01-11-2006, 11:16 PM
In general, dealing with a hunter will fall into one of three ways. Of which it'll generally cost you a death to learn.
Our specs are very, very easy to spot. Big red pet eating you up? BM hunter. Deal with the pet (CC, ignore if you can) and take care of the hunter. The tradeoff for the big red machine is an uber pet, but a weak hunter. They don't hit hard, and don't have a ton going for them...and if you get rid of the hunter, the pet goes away automatically.
No big red machine, and you are taking major HP hits from even autoshot (For example, my average autoshot is in the 400+range)? You've got a Marks specced hunter. Get up in his face, and you'll cause no end of grief. We don't have a lot of ways to get out to bowshot range, and most of them are outdone by other snaring methods.
No big red machine, and you are taking middling damage even from autoshot? Survival hunter. They have more tricks up close, but....hunters do their best from range. Get in his face, stay there, and while he'll hurt you more than a Marks hunter will...you'll still probably come out on top.
So there you go. Once you figure out what type of hunter you have on your hands, figuring out what to do with them gets much easier.
When I PvP, what I try to do VS mana using targets, and stay out of range. I have extended range, so I can hit them without them being in range of me if I'm far enough away.
Aimed shot is on my hotbar, but I only use it when I'm "fooling" around. Such as when I'm stealthed in the WSG flag room, and a hunter comes onto the balcony or roof and starts sniping my teammates. I fire back. More often than not, you'll see me using Arcane, Conc, and Multi.
Our specs are very, very easy to spot. Big red pet eating you up? BM hunter. Deal with the pet (CC, ignore if you can) and take care of the hunter. The tradeoff for the big red machine is an uber pet, but a weak hunter. They don't hit hard, and don't have a ton going for them...and if you get rid of the hunter, the pet goes away automatically.
No big red machine, and you are taking major HP hits from even autoshot (For example, my average autoshot is in the 400+range)? You've got a Marks specced hunter. Get up in his face, and you'll cause no end of grief. We don't have a lot of ways to get out to bowshot range, and most of them are outdone by other snaring methods.
No big red machine, and you are taking middling damage even from autoshot? Survival hunter. They have more tricks up close, but....hunters do their best from range. Get in his face, stay there, and while he'll hurt you more than a Marks hunter will...you'll still probably come out on top.
So there you go. Once you figure out what type of hunter you have on your hands, figuring out what to do with them gets much easier.
When I PvP, what I try to do VS mana using targets, and stay out of range. I have extended range, so I can hit them without them being in range of me if I'm far enough away.
Aimed shot is on my hotbar, but I only use it when I'm "fooling" around. Such as when I'm stealthed in the WSG flag room, and a hunter comes onto the balcony or roof and starts sniping my teammates. I fire back. More often than not, you'll see me using Arcane, Conc, and Multi.
~Not all who wander are lost...~