The hunter's ability to be able to pull so well is what allows my shaman and GG's hunter to be able to run instances with just the two of us. Granted, they're low-level instances right now (ragefire chasm and wailing caverns) and we do move more slowly than if we had more people, but we still manage without being many levels higher than what people normally run in those instances. GG puts down a trap, backs up while I stand by the trap (I'm more of a melee shaman), he pulls, I hit it with my DoT when it gets in range, wallop it with my weapon as it runs by me setting off the trap and usually the pet gets on it at the same time. If the critter calls for help, or if it picks up friends along the way to us (rarely happens unless the critters are linked because GG is a fantastic puller, patience is the key), I throw down totems depending upon what kinds of friends join the party. If things go really, really badly, that's what war stomp is for. ;) Since we're both tauren, we tell each other when we're stomping so we don't both use our stomp at the same time. Now, our setup varies when we add other people into the group and usually the other person(s) will stand behind the hunter instead of in my usual place of in front of the hunter, but when it's just the two of us, it works best if I'm up there with the pet. I can off-tank adequately, the pet can off-tank, and the hunter can off-tank, but none of us can truly tank so the pet and I alternate during the fight. Also, if I'm right by the pet, the V key will show his health. If I get too far away, I lose that health bar and have to rely on the hunter to yell at me to heal the pet. I'd rather have GG blasting away with his gun than spend time healing the pet and we can't afford to not heal the pet at all.
I think he does make a good point about how hunters came into beta after a lot of people have already worked on group tactics. Once you find something that works well enough, why change it? He also mentions the use of feign death, a level 30 skill. By level 30, a lot of people are already used to the standard deal of the warrior pulling and don't think about the use of feign death in those nasty situations. I know I didn't think about it, but that could be because GG's hunter doesn't have it yet so I haven't seen it in action. I've only seen hunters doing it in towns to confuse people. ;)
Thanks for the link. It is a really good article and makes a lot of very good points.
Edit: I also wanted to point out that if I'm in a group with a warrior and a hunter, if I know the warrior is a good player, but I don't know about the hunter, I'd much rather the warrior pulls rather than the hunter. Yes, hunters as a class can be excellent pullers, but if you've got a monkey behind the keyboard I'd rather not have them in charge of how the fight starts.
I think he does make a good point about how hunters came into beta after a lot of people have already worked on group tactics. Once you find something that works well enough, why change it? He also mentions the use of feign death, a level 30 skill. By level 30, a lot of people are already used to the standard deal of the warrior pulling and don't think about the use of feign death in those nasty situations. I know I didn't think about it, but that could be because GG's hunter doesn't have it yet so I haven't seen it in action. I've only seen hunters doing it in towns to confuse people. ;)
Thanks for the link. It is a really good article and makes a lot of very good points.
Edit: I also wanted to point out that if I'm in a group with a warrior and a hunter, if I know the warrior is a good player, but I don't know about the hunter, I'd much rather the warrior pulls rather than the hunter. Yes, hunters as a class can be excellent pullers, but if you've got a monkey behind the keyboard I'd rather not have them in charge of how the fight starts.
Intolerant monkey.