5 man Hunter crew?

[Seabass]

I really enjoy the hunter.... I think a 5 man Hunter team would be really fun. Is it a decent option for any 5 man zones at different levels? I know if the mob gets too close then I am pretty much useless. But I could tear through content with 5 BM Hunters all sending their pet in or 5 Marks all leading off with that aimed short or whatever that high dmg shot is.

I know I couldnt do everything, but could I do a lot of instances and a lot of content with a 5 Man hunter group from levels 70+?

WoW -> Innerspace -> ISBoxer

[wakasm]

Considering that there are videos of someone soloing a heroic cata instance as a hunter... I'm convinced ANYTHING is possible. However, how easy it would be? I'm not sure.

I'm still a fairly new boxer, but so far I have found Hunter to be the most challenging to control in a multi-class set-up due to the spacing + pet control. I find I have to pay more attention to the hunter in one of my groups way more than I do any caster DPS I've used.

That said - I say go for it.

I would have to imagine though you could do a lot of content with the use of formations etc. for spacing. Not sure for heavy moving fights. I know that solo hunter used some Tier 5 gear that heals pets which may be necessary to succeed in later instances.

[Ualaa]

Five hunters is a very fun composition for questing.

You can likely do a lot of the non-heroic instances as well.
And once you outgear the instance, even heroics would be possible; I've seen videos of five mages, which is no tank and no healer, doing a lot of late WotLK content.

For PvP, or world pvp if you're on a pvp server, you do very well against anything you see initially or that you attack.
But cannot really prevent a stealth class from closing to melee.
And can have players 'add', from the other direction.

Hunters have Disengage.
They have three trap types per hunter, which is fairly decent close in damage.

If you like the composition, give it a shot.
Especially if you're in RAF, get a lot of classes to 60+.
Worst case scenario, five more transmutes a day which makes you decent gold.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

And once you outgear the instance, even heroics would be possible; I've seen videos of five mages, which is no tank and no healer, doing a lot of late WotLK content.That really isn't a fair comparison as it would be nearly impossible to coordinate ranged frost traps to keep 4-5 of the mobs sheeped while you blew up one at a time. The only reason the all-mage group worked was because there was only one mob attacking at a time, and that one was slowed greatly and only got off a few hits before falling over dead.

Unless we're talking about some other videos besides the ICC/BH trash farm videos.

[warren_woods@email.com]

I find when the hunter leads I have a better time of it in one of my mixed class teams. As long as I give pets time to get a bit of aggro lead it is very effective. And dps at range with 5, very useful in straight dps in PVE, pvp I can see a few issues.

[Iru]

Frostheim has a series of posts over at WHU (http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/cataclysm-hunter-guides/) that, amongst other things, talk seriously about pets tanking heroics & above in Cataclysm. You biggest challenge with such a team are the consequences of splash damage: you have no easily managed CC (even though you have five tanks) and no easy way to heal the group.

[Jeremiah]

I run with a 3 hunter setup for a change of pace and I really enjoy it. It's not too bad if things get into melee, you have your traps and your disengage to fall back on

I'd suggest sticking with PvP and questing content though. They're really fun to stand in AV at IWB or SHB and rip apart the horde as they run past :) If you were doing 5 hunters, I'd suggest steering clear of 10 man BGs. You get a LOT of hate if things go wrong

As far as heroics and instances, as I only run 3 I can't comment but I agree with the comments posted above.

[Fef]

I ran a 5 hunters group to level 70 and swapped in a druid for healing between 70 and 80.

I found pet control to be rather easy as I used identical pets. It really felt like controlling only one pet (with 4 times shorter cooldowns). I could run instances with just 5 hunters pre-70. The druid made it possible to run Wrath instances, but I could not do any heroics. The pets would just not tank well enough.

Bottom line : Multi-boxed hunters are very fun, but I would bring a healer along for more versatility.

[Catamer]

Back in BC there was nothing more fun than having 5 squealing pigs chasing someone down in an AV.... except maybe 15 squealing pigs when three of us in the mboxing guild did it at the same time. I personally couldn't do dungeons or heroics with them but for PvP and questing they were awesome.

[Lyonheart]

Back in BC there was nothing more fun than having 5 squealing pigs chasing someone down in an AV.... except maybe 15 squealing pigs when three of us in the mboxing guild did it at the same time. I personally couldn't do dungeons or heroics with them but for PvP and questing they were awesome.


Ahh the good ol days!

[Menthor]

Hey

I am messing around with hunters (3boxing) for some time now.
The only thing that keeps me away is that IWT combined with click to move and move back doesnt turn you to your target.

It works in melee range and when the target is out of range for schooting but doesnt for the distance from 8 to 35 yards.

Any experienced boxer here with a easy solution for this?

I multibox some other teams (shadow 2affli,druid 2 shaman and dk,enh,fury) here turning works even on range! Must have something to do with autoshooting on range.

Greetings from germany i love you all! You keep me playing for 4 years now
<3

Menthor

Ps: i used google searches for dboxing many times no answer here

[Khatovar]

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=33272&highlight=focusing+lens
http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=33874&highlight=focusing+lens

[Menthor]

Considered the lens but searched for a way without it.

Using quest items is against the eula as someone here stated. Is this the only spammable way?

Mfg

Menthor

[alcattle]

Considered the lens but searched for a way without it.

Using quest items is against the eula as someone here stated. Is this the only spammable way?

Mfg

Menthor
Unless the mobs are behind you, hunters have a 180" firing line of sight. If your arrows keys move all toons, that should be all you need

[Ualaa]

Using quest items is against the eula as someone here stated.

I've not seen a post saying that.
Not saying it does not exist, just that I missed it.

Do you have a link, or the original blue source?




A two-step IWT mapped key could work.
Or alternatively IWT on one key, and any movement key (broadcast to everyone on the team) to break the movement.
You'd need Click to Move on.

Hold Keystrokes while key is held.
Execute on Press or Release.
Step 1
- IWT keybind to all Hunters.
Step 2
- Down Arrow, or whatever is bound to move back.

In action.
Press and hold the hotkey.
You IWT, which turns (at 3x Follow distance) towards the target.
And then you run towards it, until you release the key.
When you release the key, Step 2 breaks the movement towards the target and you stop.

You'd want to tap and release, for facing to shoot.
But press and hold, to regroup from a fear bomb.

[Menthor]

thanks for the reply´s so far

but this does not work for hunters.
when you click the button which iwts and then stops movement it just does a little 2-3 degree turn to your target. you could spam the button but this isn´t very efficient. this button works for all my melee and casterteams.

for hunters it works too on meleerange and when the target is out of your max range but not for the distance between this two. moving my toons works ok for me but there is no way to recover a fear bomb with hunters. maybe i just have to craft massive amounts of focus lenses to solve this problem.

i have no blue post for the quest item thingy but i found the thread where i read about it.

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=21093&page=3 (post 29)

most parts are deleted so its not a very good ressource also its from 2009!

greetings

Menthor

[creyo]

Sounds like alot of fun think im gonna do a set while i still have RAF, i'd imagine with the new misdirect on pets reset leveling will be a breeze.

[Slimez]

I actually did 4 Marksman Hunters and 1 Rest Shaman

It's almost rediculous... It is absolutely devastating lol... You can literally go non stop through all the quest content.. You only come to stops if you loot and if a MOB gets too close.

They are all level 40 now and I just tried a lower level instance and did very well... Just make sure your Shammy is geared well (good shield) and gets aggro for like 5 seconds... then have all the hunters do their long "cast" shot and B4M. It is pretty damn funny.

I think all it really will be is a fun group to screw around with.... but boy is it fun :)