Why are hunters so popular?

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Let’s look at the facts

They’ve only been a fomo class once
They never hit S tier in dps
Apart from a poor man’s blood lust they bring no other utility to a raid
Hunter players think their sets always suck

But what about the pets …
Right BM hunters still got the pets but the size of them got nerfed
The spirit beasts don’t seem cool or special anymore
Pets removed from MM
Pets in survival are there just for a kill comand in your rotation.

Warlorcks
Pet class
Fomo 18 times in WoW history!
Can summon
Can make healthstones
Can battle rez
Has an infinite speed spell , burning rush , life drain you’re good.
Second to least played class in the game
unending breath
Can make gateways
Player consensus over many expansions and years they have the coolest sets in games
They also have the most class quests in game.

So on paper why are locks so undervalued and played and yet hunters are common as the flu ? The math isn’t mathing.

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Bows, crossbows, and guns are cool.
Pet dogs that eat your enemies are very cool.

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Because they’re easy mode and chill. Easy levelling, easy pvp.
In BG especially I can pay half the attention of all my other ranged classes and do twice the damage

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Because we're worth it - :kiss:

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Lots of women play them cuz cute pets and animals, same with druid.

Other than that Hunter is the go-to crayon eater class for bad players due to how easy it is and its ranged on top.

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You sound like a wowcrendor machinima

I don’t know how to play my class. I smash buttons , and stil do 30k dps anyways.
People ask me about rotations I reply pets are cute and pretty

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So you create a thread just to slag off people who choose to engage?
Mkay.

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no wowcrendor really popular and celebrated machinima artist from back in the day

just youtube wow crendor class stereotypes

It’s okay to joke about ourselves … eesh

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Because they’re easy and straightforward. And I don’t want to sound like the elitist I’m not, I genuinely think these are good qualities in a video game!

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Hunters are the crypto bros of DPS. Everywhere and somehow always winning

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Hunter Perks:

cant be interrupted on casts
100% mobility while dps at 40yard range
pets
feign death
stealth
a toolkit of CC to rival rogues
Physical ranged damage ( unique to only hunter ) bows / guns

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When I first started playing I didn’t know hunter was easy to play. It was mostly the fact what other people said - Guns, bows and crossbows are very cool + the pet fantasy is always great. Who doesn’t like pets/animals.

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Braindead class for bad players.
Every game has it.

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I would love to play a meele cause it feels fast paced and exciting but in raids and dungeons I constantly loose myself and have a hard time keeping track of the mechanics.

I would love to keep playing my lock but he doesn’t feel good to play anymore. To much stuff to avoid so you need to stop casting all the time.

Now I play hunter cause it feels almost as fast paced as a meele I get to stay away and have a better overview in raids and you can just move all the time

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This is a good thing

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It’s a very grounded class. My greatest joy is to play a Gunslinger-like character. My hunter is a good ol’ MM with a gun, just blasting his way through monsters.
I only hope they add more interesting Hero Talents in the future that don’t revolve around Sylvanas, Tyrande and these magical vibes.

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They are a good starter class for many. It’s not too complicated.

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Reason is very Simple - locks cant do their whole rotation on move like BM Hunters can

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This

Let my affli so everything while moving and give the demons some new animations (Hunter pets look much better storming into battle) and I will never ever not log into my lock

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I’d guess because the class is (apart of the survival spec) pretty easy to play and fulfills one of the most famous tropes for many people a RPG can offer: Having a faithful companian by your side.

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