Yes, my first heroic!

[valle2000]

Yes, today I tried my first lvl 80 heroic and I succeded! It was utgardt keep, played it with my four hunters + pally healer. Two wipes on the 2nd boss duo, but that was all.

Currently my hunters all have Rowans rifle of silver bullets, bought at AH. I know this isn't optimal for hunters but still very good at this point. Is there any better ranged weapon to get from heroic dungeons or is it better to wait and upgrade them after cataclysm?

But I really hate Volley has been removed (at least I didnt find it). Now hunters have no aoe at all (except explosive trap). Those skeleton adds were a real pain in the ass because of this.

[blast3r]

Wow! Congratulations! I never even thought about trying hunters in heroics. What pets did you use? And I didn't know they removed volley..that sucks ass. Haven't set my hunters back up after the patch yet.

[valle2000]

I currently use four bears since they are my tanks and I want backup bears in case one or two dies.

I'm also thinking of trying to tank with my pally instead, and replace one of the hunters with a priest.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I currently use four bears since they are my tanks and I want backup bears in case one or two dies.

I'm also thinking of trying to tank with my pally instead, and replace one of the hunters with a priest.

Tanking with a pally is very viable with the new Seal of Insight + Word of Glory. My pally kicks off a maxed Word of Glory and heals herself for 14k a pop. Flippin rules.

[valle2000]

Tanking with a pally is very viable with the new Seal of Insight + Word of Glory. My pally kicks off a maxed Word of Glory and heals herself for 14k a pop. Flippin rules.

Do you even mean a pally-tank almost can manage even without a main healer?

[Malgor]

Grats!

[kate]

Wow, not only your first, but your first used an unconventional team - very nice!

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Do you even mean a pally-tank almost can manage even without a main healer?

Yes. I ran H-DTK last night with fubar macros (i.e.: I don't have targeted heals even on my hotbars yet) and the rets only pulling 2k DPS (Seal of Insight, just in case) and nobody died. I even flubbed the first pull after King Dred and got both 4-pulls plus the roaming Death Knight (9 total) and nobody even got close to dying. It's crazy stuff. I'm sure it'll all even out when we're running content designed for the new talents but right now, it's pretty silly.

[daviddoran]

The weapon you have is the best you can get outside of ICC25 lady deathwhisper, or maybe ToGC25, so I wouldn't sweat it. Unless it changed in 4.0.1, it has such high DPS that it makes up for the lack of agility.

Its very good to hear that hunter pets can tank. Did you have one pet be a dedicated tank and the rest were DPS? or did they all share the role?

[Harrypott]

Grats! It's a great feeling getting that first one down!