Hunter Question

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i just did a Heroic PoS and one of the worst fight in there is Ick (for me) crazy movement constant interupts due to movement etc, just before the end the BM pet died

But the pulled a 1600 dps doing 130k dmg the other 2 hunterpets did 40k dmg 500 dps each

as i said before my BM hunter is atm the worst geared (still pretty good 232 overall) but when it really counts you cant neglect the efficiency of the BM pet.

Foregemaster garon was shredded unfortunately i did not have the numbers from that fight.

I will never argue that one on one the BM does best dps, but from a purely boxing perspective you cant neglect the efficiency of the BM on the most painfull of HC bosses which for me atm is PoS and endboss in FoS, i still manage them but íts a rare occation that all come out alive.

I run a paladin 3 hunters (BM SV MM) and a priest healer.

I run a mix of click and pure macros for tranq shots and kill shots, also you cant /click the SV hunter due to LnL so i combine tranq shot and Expl shot in a ordinary macro.

I really love my hunters and the things i have tuned them for to get me throu all the instances, like when i did UP HC and the gaunlet, i got 3 apes just to manage all the adds back when i was all in blue and whiped like crazy due to not being able tank all adds and kill them fast enough (this was before thunderstomp became mandatory tenacity ability)

anyway best of luck

[crowdx]

So I am still not really happy with my hunters but have a question on the hunter himself. After a fear or where my toons are following the tank my hunter ends up just doing dps with his two hand weapon due to being too close to the target. How is this being handled by other boxers?
Also in the pet builds, are people using the talent which keeps the pet happy when killing stuff? Or using food to keep the pet happy?
Thanks for all the help

[Ughmahedhurtz]

So I am still not really happy with my hunters but have a question on the hunter himself. After a fear or where my toons are following the tank my hunter ends up just doing dps with his two hand weapon due to being too close to the target. How is this being handled by other boxers?
Also in the pet builds, are people using the talent which keeps the pet happy when killing stuff? Or using food to keep the pet happy?
Thanks for all the help

What is this "food" of which you speak?

[edit] Obvious rationale: the +happiness pet talent is bundled with healing abilities on ferocity/tenacity pets, so you'd be rather silly not to take that talent, IMO.

[crowdx]

The happiness talent is not in many cookie cutter pet builds due to trying to get max pts into dps pet talents and this is only possible by not putting points into this talent.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Also in the pet builds, are people using the talent which keeps the pet happy when killing stuff? Or using food to keep the pet happy?

The happiness talent is not in many cookie cutter pet builds due to trying to get max pts into dps pet talents and this is only possible by not putting points into this talent.

So your question was rhetorical?

[crowdx]

No I was wondering what multiboxers were doing, i.e. were they using that talent or feeding pets to keep them happy. Currently I am feeding my pets but it can mean a loss of 50% dps if a pet becomes unhappy and does not get fed.
Just trying to see what others are doing, not rhetorical. in fact I am wondering what talent trees people are using for their hunter pets in general when boxing.
Sorry for any confusion in my question

[Khatovar]

So I am still not really happy with my hunters but have a question on the hunter himself. After a fear or where my toons are following the tank my hunter ends up just doing dps with his two hand weapon due to being too close to the target. How is this being handled by other boxers?
Also in the pet builds, are people using the talent which keeps the pet happy when killing stuff? Or using food to keep the pet happy?
Thanks for all the help

Hunters should swap between ranged and melee depending on distance. I know it used to be an option, but it should be the default action now. Strafe or back arrow is usually enough to separate a cluster. After fearbombs, I tend to use a focusing lens to get her facing the right direction.

My Spirit Beast has 1/2 in Bloodthirsty {happiness + heal}, which I'm probably going to swap around to Great Stamina. Glyph of Mend Pet is a Minor Glyph and should be enough to keep your pet at full happiness, unless you refuse to ever heal your pet.

In any case, I don't carry food to keep my pet happy. I just make it a point to buy food for my hunter that my pet can eat, so if I ever really, really need to feed my pet, he can just have what I'm already carrying.