution", whatever the hell that means). Intimidation is an absolute must - If I crit my opening Aimed Shot and the following Auto Shot, that's aggro wiped from my pet almost completely. Aimed Shot is another must, since I've gotten used to using it as an opener since acquiring it. Otherwise, 22-11-0 is by no means set in stone. Top of the MM tree is open to change too. I like ICS when it triggers, but full Efficiency or IHM could be better substitutes.
Point is, I'm not really sure where to go from here. There's a lot of talents that seem like utter junk (Animal Handler for one, is a 8% increase in pet tohit worth 27 points?) and there's seemingly nothing in the Survival tree that interests me in the least (Save for maybe Hawk Eye, which used to and still makes more sense to be a MM skill).
Really, it's just a pity I can't get 41-41-0. Couple of nice high-end skills there.
So, any suggestions, fellow lurkers? <strike>Oh, and all hail TinyURL.</strike>
Edit: Thanks, Gnollguy. In rebuilding the whole damn build I also noticed a weird bug with the talent calculator. The 20-13-0 build was actually impossible to achieve, since it involved putting points in Unleashed Fury and Ferocity to get Intimidation, then remove a certain amount of points from UF&F. Weird.
When in mortal danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386