Focus isnt being implemented because of burst

#0 - Aug. 8, 2010, 7:50 p.m.
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Seeing that in every hunter thread (whether it be obvious trolling - I don't know) is both ignorant and redundant.

Mana is being changed because Focus was the primary resource in the vanilla beta. It worked terribly (I think we genned focus by standing still?..) and there were too many variables to sort out, so mana was brought on as a quick fix.

To people who cry about hunter burst, blame the ridiculous gear, not hunters or Marks. There was a reason Marks wasn't as good in the earlier seasons (s5, s6) because gear didn't grant retarded amounts of offensive stats. When you have an extremely gear-reliant spec get extremely good gear in a pvp setting that already has screwed up damage/healing ratios, it's gonna hurt. Bad. So if you want to nerf hunters, nerf gear.

I'm not trying to justify the ridiculous damage marks dishes out right now, I'm just tired of seeing people who think Focus is being changed for that reason.

The "insta-shot go" style of hunters works without achieving overpowered status. We've seen it numerous times. It only gets silly when gear gets silly.
#6 - Aug. 9, 2010, 1:13 a.m.
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We implemented focus because hunters do not feel like a magic class to us. They aren't casting spells. They are shooting things with a ranged weapon.