Coming Soon: Changes for mages

[Skandranon]

- "Silencing Shot" now does only 50% of weapon damage instead of 75%.
- The base damage for "Arcane Shot" has been reduced by about 9% and the bonus damage from ranged attack power reduced from 20% to 15%.
- Traps can be set while in combat, but require a 2 second arming time.
- 1 Agility will now grant 1 Ranged Attack Power.
- "Auto shot" is now reset when casting Aimed Shot.
- "The Beast Within's" Bonus damage caused has been reduced to 10%, but now also reduces the mana cost of all spells by 20%.
- Arcane Shot: Casting lower ranks of Arcane Shot than your maximum rank will now reduce the bonus you receive from attack power.

I would say that a class' history of buffs or nerfs is irrelevant. The question that matters is "Are classes balanced?" Beastmaster hunters are some of the most fearsome ranged DPS classes in the game, at this moment. That suggests to me that despite these nerfs, there's much less wrong with the hunter class than with some others.