WORLD OF WARCRAFT
THE BURNING CRUSADE
Hunter Guide
Systems: PC, Mac
Author: UltimaZER0 (ultimazer0 msn com, Jonathan Wong)
On Eredar Server: Eldrethor, Lv.60 Dwarf Hunter <The Hand of Fate>
Initial Release: 04/25/06
Current Release: 05/27/07
Current Version: 2.05.0
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Version 2.05.0 – 05/27/07
- Updated information on abilities that were changed in the last patch.
- Added details on how your stats apply to pets.
- Added two new pet abilities.
- Added Felbane Slugs to the “Ammunition” section.
- Minor corrections made.
Version 2.04.0 – 04/27/07
- Added the level 70 PvP Rare Set: Grand Marshal’s Pursuit.
- Added the Tier-6 Armor Set: Gronnstalker’s Armor.
- Locations and bosses have been listed for each applicable armor set.
- Blacksmithing is found to have its uses for Hunters, and is thus no longer
labeled a “bad profession.”
- Accommodations have been made for the upcoming patch. Certain sections will
have open slots reserved for new data.
- Added a new topic on Rare Armor under “Equipment.”
- Added a new topic on Tricking Meta Gems under “Gems.”
- Sectioned the various kinds of armor enchants.
- “Fight or Flight” name changed to “Survival Tactics.”
- Various grammatical and spacing errors corrected.
- Permission granted for Brice Church of www.hunterftw.com to host this guide.
Version 2.03.1 – 03/18/07
- Added one small section that cover Caster Pets.
- Information a small bit of information on ammo pouches and quivers.
- Permission granted for www.world-of-warcraft-tipps.de to host this guide.
Version 2.03 – 03/15/07
- Thanks again to Samuel Meder for his information on additional enchants, and
a minor correction.
- Permission granted for Melissa of Topvideogamesguide.com to host this guide
in her newsletter/publication.
- “Choosing Your Pet” has been renamed to “Pets” and now features a new
“Building Your Pet” section.
- Two new sections under “Playing As A Hunter” has been added called “Building
Your Hunter” and “Fight Or Flight: Learning To Survive.”
- Some topics have either been changed or removed as they are now addressed in
other sections of the guide.
- Added a new “Scopes” section under “Equipment.”
Version 2.02 – 02/26/07
- Added additional information on post-60 Enchants. Thanks to Samuel Meder for
pointing them out.
- More ranged weapons have been updated.
- Permission granted for Fatal Legacy to host this guide on their site.
- Minor changes to text.
Version 2.01 – 02/14/07
- Added a new Gems section under Equipment.
- Added additional information on more endgame set armors and ranged weapons.
- Since the game’s main site has all of the information on pre-expansion set
armors, the Armor Sets section has been changed to feature only sets from
The Burning Crusade.
- Permission granted for www.HonestGamers.com to host this guide.
Version 2.00 – 02/07/07
- Massive review of all chapters and sections.
- Abilities and talents have been extended to include all-new 41-point talents
and abilities, and now more accurately reflect in-game tooltips.
- Width of guide has been extended by half an inch.
- Due to Molten Core’s insignificance as of the expansion, the Epic Hunter
Quest strategies have been removed, but will be reintroduced
as a separate guide at a later time.
- Added information for new abilities, talents, pets, and much more.
- List of Armor Sets added. More to come.
- Still not complete: more to come in future updates!
Version 1.03b – 11/26/06
- Permission granted for DLH.net and s13.invisionfree.com/Ehgeiz/ to host
this guide.
- Minor changes to Legal Information.
Version 1.03a – 09/05/06
- Correction to discussion on the effects of slower ranged attack speeds
versus faster.
- Minor additions to a few sections.
- Permission granted for Orderofarcane.com to host this guide.
Version 1.03 – 08/20/06
- Rewrote Overview of the Counterattack ability.
- Added new information on Spell Power Gear, Slow Weapons Versus Fast Weapons,
and other little things here and there.
- Added a slight bit of data on the battle against Solenor the Slayer.
- The <Random Acts> guild and Gamers Temple (www.gamerstemple.com) are now
authorized to host this guide on their Official websites.
Version 1.02a – 07/16/06
- Gameabolic.com is now authorized to host this guide on their site. The Legal
Information has been updated to reflect this.
- The section on Resetting Traps has been rewritten to make it clearer.
Version 1.02 – 07/03/06
- Updated information on the Zul’Gurub enchant “Falcon’s Call”.
- Information on Enchants and Librams are now reorganized under a section
called “Enchants, Books, & Librams”. All information regarding these have
been updated.
- Added new chapter: “Playing As A Hunter”. This chapter will cover common
gameplay tactics as a Hunter.
- The Chapter titled “Advanced Hunter Tricks” has been relocated under
“Playing As A Hunter”, along with various Hunter debates.
- Additional information on Armor and Weapons has been added. Look for some
of the newly-added charts.
Version 1.01b – 05/05/06
Permission granted for SuperCheats.com and GamersGuides; Legal Information
has been updated. Minor spelling and grammatical errors were fixed as well.
Version 1.01a – 04/30/06
I’ve revised my Legal Information to allow 1UP.com to use this guide. I also
rewrote the entire section on Fishing. Apparently, it’s not as useless as I
first thought. I added a section on Librams as well.
Version 1.01 – 04/26/06
Whoops! Looks like I wasn’t as thorough as I thought I was. I wrapped up an
incomplete section on the Beast Mastery talents and added a bit of information
on Horde Hunter races. I also added a section on ammo types and
quivers/pouches and wrote additional information on pet abilities.
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A. Patch 2.01
I. Introduction
II. Legal Information
III. Combat Basics
a. About The Hunter
b. Choosing Your Race
c. Choosing Your Professions
IV. Hunter Abilities
a. Marksmanship
b. Survival
c. Beast Mastery
V. Hunter Talents
a. Marksmanship
b. Survival
c. Beast Mastery
d. Choosing Your Specialization
VI. Pets
a. Pet Taming & Care
b. Available Pets
c. Pet Abilities
d. Building Your Pet
VII. Equipment
a. Basic Gear
b. Armor Sets
c. Weapons
d. Ammunition
e. Storage
f. Scopes
g. Enchants, Books, & Librams
h. Gems
VIII. Playing As A Hunter
a. Solo Play
b. Group Play
c. PvP
d. Advanced Hunter Techniques
e. Survival Tactics
f. Building Your Hunter
g. Class Arguments
IX. Future Plans
X. Credits
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So for those who have been away from the game, things look really different,
don’t they?
On 12.05.06, Blizzard released a patch that would pave the way for their
Burning Crusade expansion. This patch drastically changed Hunter mechanics,
ultimately changing the way the class is played. Listed below are the major
changes.
- Agility now yields 1 ranged attack power per 1 Agility but it now only takes
33 Agility per 1% critical strike at level 60.
- Talent trees have now been expanded to include new 41-point talents.
- Aimed Shot’s charge time has been increased to 3.5 seconds and a casting bar
now appears. It no longer resets the timer on Auto-Shot. It now adds the
weapon’s cooldown to its six-second cooldown.
- Arcane Shot’s damage now includes 15% of your total ranged attack power.
- Concussive Shot and Silencing Shot will cause damage on mobs that are immune
to its effects.
- Viper Sting now has a 15-second cooldown.
- Pets now gain some stats from your armor.
- You may now tame serpents. These come with an ability called Poison Spit.
- Growl causes way more threat than ever before.
- Traps can now be set in combat but have a two-second delay. Their cooldowns
have also been lengthened to 30 sec.
- Wyvern Sting can now be used while in combat.
- When Feign Death is resisted by individual mobs in a pack, surrounding mobs
will still be affected.
- All ranged weapons have had their base damages increased.
- The agility on all hunter armor sets has been reduced but is compensated with
attack power.
- The game now uses a hit rating and critical strike rating system.
- Casting times on Volley and Multi Shot are now visible.
- New ammo is now available at your local General Goods store.
What do these changes mean for you? It means that your overall damage
output has skyrocketed to the point where other classes will be
disgusted at how much more overpowered you are.
Although the current hunter armor sets have had their Agility reduced,
you will find that with the attack power bonus that you receive from
each piece of armor, the ranged attack power and critical strike
percentages that you receive are pretty much the same as before.
However, the value of some items has been changed dramatically. I will
go over the changes in the Equipment section.
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The objective of this guide is to teach you what the Hunter class is all about.
You will learn about its strengths and weaknesses, gear selection, and how you
can improve yourself as a Hunter. You will also learn strategies on the
different uses for each of your abilities, as well as find answers to some of
the most popularly asked questions regarding this class.
Since I’ve played mostly Alliance, I know little to nothing about Horde quests
and locations so bear with me if I generalize certain things between the two
factions.
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