World of Warcraft™

I just read the Rogue Q&A. It just doesn't seem like any mod/dev could post here with a straight face and say, "we gave you Camouflage... again! This time it works a little better."

I have just never seen a post where anybody with any clout posted that in-depth about Hunter stuff and seemed like they really got it. It seems like whoever that is(Daxxari?) really understands how Rogue works and the intricacies of playing them - atleast at a basic level - in PvP and PvE.

I have been playing Hunter for a long time, as you may be able to tell from my transmog. I have two different discontinued mounts from level 60 which is the main reason I don't re-roll. I don't know if you can tell by my armory how many times I have killed Chromaggus but I have been waiting to get that crossbow for more years than I care to admit. Stuff like that rubs Hunters the wrong way. I actually raided BWL competitively at 60 and we never saw any.

My epic bow quest at 60 was just.. weird. Kiting for that long, all of that.. it was unnatural at the time. I got R12 in the old PvP system, and played some new classes later on in the game. Went to tournaments, won some. Got R1 a few times but my Hunter just feels like my original character and no GM will move my mounts/achievements so I don't feel right switching off.

So what's the deal? How can we open honest discourse with developers about our class? I want to say stuff like, "man, Master Marksman just feels really bad and random - why can't it be more like Hot/Hotter Streak? That's way more reliable."

or, "how come every other single-target damage dealer has a reliable way to control their burst, as well as reliable mitigation? We lost all our passive Dodge in Cataclysm, and our Chimera Shot crits are not consistent."

"you broke Disengage with the recent code changes in the way the server registers jumping. Are there any plans to fix this?"

"Deterrence isn't usable while stunned, doesn't provide any regeneration and until recently didn't provide any damage mitigation. It also doesn't retroactively stop spells/attacks. Are there any plans to bring this in-line with spells like Ice Block and Dispersion?"

Where can I post stuff like that and get a response? I play/played this game at a professional level, I am loyal to Blizzard and I have played for a really long time. My input should matter. I came back this expansion to do RBGS and I was the highest rated Hunter there the entire time that I was playing - I personally lead one of the very best teams in America. I can tell you flat out we need a niche, but where's the proper place?

Out-dated abilities, quality of life and talent design not on-par with our counter-parts. Clunky mechanics that are the result of being awkwardly caught in a dead-zone(no pun intended) between melee/casters... it just doesn't feel the same as other classes and I am sure your developers there would agree if they just looked at it from our perspective.

Please honestly compare our class to other classes. I play a Fire Mage and the game understands I need to Scorch while moving so it gives me a talent to do so. I play Hunter and I have to lose a whopping amount of attack power just to regenerate my resource. Aspect of the Fox says I'll generate 5 Focus whenever I get hit in melee. That isn't how it works, or there's a huge ICD that isn't announced, whatever.

I'm just saying I really like Blizzard, I have for a long time and I wish you guys would make this game fun for Hunter players the same way you do for everyone else. I am not saying Hunters are terrible in PvP, I am saying they are broken and not up to standards in relation to other classes. I also understand all the hybrids feel the same way we do about Ret, Enhance, Balance - you name it.

So I'll close with this. Hunter is a whole class without other options and we've received the short end of the stick for too many expansions now. I can't go Feral or Resto or Holy and be totally viable if I don't like how my class turns out, so please make it turn out better this time.

Thanks.