survival hunter?

On Jul 16, 2:54 pm, Osoris <Joh....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 10:09 am, Majestick <xuldi....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have been thinking of starting a new hunter and conteplated his role
> > in things. I was thinking of trying something completly new for me, a
> > melee hunter. I know its been done before (like the 70 hunter on the
> > EU servers that has never fired a range weapon), so it's nothing new.
> > I will probably use a range weapon though, but I rather focus on
> > melee. I don't have the amazing gear (right now) that guy has. It's
> > just seems that the survival tree is fairly unappreciated. I was
> > thinking of going Sur/BM, sticking with a fast attack pet, and just
> > dps'ing as much as I can while solo leveling. I just need to pick a
> > race. I am toggling between Tauren (extra health and slam) or Orc (+5%
> > pet dam). Ideas, comments, concerns?
>
> If you really want to do this I'd go Orc.  Axe skill will help with
> melee dps and the stun resistance will be nice since alot of mobs stun
> when in melee range.  In addition Blood Fury will add a significant
> amount of DPS along w/ Pet Mastery.
>
> My concern is you are rolling a ranged class to do melee damage, it
> just doesn't make alot of sense.  You have a total of 5 melee
> offensive spells (Raptor Strike, Mongoose Strike, Immolation Trap and
> Explosive Trap, Wing Clip (offensive or defensive, although I doubt
> any class will run from a melee hunter)).  You are severly gimping
> yourself with this choice.

Thanks for the point of view. I think you are right, Orc might be a
better choice than tauren.

As far as gimping myslef, its more of a personal challenge. I had a
lvl 80 melee sorc in diablo II just because I knew it didn't fit the
standard mold.

I'll probably go with either a fast attacking pet (raptor? maybe) or a
boar (love charge).
I know what you mean about only having 5 melee offensive spells but on
average I try to keep my rotation short on some of my characters
anyway. There are far too many times I have a UI full of spells I
hardly ever use.

not familiure with Blood Fury (don't play many orcs) , what does it
do?
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On Jul 16, 12:14 pm, Majestick <xuldi... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 2:54 pm, Osoris <Joh... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jul 16, 10:09 am, Majestick <xuldi... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I have been thinking of starting a new hunter and conteplated his role
> > > in things. I was thinking of trying something completly new for me, a
> > > melee hunter. I know its been done before (like the 70 hunter on the
> > > EU servers that has never fired a range weapon), so it's nothing new.
> > > I will probably use a range weapon though, but I rather focus on
> > > melee. I don't have the amazing gear (right now) that guy has. It's
> > > just seems that the survival tree is fairly unappreciated. I was
> > > thinking of going Sur/BM, sticking with a fast attack pet, and just
> > > dps'ing as much as I can while solo leveling. I just need to pick a
> > > race. I am toggling between Tauren (extra health and slam) or Orc (+5%
> > > pet dam). Ideas, comments, concerns?
>
> > If you really want to do this I'd go Orc. Axe skill will help with
> > melee dps and the stun resistance will be nice since alot of mobs stun
> > when in melee range. In addition Blood Fury will add a significant
> > amount of DPS along w/ Pet Mastery.
>
> > My concern is you are rolling a ranged class to do melee damage, it
> > just doesn't make alot of sense. You have a total of 5 melee
> > offensive spells (Raptor Strike, Mongoose Strike, Immolation Trap and
> > Explosive Trap, Wing Clip (offensive or defensive, although I doubt
> > any class will run from a melee hunter)). You are severly gimping
> > yourself with this choice.
>
> Thanks for the point of view. I think you are right, Orc might be a
> better choice than tauren.
>
> As far as gimping myslef, its more of a personal challenge. I had a
> lvl 80 melee sorc in diablo II just because I knew it didn't fit the
> standard mold.
>
> I'll probably go with either a fast attacking pet (raptor? maybe) or a
> boar (love charge).
> I know what you mean about only having 5 melee offensive spells but on
> average I try to keep my rotation short on some of my characters
> anyway. There are far too many times I have a UI full of spells I
> hardly ever use.
>
> not familiure with Blood Fury (don't play many orcs) , what does it
> do?

At level 70 Blood Fury will increase your attack power by 300 +/- a
few points and reduce all healing you recieve by 50% for 15 seconds.
It costs no mana to activate.

On my 68 Orc I stack this with Beastial Wrath and a trinket and my DPS
almost doubles, it is insane.
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