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Acerak
01-12-2009, 04:05 PM
New to the forums and boxing, though a long-time player of WoW. Currently RAF'ing two accounts, using Innerspace with repeater and window snapper, which is amazingly awesome, and was surprisingly easy to setup :)

I tried out pally + mage and it was fun but a little slow, then tried two elem shammies which was quite fun, but I rolled on a PvP server on a day when queue times on my normal server Feathermoon were ridiculous, and realized that was probably a mistake given my newness at boxing.

I've settled on two hunters, and got them to 19 yesterday. It's the most fun of the three so far -- it's fun, and supa fast!

I'm struggling with deciding on specs, however. BM just plain rocks in general, but I'm dubious as to whether that's the way to go for a two-box setup. I don't have any current plans on doing more than 2 at a time, so instances are pretty much out. I'll likely just do levelling/questing and maybe some PvP, and only instance with others who don't mind playing with a boxer.

I am trying to decide between three possibilities:

1) Spec both BM. Coolest pets, durable as hell and I could probably play somewhat sloppily and still do fine (EZmode?). I don't see much in the way of downsides, really, except I've already played a BM hunter to 61, but that's not really a huge issue.
2) Spec one MM, the other BM. Plus side is buff stacking, downside is play logistics. Would probably get aimed shot on both if I went this route, then have one continue down the MM tree and the other move to BM. I can see I'd have to pay close attention to the talents I pick or risk a clogged attack cycle (things like Rapid Killing and Serpent's Swiftness).
3) Spec both MM, with tenacity pets. Big dps, stuff would die super fast. Downside is tougher to keep agro on pets, and fewer tools if stuff gets crazy. Still have frost trap if things really hit the fan, though :p

I'm "hovering over" deciding on #3, but thought I'd get some advice on this before moving forward.

What do others who have boxed hunters think?

ElectronDF
01-12-2009, 06:16 PM
This is my opinion so don't take it as fact, but there isn't anything in MM tree that BM can't do enough on it own to be worth more. Pets armor and health beats any DPS you get from Trueshot Aura. If your pets die, you die and you do 0000 DPS. It doesn't matter if your crit is 90%, if you die, you do 00000 DPS. The way you stay alive is your pets. All the BM stuff is to buff your pet. You get slight buffs also, but most mobs even elites die pretty fast even with flat hunter talents, any talents just make it faster. But, your pet pretty much only gets benefits from BM. Just my two cents.

On pets, I have 2 sets. One for pure DPS and PVP. And one for hard PVE and instances. I have 5, so you can scale it down to your needs. Easy/PVP is wolf (buff), carrion (debuff), tallstrider (debuff), hyena (debuff), wasp (debuff). Hard PVE/instances is wolf, carrion, and 3 gorillas. For PVP you have to have sprint (dash/dive). People are just too fast without it. For hard PVE, I like to have backup, even if 1-2 tanks die, I can still finish the fight. I turn all their growls on hoping they share the aggro. To me, the more you spread out the aggro, the less each has to heal.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

Shaitan256
01-13-2009, 03:42 AM
I've got 1 to Start in MM to get Aimed Shot and Manaless Hunter Mark (rest is going into BM) The other Started BM and has points only there. I could clear 3 Bosses of Shadowfang @ 20 (only Problem was you don't have AoE dmg on the Pet , Bear sucks salty balls) With 32 you can get a Gorilla 1 Tipp get 2 of them it's insane dmg and you can Multishot the crap aut of Mobs, and of course do Instances with 32 you can also do Library ^^

Boylston
01-13-2009, 03:43 PM
2xBM, 2xGorilla...

Volley and Multishot everything they aggro.

Acerak
01-13-2009, 04:35 PM
I've got 1 to Start in MM to get Aimed Shot and Manaless Hunter Mark (rest is going into BM) The other Started BM and has points only there. I could clear 3 Bosses of Shadowfang @ 20 (only Problem was you don't have AoE dmg on the Pet , Bear sucks salty balls) With 32 you can get a Gorilla 1 Tipp get 2 of them it's insane dmg and you can Multishot the crap aut of Mobs, and of course do Instances with 32 you can also do Library ^^Wait, are you saying that you can 2-box instances without being overlevel? I wasn't sure if you ran with more than 2...if so, that's pretty awesome and I'll definitely have to try it :)

Shaitan256
01-13-2009, 05:16 PM
I've got 1 to Start in MM to get Aimed Shot and Manaless Hunter Mark (rest is going into BM) The other Started BM and has points only there. I could clear 3 Bosses of Shadowfang @ 20 (only Problem was you don't have AoE dmg on the Pet , Bear sucks salty balls) With 32 you can get a Gorilla 1 Tipp get 2 of them it's insane dmg and you can Multishot the crap aut of Mobs, and of course do Instances with 32 you can also do Library ^^Wait, are you saying that you can 2-box instances without being overlevel? I wasn't sure if you ran with more than 2...if so, that's pretty awesome and I'll definitely have to try it :)

Hm... Cathedral isn't a Problem for Sure

2 Hunters doing stuff like Instances # 2 + #3 (Update) ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=17823')
2 Hunters doing stuff like Instances ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=17760')

As you can see in the Links above it's doable. Tried ZF @ 43 (first boss down to ~10%), but I was a Bit too low (Mobs @ 44/45+) And the Blooddrinker (hope it was the name, translated maybe bad- just the ones that heal if someones in Melee range) are tough especially 4x groups / 3x them + a healer. Trying to get Scorpid and Turtle Scale Armor "set" just to Buff My GoGos and my DPS a bit. Haven't tried it yet, don't know if I will but it's doable till TBC I guess.

Was Kinda surprised too, and was a lot of fun doing it. ^^ GL HF

Acerak
01-13-2009, 09:43 PM
Good stuff! Thanks everyone for the advice, gonna go BM on both, get gorillas at 32, and try some instancing :thumbsup: