making 5x hunters work (gather tips here)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Makes me sad to have to dissuade people from the group setup, because it was so much fun for a while!

You never know. Melee 5-boxing used to be crap, too.

[Fursphere]

You never know. Melee 5-boxing used to be crap, too.

It only changed _specifically_ because Blizzard implemented the "interact with target" functionality. The fact that it benefited multiboxers was pure side effect, because it was not the intention of the function.

The shortcomings of a 5x hunter group (no tank, no healer, horrible pet AI) cannot be solved by blizzard adding a new UI input function.

So your comparison is not only inaccurate, but misleading as well.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

It only changed _specifically_ because Blizzard implemented the "interact with target" functionality. The fact that it benefited multiboxers was pure side effect, because it was not the intention of the function.

The shortcomings of a 5x hunter group (no tank, no healer, horrible pet AI) cannot be solved by blizzard adding a new UI input function.

So your comparison is not only inaccurate, but misleading as well.

We sorta got away from the 5-hunter thing a few pages back in the thread, but I concede your point about core game mechanics vs class balance.

[Boylston]

You never know. Melee 5-boxing used to be crap, too.

It only changed _specifically_ because Blizzard implemented the "interact with target" functionality. The fact that it benefited multiboxers was pure side effect, because it was not the intention of the function.

The shortcomings of a 5x hunter group (no tank, no healer, horrible pet AI) cannot be solved by blizzard adding a new UI input function.

So your comparison is not only inaccurate, but misleading as well.

Let's say something fundamentally different was changed (a la IWT and Click-to-Move enabling melee boxing), like pets were given significantly more HP or abilities that allowed them to sub in for tanks in 5man heroics easily. Then all the past history might be invalid. However, a few minor changes is not a fundamental shift.

And, even if they were given very beefy pets (compared to today), it wouldn't change the PvP scene much...