Hunters in Arena and AoE Damage Discussion

As much as I hate to admit it, hunters were pretty much horrible in arena during TBC. They were the type of class that had few options for success in arena.

1. Spec BM and make an insta-gib team
2. Spec Marks and make a drain team

It was an unfortunate end to a class that should have been much more engaging in arena. That said, I think Blizzard understands these faults and can correct them for WotLK.

In my opinion I’d love to see the whole mana drain spells for hunters, priests, and warlocks removed entirely. It’s a pathetic way to play the game that requires zero skill on the part of the mana drainer to accomplish. Comps like this are exactly what’s wrong with arena and I hope blizzard can move away from these rock, paper, scissors style games and back towards more skill based strategy that are centered around mana management, target decision, line of sight, and individual skill.

Hunters in Arenas
Arenas were not kind to hunters. We do get that. We talk about it all the time. Did we buff hunters too much now for Arenas? I have no doubt you’ll disagree, but it is a concern. We need to actually see a lot more arenas (with fewer broken classes in them) to know how things stand. We are trying to make it better, but it’s also possible to overdo it. Good for you I guess, but bad for everyone else.

Multi-shot and AOE Damage
I can understand not caring about AE damage if you spend most of you time in PvP, but why would you not want to do AE damage in PvE? People wipe on trash all the time. Even if trash is trivial for you, clearing it faster just means more boss attempts. And even on the bosses, it’s getting rare these days to have an encounter that’s just a boss without some kind of minions or adds.

Maybe you’re just saying that the AE isn’t important enough to go super deep in Marks?