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So I was playing really tired last night in a 5-man on Scholomance and I
wasn't on the top of my game. I see now why hunters have a bad
reputation. It's very hard to do everything right and it's very easy to
do one thing wrong when it comes to playing as a hunter. Here are some
examples:
1) We are bypassing a group of mobs and the pet takes the long way
around, aggroing mobs. We wipe.
2) We're fighting some mobs and the pet gets feared into another group
of mobs. We wipe. They were inclined to blame my pet, but it was
really more the fault of us not using the proper pulling strategies (we
know what enemies fear, we should engage them somewhere safe).
3) The pet gets feared into more enemies and we don't wipe, but it was
close. Evidently we didn't learn the lesson of #2.
4) The pet chases a fleeing human into a group of more enemies. We
wipe. See #2 again.
5) I get to close to a group of enemies when setting up my trap and
aggro them. We wipe.
.... see a pattern here? 5-man Scholomance is very dangerous and if you
don't do everything just right, you're toast. You have to be in control
of your pet from second to second and watch him very carefully to make
sure he isn't chasing down a fleeing mob. In my tired state, I was
actually sort of drifting in and out, and would find myself sitting
there pounding autoshot for awhile while I took a mental break. You may
think I should've quit the group at this point, but they were inclined
to keep me because, at that time, there was really no one else around.
It didn't help that I wasn't the puller. Being the puller is my one
chance to shine. Of course, I was putting down traps and such, and the
warrior (or rogue if we were fighting humanoids) was trying his best to
bring the enemies across the freezing traps. But I like pulling because
I know how my pet is going to react and I know how far back we should be
when fighting mobs. Also, if I get a bad pull I can at least attempt to
feign death to save myself without wiping the party ... a warrior or
rogue just has to stand there and die.
So, in summary, I believe I did a bit of damage to my class last night.
By the end I just didn't have the pet out at all because it didn't seem
worth the risk. But that furry fella is a good 25% of my DPS, and not
using him gimps me.
--
~ Cyde Weys ~
Mana du vortes, mana du vortes
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris
So I was playing really tired last night in a 5-man on Scholomance and I
wasn't on the top of my game. I see now why hunters have a bad
reputation. It's very hard to do everything right and it's very easy to
do one thing wrong when it comes to playing as a hunter. Here are some
examples:
1) We are bypassing a group of mobs and the pet takes the long way
around, aggroing mobs. We wipe.
2) We're fighting some mobs and the pet gets feared into another group
of mobs. We wipe. They were inclined to blame my pet, but it was
really more the fault of us not using the proper pulling strategies (we
know what enemies fear, we should engage them somewhere safe).
3) The pet gets feared into more enemies and we don't wipe, but it was
close. Evidently we didn't learn the lesson of #2.
4) The pet chases a fleeing human into a group of more enemies. We
wipe. See #2 again.
5) I get to close to a group of enemies when setting up my trap and
aggro them. We wipe.
.... see a pattern here? 5-man Scholomance is very dangerous and if you
don't do everything just right, you're toast. You have to be in control
of your pet from second to second and watch him very carefully to make
sure he isn't chasing down a fleeing mob. In my tired state, I was
actually sort of drifting in and out, and would find myself sitting
there pounding autoshot for awhile while I took a mental break. You may
think I should've quit the group at this point, but they were inclined
to keep me because, at that time, there was really no one else around.
It didn't help that I wasn't the puller. Being the puller is my one
chance to shine. Of course, I was putting down traps and such, and the
warrior (or rogue if we were fighting humanoids) was trying his best to
bring the enemies across the freezing traps. But I like pulling because
I know how my pet is going to react and I know how far back we should be
when fighting mobs. Also, if I get a bad pull I can at least attempt to
feign death to save myself without wiping the party ... a warrior or
rogue just has to stand there and die.
So, in summary, I believe I did a bit of damage to my class last night.
By the end I just didn't have the pet out at all because it didn't seem
worth the risk. But that furry fella is a good 25% of my DPS, and not
using him gimps me.
--
~ Cyde Weys ~
Mana du vortes, mana du vortes
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris