No hunter teams?

[Yhanny]

Hello all,

New to the whole multiboxing community, but I noticed that there are not very many teams with hunters on them. I was actually thinking about making a 4xhunter 1xhealer team but seeing as there is not many teams with hunters on them is pretty worrisome.

Does anyone have any experience with hunters on a team? Or even a stacked hunter team? 4 pets doesn't sound too shabby :P

Thanks!

[Mercbeast]

There is someone doing a 5x hunter team, last I heard they were plowing through deadmines at levels my 4x warrior team was chain wiping at. They cleared to the 3rd boss at level 15, I didn't even start in deadmines till 18.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I'm almost up to level 35 with a sham+4warrior team where my 5-hunter team stopped in beta. So far, they are far more resilient than the hunter team to "oops" situations, though the repair costs are 100% more expensive in spite of hunter ammo costs. In terms of DPS, they are also better (for me, I was 5x BM spec) post-30 at AoE damage.

As for general playability, after the 2.1.0 Avoidance ability and instant Mend Pet HoT, it got better, and 2.3.0 effectively removed the deadzone but IMO hunters (BM in particular) really didn't come into their own until the pre-Cataclysm ~4.0.1 patch with Glyph of Misdirect (no cooldown if targeted at your pet). That really, REALLY helped control aggro, especially with adds.

[Yhanny]

Ah, so you are saying that they have aggro problems as well as lower dps? I'm guessing multishot is not as viable as other class aoe?

[Mercbeast]

I'm almost up to level 35 with a sham+4warrior team where my 5-hunter team stopped in beta. So far, they are far more resilient than the hunter team to "oops" situations, though the repair costs are 100% more expensive in spite of hunter ammo costs. In terms of DPS, they are also better (for me, I was 5x BM spec) post-30 at AoE damage.

As for general playability, after the 2.1.0 Avoidance ability and instant Mend Pet HoT, it got better, and 2.3.0 effectively removed the deadzone but IMO hunters (BM in particular) really didn't come into their own until the pre-Cataclysm ~4.0.1 patch with Glyph of Misdirect (no cooldown if targeted at your pet). That really, REALLY helped control aggro, especially with adds.

What pets were you using? The guy 5 boxing the hunters said the team was terrible initially, and asked for pet suggestions, bunch of us suggested bats/carrion birds for the demo shout, and he's said that his threat management has been a joke ever since.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

What pets were you using? The guy 5 boxing the hunters said the team was terrible initially, and asked for pet suggestions, bunch of us suggested bats/carrion birds for the demo shout, and he's said that his threat management has been a joke ever since.

I went to Westfall and got Fleshrippers at ~18 or so but I didn't notice all that much of a difference. Eventually, I just ran with auto-taunt and manually targeted pets pre-pull. It worked, but when you get adds in the middle of a fight or a boss/hard mob that kills the pets pretty fast, it becomes a problem screech or no screech. Granted, I was doing pretty much all OJ/red stuff because I could, so there's that.

There are ways to mitigate deadzone aggro, and I am not saying they are bad by any stretch. I just like being able to trip on three groups in a row in SM Library at level 35 and not die because my stupid DPS ran out of mana.

[Purpleflavor]

I've seen several posts about hunter teams, usually doing really well and clearing dungeons early because mob level doesnt effect their hit as much as other classes. Gotta be one of the best comps in phase 1.

[silverback]

Doing 5x Beastmaster Hunter. Cleared SM Cathedral at 38. There were wipes but at 41 now it's almost trivial now. It's not fast but as someone who prefers Hunters, it's the way to go for me. 5 near identical clones (a few different talent choices) makes game play easy.

[Mercbeast]

Doing 5x Beastmaster Hunter. Cleared SM Cathedral at 38. There were wipes but at 41 now it's almost trivial now. It's not fast but as someone who prefers Hunters, it's the way to go for me. 5 near identical clones (a few different talent choices) makes game play easy.

What pets are you using, and how much do you actually heal?

[Yhanny]

Doing 5x Beastmaster Hunter. Cleared SM Cathedral at 38. There were wipes but at 41 now it's almost trivial now. It's not fast but as someone who prefers Hunters, it's the way to go for me. 5 near identical clones (a few different talent choices) makes game play easy.

What pets are you using and how often are you having to mend/rez?