The Problems with TWW Survival in PvP

[Exirf-ravencrest]

Hello,

I have been playing Survival Hunter since Cataclysm, and it’s always been the most fun PVP spec for me. I’ve never complained, even though I was quite disappointed after it was made melee - but it was still fun.

However, now it just feels unplayable at PVP. Why did you transform one of the most PVP spec into a M+ one?

Let me quote the best Survival Hunter in the world:

“Survival feels bad to play due to the lack of agency you have when it comes to dealing damage. Everything is either conditional in the sense that Explosive Shot/Kill Shot can only do their damage randomly + is AoE so you can’t have them do damage whenever you want to. Or that all of your single target damage is artificially nerfed due to the existence of talents which makes them AoE.
An easy fix would be to nerf the damage of your random Explosive Shot proc from Wildfire Bomb. And increase the damage done to the Primary Target to Mongoose Bite, Flanking Strike, Serpent Sting, Kill Shot and Explosive Shot.
Another experimental fix would be to give us more on demand damage by buffing Fury of the Eagle in PvP and giving it the Season 3 tier-bonus effect with the help of some talent points (would have to drop Spearhead for it).
Since on demand damage is something Survival desperately needs.”

(c) Bicmex (you may read more about it in his Twitter(X))

[Avline-argent-dawn]

@Exirf-ravencrest

Why did you transform one of the most PVP spec into a M+ one?

The problem is it’s not even good in M+ it just does good damage at this time of Expansion.
Survival brings nothing other than Trash damage, maybe some funnel damage and 3 target cleave which is horrible compared to any other specs. I will probably just play meta I can’t bother sitting in Valdrakken for hours just to do a +2 or +3 weekly key on my alt hunter.

[Sokké-kult-der-verdammten]

Biggest L for Survival

Remove of lunge and 3yard extra range hits hard for the interrupt range aswell damage (you got a speer witch used for having more range then a dagger infight but you have too be so close you cannot eaven swing )

No focus damp from range with the remove of poisen (you where an in and out specc, you cannot use arcane shot eaven its in the spell book needs a range wappon)

Garbage M+ design kill it for PvP

[Beastbane-eredar]

However, now it just feels unplayable at PVP.

[Bjørnstjerne-dragonblight]

Biggest mistake was removal of the extra 3 yards range