I agree, however there are two ranged runes on legs and they are BOTH awful.
Serpent Spread should be changed to Sting Spread and make all stings fire off on three targets. And if you use Chimera Shot while Serpent Spread is slotted then it procs ALL stings you’ve applied but also consumes them in the process.
So many Hunter runes need an overhaul, it’s ridiculous how badly designed the runes are.
I still see no changes. Another ID another MM hunter run with LION rune. You talked about how you think of making ranged hunters better and so you boosted Chimera shot. OK, not bad… so you are able to change runes for hunters even in P2, GOOOOOOOD!
now take our feedback asap and MOVE LION to a skill book and tbh… just move Master Marksman to Leg rune… Broblem solved… melee not buffed while ranged is just about fine now.
and 1 more thing… Do not think about PvP while fixing MM hunters please… there is no pvp in P2 anyways… BGs are kind of dead and STV is just a burst carnage so who gives a F about pvp balance atm.
I agree with Lion, obviously, but why Master Marksman to Leg?
What moves up to Chest?
I’d just move BM and Melee Specialist to Chest so that the core BM, MM and Surv spec runes are all on the same spot.
Then move Cobra strikes somewhere else, maybe to waist? (AND make it proc from melee crits as well)
The belt rune is kinda terrible too, steady shot is pretty much unusable , and possibly a dps loss with all this clippin and expose weakness is realy weak when you don’t even have 12% crit and gear is so low on agility.
As fas as sniper rune honestly it is embarassing, why a rune that encourages you to never move exists in the first place?
Also ranged hunter feels too much like wrath hunter which doesn’t make you realy excited to play again
There are no BM runes on Belt so I’d say make Steady Shot generate 10 Focus for the pet each time used, 20 if you crit.
I’d also argue that Invigoration should heal the pet whenever it crits instead of giving you, the hunter, mana as we don’t need it when we got Viper Aspect.
That would create an amazing synergy for BM Hunters with Steady Shot, Cobra Strikes and Invigoration
Expose Weakness should just be replaced outright. If Steady Shot is the BM rune and Melee is the survival rune then Expose Weaknesses should give MM something really juicy. Since we’re so low on the DPS ranking for Gnome it should probably be buffed up like crazy. Maybe extend it from 7 seconds to 12 seconds and make it possible to stack it 3 times?
Honestly though, I’d rather they just give us some good weapons and gear to farm in dungeons and the PVP event that just enhances our overall damage than give us a boring +damage rune and just replace it with a new ability alltogether. Like Bursting Shot.
And yeah the Sniper Training rune is crap. In Gnomeregan there is so much constant moving around that you’re just punished for picking this rune. But it’s not like there is a whole lot of other choices on legs for a MM Hunter to pick besides it. I’ve said it since like week 2 or 3 of SoD that ST should be changed to 1sec standing still : 2% chance (stacks 5 times). That means that if you can only stand still for 2 seconds you’re still getting 4% crit chance.
SoD was sold to us as being crazy and experimental but Hunter really doesn’t feel that way at all. It just feels like a Hunter 1.2
It would obviously remove the 10% bonus to Hunter’s.
The problem is that the rune overshadows all other chest runes to the point that no one would ever pick a different rune. Maybe Lone Wolf if solo PvP’ing but that’s about it.
If other classes have no brainer runes that overshadow all others then they should also be adjusted. And if there is a rune you are OBLIGATED to use for the rest of the group then it should not be a rune at all as it eliminates choice.
There is no other class that gets gameplay options locked in raid (lone wolf) due to other runes.
But hey I have an even better idea, remove the aura completely and turn lion into a 20% stat passive for the hunter only.
No more kings buff for your parses.
lion, druid windfury etc should all be baseline or put into a separate “buff” rune slot whereby you choose from multiple buffs you can provide to a party.
the funny thing is that they force us to play play lion, when melee hunter has the worst gain from stats and the all mail items are severely lucking agility for ranged.
hear me out guys, I have an idea
Titan Grip dual wield Crossbow Hunter but no Pet, double the shooting fun without wiping the Raid with dumb pet pulls, Win Win for everybody what do you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcuXGMixjg
Personally i think, Heart of the Lion as an Rune isn’t bad… But! ONLY if the other runes in that spot are of the same Category. So if the other things in there would also fit the Support/Buff category. Like having Heart of the Wolf which does the same as Blessing of Might and some resistance Auras(fits Classic anyways with certain Auras needed for specific Encouners)
With this we could get rid of Snipertraining and move Master Marksman to the Leg-Rune.
