01-07-2005, 10:33 PM
Refrigerator,Jan 6 2005, 10:40 PM Wrote:Basically, he says that the Hunter is by far the best and safest puller.
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I really don't buy this thesis -- there isn't much that the hunter can do when it comes to pulling that a warrior, say, can't do just as well in a group. Abilities like Feign Death are much more useful for dealing with bad situations in solo or duo play than in the kind of situations he talks about (a warrior could always do the same thing he suggests that hunters do and eat dirt if the situation looks like it's beyond what the group can handle). About the one concrete thing the hunter can get as far as pulling goes is some extra range from his talents, but that's hardly useful in instances.
I don't mean to say that hunter's aren't good. I think they are a very strong class, and -- at least in the lower level instances -- they can pull well, damage well (at least once they are are able to get enough range -- the main annoyance I find in dungeons), use a pet to tank well (especially with a healer that pays attention to the pet, and I bless the ones that do), and so on.
So far, I've found that all kinds of groups can do very well in instances, and that the canonical tank/healer/mage type predjudice for a viable party is way overdone. Maybe it's different in the high-level instances (which is where I see most hunter complaint's about grouping), but I don't have any experience in that respect, not having got there.
Despite the article, and despite what Bliz tries to say, pulling is just not a unique defining ability that hunter's have, unlike - say - a mage's ability to sheep.