Hunters Peak: Beta update - (Beta Build 12644)
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We have some great news from the Cataclysm Beta side for hunters, our base focus regen rate now appears to be around 5.25 focus/second instead of the original 3.15.
this is truly an incredible focus regen boost, while im still not convinced on-the-move PvPers will be happy (like myself) its still incredibley hard to tell until the Beta hunters can train and test Aspect of the fox and all the shot costs are give or take completed, and ofcourse lets not forget our Haste is going to affect how much focus regen p/s we get, the more the better!
Here are the offical patch notes as of 7/30 - beta build 12644:
Beast Mastery
Marksmanship
- Cobra Shot now generates 9 focus. Up from 1 focus.
- Mend Pet no longer costs Focus.
- The Beast Within is now a Tier 6 talent. up from Tier 5.
- Animal Handler is gone.
- Improved Mend Pet is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 4.
- Envenomation is now a Tier 4 talent. Down from Tier 3.
- Improved Kill Command is now a Tier 1 talent. Down from Tier 2.
- One with Nature now increases the AP bonus of Aspect of the Hawk by 10/20/30% (Up from 5/10/15%) and increases
the amount of focus restored by Aspect of the Fox by 5/10/15%. (Up from 2/4/6%)- Bestial Discipline is now a 3 ranks talent (Down from 4 Ranks). Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets
- by 10/20/30%. (Up from 6/12/18/24%)
Survival
- Concussive Shot no longer costs Focus. Now has a 5 sec cooldown.
- Steady Shot now generates 9 Focus. (Tooltip fix)
- Arcane Shot now costs 25 focus, down from 50 focus. Additional damage halved, AP scaling remains the same.
- Resistance is Futile now gives you a chance that your next Kill Command will refund its focus cost. (Old - Gives a
chance to critically hit)- Careful Aim – Increases the critical strike chance of your Steady Shot, Cobra Shot and Aimed Shot by 20/60% on
targets at or above 60% health.- Efficiency now only reduces the cost of your Arcane Shot by 1/2/3 (Down from 2/4/6). Reduction on Explosive Shot and Chimera Shot remains unchanged.
- Serpent Sting now costs 25 Focus. Down from 45.
- Aspect of the Monkey (Talent) is gone.
- Expose Weakness is gone.
- Hunting Party is now a Tier 5 1-Rank talent. Down from Tier 6 2-Ranks.
- Sniper Training is now a Tier 6 talent. Up from Tier 5
Now im not sure about you guys but i beleive these changes sound pretty solid and definatly a step in the right direction, concussive shot should never of cost focus in the first place so thank the huntering gods for that change!
the only thing im concerned about is Expose Weakness why did this have to go? I know myself and alot of hunters love this talent, although im guessing its a step into Blizzards new direction of ''we dont want must have talents or fillers''.
Before i leave you all with this food for thought i'll sign off with this nifty little blue post! about the +20% melee haste we where going to get as a raid buff but never heard why we would have 20% melee haste as a buff....well...here's an anser streight from the devolopers!Thats a pretty nice raid buff to bring if you ask me!''The “20% melee attack speed” is in fact melee and ranged attack speed. That was just developer shorthand on my part.
The effect for Survival will probably get tied into Hunting Party since Replenishment alone doesn’t do anything for hunters and longer.''
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Last Updated on Saturday, 07 August 2010 09:37 Written by Dothias Tuesday, 03 August 2010 15:00