01-13-2005, 02:09 PM
Since some people were confused about what exactly Feign is useful for, let me add that it's absolutely lovely for insta-detaunting after using Volley (AE). Let's see a mage do that, eh?
I'm not thrilled about playing with hunters (especially the white-haired night elf variety, which inexplicably accounts for 95% of the hunters I've seen. Ew.) but they do have some unique uses.
1) Between the pet, the mail, and the high, ranged burst DPS, they're extremely useful as offtanks. If mobs are on the clothies, a hunter can get them off, fast.
2) About that pet. It's pretty beefy, but doesn't really pack in the damage. If you're going up against something that spams fear (devilsaurs, pterrodaxes, Princess Theradras, off the top of my mind) or other detaunts, try keeping the pet in reserve. Next to the hunter. Who's usually plinking away out of AE range. Get my drift?
3) Remind them they have other Aspects besides cheetah and hawk. In the later game, elemental attacks are common, and resistance actually becomes useful if it's stacked heavily enough. Hunter is the game's Nature buffbot, and Aspect of the Wild is that buff. It's extremely handy in the Noxxion branch of Maraudon, Temple, and anywhere else you get swarmed with nature damage. ...was that all? Shucks.
That's a pretty short list, but... hunters. <_< If you have to use one, use it for all its worth, right?
(I'm well aware of the irony of a druid remarking on the inefficiency of a hunter in instances. Shush.)
I'm not thrilled about playing with hunters (especially the white-haired night elf variety, which inexplicably accounts for 95% of the hunters I've seen. Ew.) but they do have some unique uses.
1) Between the pet, the mail, and the high, ranged burst DPS, they're extremely useful as offtanks. If mobs are on the clothies, a hunter can get them off, fast.
2) About that pet. It's pretty beefy, but doesn't really pack in the damage. If you're going up against something that spams fear (devilsaurs, pterrodaxes, Princess Theradras, off the top of my mind) or other detaunts, try keeping the pet in reserve. Next to the hunter. Who's usually plinking away out of AE range. Get my drift?
3) Remind them they have other Aspects besides cheetah and hawk. In the later game, elemental attacks are common, and resistance actually becomes useful if it's stacked heavily enough. Hunter is the game's Nature buffbot, and Aspect of the Wild is that buff. It's extremely handy in the Noxxion branch of Maraudon, Temple, and anywhere else you get swarmed with nature damage. ...was that all? Shucks.
That's a pretty short list, but... hunters. <_< If you have to use one, use it for all its worth, right?
(I'm well aware of the irony of a druid remarking on the inefficiency of a hunter in instances. Shush.)