Comments on: Manipulating the loot gods

By: Elruc

Elruc — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:18:05 +0000

I said it then, and I’ll say it now… *cough*huntard*cough*. :)

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:50:52 +0000

No Macro makes me a sad panda…

Seriously use it and watch your DPS increase significantly.

By: Fluffywumpki of Dethecus

Fluffywumpki of Dethecus — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:23 +0000

Being on a PvP server, I’ll switch between guns (Gunblade/Hemet’s Elekk Gun) and bows (Valanos or Lohn’Goron) depending on whether I care if people know I’m around. My PvP skills are teh suk, so anything that helps me stealth my way around makes me happy :)

but I still prefer the boom-boom :)

By: Kumata

Kumata — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:51:12 +0000

2 things that may have been mentioned here by others but I am too sleep deprived by the 9 day old to check.

1) Why shackle the add when you can trap it? Trapping them is more of a challenge and a lot of fun.

2) You can get weapon skill on the 4 elemental dudes is SMV who are immune until their 3 totems are broken.

By: Darksentinel

Darksentinel — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:14:06 +0000

Shackle is for the weak, solo chain-trap the adds on Moroes 6-7 times, hitting them with Distracting Shot to maintain threat (”/cast [target=focus] Distracting Shot” macros are also for the weak, if you move correctly you can hit trapped stuff with Distracting Shot without breaking the trap with Auto Shot), and if they break Wing Clip, Concussive Shot and kite-kite-kite! Lots of fun.

On the note of pet wipes: there’s an interesting jumping bit in Botanica, where you jump over a couple of tree boxes in order to skip a pull or two. As a hunter, your pet follows just fine over the jumping bits, but once you’re back on solid ground it will suddenly decide that it’s pathing is messed up and gets an urgent desire to run straight into the next group. Fun times.

By: Papersmith

Papersmith — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:12:22 +0000

I’m a ranged whore….I’ll use anything that’s handy. My Troll Hunter went to Dr Boom and levelled everything up just in case I got something to drop in Kara other than a bow (I was using Valano’s Longbow at the time). Next time in Kara, nothing. Several runs through ZA, nothing. Run through SSC and TK, nothing. Finally run through Kara again…Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix. Oh well, I’ve got X-Bows and Guns up to 350 if I ever need it!

Papersmith is following in the Troll’s footsteps, even has Valano’s in the bank already! Now I just need to get the mats for the 1K Quiver – if you’ve any sense of pride as a Hunter, you’ll only run out of arrows once. My SOP is a full 1K Quiver and another 8 stacks in a bag.

By: rakhman

rakhman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:51:38 +0000

BBB Aye definitely ranged only. Your post reminded me that I really do need to get to the Blasted Lands to train up unarmed (for the cheesy achievement) and all the rest of my skills. Before next week!

By: Blacknimbus

Blacknimbus — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:48:34 +0000

I never want to see the inside of Kara again in my life if possible. I did that every weekend for almost a year for badges.

I am pleased as punch that everything will be doable with 10 ppl in the expansion, though. We’ve always had a solid group of 10 people that can raid on weekend mornings and it looks like I might actually see the top instance at endgame this time around. Missed BWL/Naxx and BT…would like to actually peek inside whatever is at the end of the road in LK.

In the meantime, I keep switching between my hunter (40) and my third warlock (54). And I have a rogue at 67 that I’ve kind of gotten burned out on. I need to spend the remaining badges I still have on gems, I suppose, for my 70 SP. Nothing else for me to buy at this point.

By: Wulfa

Wulfa — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:33:29 +0000

Hehe. Nothing else to say, just hehe. On the drop and the pull :D

By: Ryu

Ryu — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:27:40 +0000

An easier way for a hunter to train on a ranged weapon skill is to shoot at Dr. Boom. Just head up to Netherstorm and stand out of range of his bombs and go auto shoot and /afk!