Quote Originally Posted by 'ciscokid454',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110680# post110680
I've really never understood why people crap on hunter's so much.
I've lvl'd several from 1-70 without issue, i've multiboxed most of my in instances without a healer.
With 4-5 hunters grouped we have multiple traps and timed properly, you have more than enough time to blow the focused mob up.
We also have 4-5 tanks at that point and in reality, each hunter could use an MD macro with Multi shot for added threat gen against all mobs.
Our tanks also can be healed easily by us. In event of a bad pull/placement, we can FD.
Granted nothing beat's having a healer to heal our MT.
When BC came out, I ran 4 hunters and a Priest in instances up until everyone started doing there quest's after soft capping their reputation.
I did this with my hunters and a friend playing the priest, as well as bringing three other hunter's.
It was by far the best instance farming we had ever seen.
I understand where everyone is coming from with the shaman, but there's plenty of capability for everyone depending on class.
I'll agree with you in part. Hunters are very capable and can run instances effectively, but, it's completely different boxing 4 hunters versus 1 Preist + 4 hunters. Completely. Without having to pay attention to a healer, you have plenty of time/space to manipulate traps, heal pets, target effectively, etc. Of course this is still possible with a healer, but efficiency drops a lot. Secondly, hunters are very different in 65+ instances, especially with their pets. Bosses in upper instances chew through pets in 2-3 shots and no amount of Mend Pet can keep them up for long. Kiting and ping-ponging can allow you to kill some bosses, but it ain't easy to drop the big boys unless you're geared to the teeth.

Having said that, it was still a ton of fun doing 4 Hunters + Priest and I think Hunters could be a terrific all-around class in WotLK.