Blizzard: We Nerfed Hunters Too Hard
Posted 29th Jan 2009 11:05 AM by Maticus [Edit this post]

imageThere it is folks, Ghostcrawler admitted on the official forums earlier that Beast Mastery Hunters had probably been nerfed too much by the last lot of changes they made to the class.

He also went on to say that they believe Survival is doing too well, so that will likely be up for a nerf shortly. Ghostcrawler said that the changes to fix BM should be made before patch 3.1, but cautioned that anything can change before then!

See the full post after the break.


Blizzard Quote: (Source)
We talked about it a great deal today and agreed that we probably over-nerfed BM. Marks is in a good spot and Survival might be too high once we look at the changes we are making to all other classes.

Our plan is to buff BM before Ulduar, but I can't give you a timetable more detailed than that, and things could change for any number of reasons. We are unlikely to touch Steady Shot for the reasons I have mentioned before. We are more likely to look at Kindred Spirits and Serpents Swiftness again.

Again, huge caveats: Predicting changes we are discussing making but haven't made yet is fraught with peril. I only wanted to address this issue because it caused a lot of consternation in the community.

I don't mind admitting when we make a mistake in the hope that it builds our credibility in the community. This was one. It won't be the last. smile



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Mazhulsage
Posted 29, Jan 2009 10:26 PM
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Thank God… Even though my BM Hunter is only level 70, I still felt the nerf… I was in fairly decent (T3.75 essentially) gear and I kind of felt “Meh” pre-Nerf then this hurt big time.

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bearbehind
Posted 06, Feb 2009 12:27 PM
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Im generally not one to agree with the whingers on the official forums who scream and shout whenever the nerf bat was waved in their general direction, but i must admit the nerfing to BM was just so extreme its a wonder that any hunters are still playing the class…

...but then maybe blizz wanted to force the BM massive to try other specs…

Anyway good news that they are going to buff em a bit - but as for blizz admitting to making a mistake - i think 99% of the hunter community tried to blatantly tell them that before the nerf bat swung…

On a side note: - Marks in the right place and SV too high?? seriously?

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