tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90220162047865849.post4482494771034324854..comments2023-06-04T10:08:59.260-05:00Comments on Out of Range: Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.Gwerychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16343002044642471353noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90220162047865849.post-76217214435395118272008-03-13T01:48:00.000-05:002008-03-13T01:48:00.000-05:00If Serpent's Swiftness applied to melee, I'd be al...If Serpent's Swiftness applied to melee, I'd be all up in deep BM for melee huntering. Sadly, it doesn't, which sucks. Same to Improved Hunter's Mark not granting the full stacked AP bonus to melee attackers.<BR/><BR/>I tooled around with a Surv/BM Tank Hunter spec that worked pretty well for crashing around ST with a ret paly healing, though. But, not having inspected your talent build recently, I imagine that's probably what you've got going anyway. (Endurance Training, Thick Hide, Imp. Aspect of the Monkey, Focused Fire, ... I went with Imp. Mend pet myself, but that's probably because I'm a beastnoob at heart and was using Ascension as my offtank ...)<BR/><BR/>Doallyn, when I get time to level him again, will probably end up being 31/0/30 while I get the hang of end-game melee huntering. Sadly he isn't quite as "unstained" in ranged combat as one would want him to be, since ... things in the Ghostlands really hurt small, fragile blood elf hunters in melee (ow ow ow), and I decided I'd try to do with him what I didn't do with Ans and level every possible weapon skill he has to 350 for the luls.<BR/><BR/>Although good news for you and possibly convincing people to run instances with you (heck, I'm tempted to roll something horrifying over on your server to level up expressly to join Gweryc's adventures)--a BM/MM hunter of my acquaintance says she's successfully tanked Murmur in normal Shadow Labyrinth (I believe she was Surv at the time). Sonic Spear is just delicious anyway, so maybe you can find a group crazy enough to let you tank SLabs for them. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90220162047865849.post-20156306383367421212008-03-12T14:17:00.000-05:002008-03-12T14:17:00.000-05:00Thanks, Anon. You're absolutely right. It's not ...Thanks, Anon. You're absolutely right. It's not enough to persuade me to revisit BM just now, but I had completely forgotten I even *have* Disengage. It's not exactly a spell I use regularly!Gwerychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343002044642471353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90220162047865849.post-33692253830230926542008-03-11T17:46:00.000-05:002008-03-11T17:46:00.000-05:00You might consider adding Disengage to your attack...You might consider adding Disengage to your attack "rotation" while you have a BM build. Yes, it will mean that you're using a bit more mana, but it also means that you're going to leave aggro on Cafall. A simple macro like: <BR/><BR/>/cast Disengage<BR/>/startattack<BR/><BR/>will ensure that you don't lose that valuable DPS time. It's not a "guaranteed" aggro reduction since the spell can be resisted--I believe it's based off of Hit Rating--but it's certainly better than nothing. Perhaps if you were to add this ability to your repetoire after picking up Resourcefulness? I dunno, just a thought to leave aggro on your pet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com