Why do people make fun of hunters?Follow

To Mazra: Not saying it was a good choice, but the hunter almsot certainly had Thunderfury to keep u the proc spamming rank 1 wingclip, which is one of the best ways to keep it up. And past MC, hunter dps is teh lul, so the raid isn't missing out on much there. And as they're spamming rank 1 clip, even with the proc aggro they won't pull aggro from the MT.

And that's a good example of why this thread even exists. Soloing is great, but if you plan on ever doing an instance with four other people, soloing is the devil. Basically you'll be a newbie once you hit level 60, and then comes the drama after your first instance run.



So you're saying a Hunter should spam Wing Clip Rank 1 to proc the Thunderfury attack?

Gee, do all Hunters roll the class to melee? What happened to standing far away and unleashing arrows/bullets on the target? I would've thought a level 60 Hunter could do more damage from distance using special attacks than spamming Wing Clip on the target, hoping for a weapon proc.

Edited, Oct 2nd 2006 at 1:09am PDT by Mazra

Sorry mazra, not to be an *** but have you played a hunter in the end game? Once a hunter's guild passes MC he becomes a useless member of the guild. It is very difficult to do any real DPS as a hunter at that point. I know of several guilds that once they moved on to naxx they let all but about 4 of their hunters go because they just arent needed.

A hunter with a thunderfury could very well be one who has run MC a thousand times with several guilds that had it on farm. Maybe he happened to go on a few runs where it dropped and the warriors already had it. What do you care what said hunter spends his money on? If he wants to get all the elementium and whatnot then maybe it is because there isnt a thing to spend your money on after you start farming MC. Buy some potions/ammo/food before the raid and repair after it and that is the extent of the point of having gold.




Wow, you are a moron. Have you ever heard of burnout in the healing classes? It happens. Staring at Mr. UBER733T warrior's health bar for 3 hours is enough to put accountants to sleep. It is people like you who cause all the priests/resto druids/holy pallies to hate the game and reroll to UBER733T rogue's... What differance could it possibly make if the priest throws a SW:P on a mob that is being tanked? As long as the tank stays alive and the group doesnt wipe what do you care? If the party does wipe then the healer needs to work on his skill/equipment/timing. It doesnt mean he has to conform to your rules on how things should be done.

Edited, Oct 2nd 2006 at 2:41am PDT by yendorII

some of you are really funny, although i suspect not on purpose.

even if i had a million gold, i probably wouldn't bother with tf as a hunter. why? it's crap. there are much better hunter weapons out there. end of story. ok, if you want the only legendary you can get to stand around in if, go ahead. still useless. spamming wing clip rank one to get the proc? i lol'd. if the hunter has tf, i hope the mt already has it. so what good is this? healer mana sink? raid dps reduction from not doing your job? you must be off your rocker.

a well-played hunter can still do some good dps in raids. and they can do it without threat worries. in naxx it's a different story but hunters are still excellent pullers. so yes, not as good as they used to be, but still usefull. i agree that you don't need more than 3 or so.

one of the problems with hunter dps is that many don't know optimal shooting cycles for their weapon and unwittingly gimp their dps.

I don't play my hunter anymore. She farms for my alt which will hit 60 and move forward.

Why? My long standing guild broke up. The leaders had too many things going on in RL, so they decided to join up with another guild and bring their best guildies along if they could. I was one they pushed to go with them. Many tried for me, but the new guild was full of hunters that they had been used to working with, so there really was no place for me.

Now, in PUGs .. a simple UBRS run .. they wanted to know my gear, how long I've played, how many times I've kited, my resume, and a blood sample. To me it was ridiculous. Drakk is about the easiest pull in the game. (/sigh)

Try again with another guild? Yes I could have. But I want to have fun, not "prove" myself to people, while other classes are just randomly accepted. I hate being watched with a skeptical eye because people think I'm going to roll on loot I don't need. I've never done that. I'm not a dumbass that takes gear that isn't designed for me and make an *** out of myself.

So .. eventually it became "unfun" for me.

It's a bad cycle. The bad hunters stay, and a bunch of the good hunters leave.

So I'm leveling a priest now, and when I find a good guild (I'm not a guild hopper, so I don't just jump in and out of guilds) .. then my hunter can come out of retirement again.

Beyond hilarious.


My Warrior one that out of ZG, someone combat looted and I just greeded it and won. Damn I was pissed, blew a good roll on a peice of crap.

"Sorry, but you're wrong. As a tank and a priest, I can tell you that when a hunter pulls and it's multiple mobs, it's pretty hard getting all of the aggro. Especially if you're at zero rage. Blood rage will not give you enough rage to grab aggro from +3 mobs. That's why I'd rather charge in and thunderclap when doing something like Stratholme. I don't trust pullers, the reason why, is because you make a tanks job harder, the priest pays for it, and both get blamed while hunters feign death.

Don't try to blame things on other classes. This is one reason why people who play hunters are disliked."

So instead, you get to tell hunters how to play their class and blame everything on them? Why don't you let us play our class the way we want? As long as we aren't causing wipes, and were being useful to the group, back off.

Yea, I play a Hunter, and I am sick and tired of people always telling me exactly what items I can and can't have and exactly how I have to play. I don't tell other people what to do, so stop telling me. Granted, I know how to play a Hunter as a general rule, I know what as a general rule the things I should need/greed on, and I know how to keep my pet on a tight leash when needed.

Everybody stereotypes the hunters, but I tend to notice that most people who bash hunters all day long never bash other classes. Why? Other classes arent perfect at all, but apparently, their mistakes always get overlooked as "hes just new" whereas a hunters mistakes get looked at as "god, what a n00btard...I bet hes 9 years old."

I've read through this entire thread, and most of the stuff I see is people playing with stupid hunters. I've played with more than my share of other classes who had no idea what they are doing, and yet, I don't see any threads bashing those classes. People need to get a clue, hunters are a perfectly viable class. It's stupid people who make hunters suck.

I play a 51 hunter on Black Dragonflight named Rrolly.

I believe if you are considerate to others needs above your own you will do well in the game. I don't have great gear and I am usually up for anything and happy to get any type of exp invite or instance. I don't normally get asked unless it's by those who have grouped with me before and know that I know what I am doing.

I don't like those people who need roll stuff that they want to AH... I'm sorry but if someone in the group can either use it or sell it just the same as you then they should have the same opportunity as anyone else does. I usually run lower levels through instances just asking to greed roll on things they can’t use. I have seen many players need everything but the kitchen sink which makes everyone else in the group pissed and after the 2nd time of telling them to stop needing things you can’t use I boot them from the group.

Hunters are easy to play and yes we can basically level up to 60 without ever getting into a group because we are a utility class which just means that we can play many different rolls in a group when needed. Last night I was in ST and we had a priest, mage, warlock, rogue and me (hunter) I played tank for the most part. No wipes until the last dragon and that was because I was sleeping through the whole wipe... I cant really be to blame for that LOL.. Yes sleeping affect was the dragons spell and not my head on my keyboard. I mainly CC when in groups I stick my pets on additional mobs that aren't sheep’d or other wise CC'd and I manage agro when the squishy one’s gain agro.

My system is:
If you are selfish in real life then you’re going to be a bad player in the game.
If you are selfless, you will get farther and have a lot more fun.
Put others needs before your own and they will invite you back to groups for the future.
Never need anything that you cannot use... without asking the group first.
And
Stand up for yourself when someone tries to take advantage of your kindness.

I hate it when people invite me to groups and run everyone else into the ground just to loot the item when everyone else is dead. It happens you just don't know it because the jerk loots it before you get back to the instance.

Well that's my 2 cents at least.

A hunter dual wielding Deathbringers. Enough said.

Yeah. Pretty much.

Not the "never did anything stupid" part since I still pull boneheaded moves (everyone does), but I leveled slow and made sure I was the best player I could be at every level.

Don't project your experience on the world.



Melee Weapon:Hunter as Wand:Warlock - the stats matter more than the damage.



Don't waste your time arguing with someone who plays for the DamageMeter.

You calling anyone else a moron is laughable. Seriously, I'm rofl'ing here.

I have played Hunter in the endgame. I out DPSed the morons in my guild who had nearly full tier 1 in pre-buff PvP armor. Seriously. You can check my Hunter's profile to see his gear.

Yes, 90% of Hunters are morons. Know why? Because half of the server population is Hunters.

Actually, I've had groups on my Hunter that did quite well with Pally tanks. Of course I couldn't do my normal DPS like I could with a good Warrior, but with a good Pally, a group can work. (The group was 2x Hunter, 2x Pally, 1x Druid. It was actually a lot of fun. )