Being macroed out the ying-yang makes hunters really easy and fun to box and very, very strong. With my 5x paladin team, they were not particularly effective - they could take 3-5 mobs (slowly, with pauses for healing) and be OOM halfway through, whereas with my 5x hunter team they're just tearing through stuff. Granted, still low levels, but now that I have my pets it's pretty ridiculous how effective I am.