Hunter Changes in 1.10
by Elizabeth Harper 
Mar 10th 2006 at 10:26PM
No, 1.10 isn't a hunter patch,
but it contains quite a few changes for hunters - though response to them ranges from "nerf" to "bug
fix". An overall list of issues can be found in this
thread, but they're summarized below.- Scatter shot - shares a cooldown with traps (so no more scatter/feign/trap)
- Ranged weapons "normalization" - results in a minor decrease in overall DPS (3-5% are the numbers that are being thrown around)
- A hunter's attacker no longer looses target when the hunter feigns death
- Traps - are now
considered "stealthed" which means they can become visible if someone gets close
- Diminishing returns - traps are now on diminishing returns (shared with scatter shot)
- Flared areas are now visible to everyone
- Beaststalker's set bonuses changed - varying opinions on this
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Adam Mar 11th 2006 4:08PM
Title should be renamed to "Hunter nerfs..." not "changes."
By the way you missed two:
* Hunters will now no longer have arms or legs. This change is to address a bug where hunters reportedly were able to defend themselves in PvP combat.
* All hunter abilities now share the same cooldown and diminishing returns.
obo Mar 12th 2006 12:04AM
Well, look on the bright side: at least you can still roll a shammy.
Danger Dan Mar 12th 2006 2:45PM
I've been playing WoW since shortly after the release. I have 60 druid and a 58 Hunter. The upcoming nerf to Hunters is the final straw for me. I think I've had enough and plan on deleting my characters once the patch goes into effect. From what I'm reading on the forums; I'm not the only one. Expect to see a dramatic dimunition in the Hunter population. Cheers to WoW; thanks for giving me a reason to give it up.
crsh Mar 12th 2006 3:15PM
Meh, don't let the door hit you on your back out; only a baby would quit over this, you lost your I Win button? Poor you.
Hunters are overpowered right now, and these so-called "nerfs" are only balancing that class with all the others (if you ever played a rogue, you'd know how stupidly hard (unfairly so) it is to beat a hunter 1v1 right now). They still rock, they have in no way been made a shitty class with the upcoming 1.10 changes.
RighteousDork Mar 13th 2006 10:21AM
As long as I can still solo my way through everything, then I'm cool. Although I am concerned about this:
"A hunter's attacker no longer looses target when the hunter feigns death"
What does that mean exactly? The forum is down right now.
elizabeth Mar 13th 2006 10:31AM
It is my understanding, and it may be incorrect, that currently, using feign death in PvP causes your opponent to de-target you. After the patch, it will not.
While I'm a strong proponant for waiting to see how changes turn out in their finalized form, on the live realms, I have trouble finding a silver lining in that one (for hunters, at least - I'm sure the rest of the classes are crying out with joy).
Mat Mar 13th 2006 11:14AM
Some of those changes are kind of lame (like the FD target change), but as a hunter since go live I'm kind of looking forward to the drop in population of my class.
Besides, even with these changes Hunters are still considerably better than they were at onset.