Blizzard is asking for feedback on class balance in the Mists of Pandaria Beta. This article continues our coverage of hunter-related discussions in the thread. For previous hunter-related posts by Ghostcrawler see:
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Bosako, a shaman, wrote, “Is pvp intended to follow the same model of no mandatory glyphs? […]” [link]
Ghostcrawler replied, “That’s a goal but it’s definitely much harder to deliver on. When we say we don’t want mandatory glyphs for PvE, what we’re actually saying is we don’t want a glyph that generally provides a DPS increase in most situations (if you are a DPS spec). In PvP, sustained DPS is only slightly valuable. On the other hand, a glyph that provides burst damage at the expense of sustained damage, or a glyph that provides extra CC or CC immunity looks awfully attractive for PvP. We’ll still try and make sure there are no cookie-cutter talent or glyph builds though.” [link]
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Gobuchul, a warlock, asked, “When you say “Melee/Ranged/Spell individually”, do you mean my (warlock) pets get my melee crit chance, of which I have very little? If so, is it really intended that my caster pets crit much more than my melee pets just because I’m a caster myself?” [link]
Ghostcrawler replied, “Correction: Your highest crit % (of melee, ranged, or spell), is given to your pet as all 3 kinds of crit. So a warlock with 5% melee crit and 30% spell crit will have a Felguard with 30% melee and spell crit.”
Gobuchul asked, “Do pets have any sort of base crit or crit from their own base intellect/agility, to which the inherited crit from their owner is added, or do they simply get the owner’s crit chance directly, overwriting any base crit that may otherwise have been there?” [link]
Ghostcrawler replied, “No, these scaling values overwrite the base stats of the pet.” [link]
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Previously, Ghostcrawler wrote, “Based on feedback, we are going to try an implementation of Stampede where the pets have more uptime (some combo of lower duration and shorter cooldown) but are weaker than they would be individually.”
Taeliana, a hunter, replied, “I am praying that the “lower” duration was a typo and what you meant was “longer” duration.” [link]
Ghostcrawler replied, “Yes, I meant longer duration on Stampede. Sorry.” [link]
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Gobuchul, warlock, asked, “[…] what about the Draenei racial, Heroic Presence? I believe we’ve tested this and found it not to affect pets – can we assume this will be fixed?” [link]
Ghostcrawler replied, “The draenei racial should transfer to the pet.” [link]
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