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Maulis425
Member Since Oct 20th, 2010

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Scattered Shots: Marksman hunter 101 {WoW}

Dec 20th 2010 3:08PM Pyro - perfect. That's the article i'm looking for :) I'll use that for my leveling purposes. Thanks Pyro and Frost.

Scattered Shots: Marksman hunter 101 {WoW}

Dec 20th 2010 3:03PM I guess it's a difference in opinion as to what a 101 article should offer.

Scattered Shots: Marksman hunter 101 {WoW}

Dec 20th 2010 2:48PM True - they're somewhat similar, but I'd like to see more information to the noob MM hunter here. Specifically - leveling (rotations/big spells & shots to use/glyphs/pets (and how/where to get them)), basic principles of how to instance (what to do/NOT to do, rotations, pets to use, CC abilities specific to xyz spec), maybe a sentence or two about PvP if possible, info about races (abilities/racials that benefit this playstyle/spec), links to the spec itself on MMO champion/WoWhead with glyphs, etc...

Like I said, it's a really good article if you already know about the hunter class. Personally I've got every other class to 80 or beyond except a hunter. He's a lowly L38 Undead hunter and I really don't know much about the different specs/leveling/playstyles/pets, etc... So I figured each of these articles would give me a one stop shop on the basics/how to or "101" of the spec. If I were already a hunter in the know, then this would be *GOLD*. As referenced by the comments directly above and below mine where people are clearly very happy with this article but they also state that they're getting into heroics. A Spec 101 article shouldn't be useful to people stepping into heroics without it being a "Spec 101 for heroics" article as this information should be very basic. Perhaps a better name for these articles would be "Cataclysm Marksman/Beast Master/Survival 101". This would be a very fitting name for an article written in this scope with the quality that Frostheim is known for.

Scattered Shots: Marksman hunter 101 {WoW}

Dec 20th 2010 2:16PM Hate to be a bit of a downer, but this is not a Marksman 101 just as your last article was not a Beast Mastery 101. It may be a pre raiding 101, an instancing/spec/rotation/glyph 101 - but a 101 of the spec itself it is not.

In a 101, much like in college, I expect some theory on the spec, what your basic picks of rotations (and not just in accordance to raids/bosses) are, HOW to play the spec, how to "spec" the spec and some theory on it. Where to get the best pets, weapons, gear... what low level quests to go for. If you want to write a true xyz spec 101 article then look at what the other writers have done - especially the rogue writer. His 101 is perfect.

Your article is AWESOME for being an article about current Specs and their uses; however you either need to already have a hunter or be familiar with their gear/spec/playstyle/theory before setting foot in here for a 101 session. Kudos on the good article, but please don't bill it as a "XYZ Spec 101" article if it's really not.