XPalSolaris

Lvl 62 - Aspect of the Viper - The hunter takes on the aspects of a viper, regenerating mana equal to 25% of his Intellect every 5 sec. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.

Lvl 66 - Steady Shot - A steady shot that causes ${$RAP/4+$m1} damage. 6 sec Cooldown

[Note: Just translates to (RAP/4 + m1) where m1 is some bonus damage; the 66 rank seems to be +0.]

Unsure - Kill Command - Give the command to kill, causing your pet to instantly attack for an additional 87 damage. Can only be used after the Hunter lands a critical strike on the target. 5 sec Cooldown

[Note: Kill Command is 75 focus.]

Arcane shot rank 9
Costs 230 mana,
6 sec cooldown
instant cast.
An instant shot that causes RAP/5+300 Arcane damage.

Imp Aspect of the Monkey 2/4/6% rather then 1/2/3/4/5.
Pathfinding 4/8% rather then 3/6.

Kill Shot
15% of Base Mana
Instant
10 sec cooldown
Instantly fires a killing shot, causing ranged weapon damage. Only usable on targets below 20% health.

[Note: Level 50 spell, no ranks; assumed 41pt Talent.]





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Beast Mastery
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Improved Aspect of the Cheetah
Rank: 0/3
Requires 2 points in Pathfinding
Requires 15 Points in Beast Mastery Talents

Reduces Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack's penalty to daze you when struck to a 90% chance.

Bestial Discipline
Rank: 0/2
Requires 20 points in Beast Mastery Talents

Gives your pet's melee attack a 20% chance to regain a small amount of Focus - amount increases for lower Attack Speeds.


Tier 7

Evolution
Rank: 0/5
Requires 30 points in Beast Mastery Talents

Your pet gains melee attack power equal to 4% of your melee attack power and gains Armor equal to 6% of your Armor.


Tier 8

Masters Influence
Rank: 0/2
Requires 35 points in Beast Mastery Talents

Your ranged critical strikes have a 50% chance to enrage your pet causing 30% additional damage for 8 seconds.


Natural Avoidance
Rank: 0/3
Requires 35 points in Beast Mastery Talents

Your pet has a 20% chance to avoid area of effect attacks.


Tier 9

Bestial Unity
Rank: 0/1
Requires 1 points in Bestial Wrath
Requires 40 points in Beast Mastery Talents

When you activate Bestial Wrath your pet gives out an intimidating howl, decreasing all damage your pet takes by 30% and increases your damage dealt by 15%.
Additionally, all threat generated by you is transfered to your pet. Lasts the entire duration of Bestial Wrath.

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Marksmanship
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Hawk Eye
Rank: 0/3
Requires 10 points in Marksmanship Talents

Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 2 yards. Additionally reduces threat generated by your ranged attacks by 5%.


Improved Scorpid Sting
Rank: 0/3
Requires 20 points in Marksmanship Talents

Increases your ranged attack power against the target inflicted with Scorpid sting by 1% every 4 seconds for a maximum of 5%.


Tier 7

Trueshot Aura
Rank: 0/1
Requires 3 points in Barrage
Requires 30 points in Marksmanship Talents

325 Mana
Instant cast
Increases the Ranged and Melee attack power of party members within 45 yards by 30. Lasts 30 min.

Trainable Ranks Listed Below:
Rank 2: 425 Mana, 60 Attack Power
Rank 3: 525 Mana, 90 Attack Power
Rank 4: 625 Mana, 120 Attack power


Ranged Weapon Expertise
Rank: 0/5
Requires 5 points in Ranged Weapon Specialization
Requires 30 points in Marksmanship Talents

Increases your skills with Guns, Bows, and Crossbows by 2


Tier 8

Unparalalled Precision
Rank: 0/5
Requires 35 points in Marksmanship Talents

Increases your Ranged Attack Power by 4%.


Arachnid Sting
Rank: 0/1
Requires 35 points in Marksmanship Talents

170 Mana 8-35 yd Range
Instant cast
Requires Ranged Weapon
Stings the target for 15 seconds, reducing their armor by 100 every 3 seconds for a maximum of 500 armor reduction.
Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on any one target.

Trainable Ranks Listed Below:
Rank 2: 220 Mana, reduces armor by 250 every 3 seconds for a maximum of 1250 armor reduction
Rank 3: 270 Mana, reduces armor by 400 every 3 seconds for a maximum of 2000 armor reduction
Rank 4: 320 Mana, reduces armor by 550 every 3 seconds for a maximum of 2750 armor reduction


Tier 9

Hasted Response
Rank: 0/1
Requires 1 points in Scatter Shot
Requires 40 points in Marksmanship Talents

264 Mana
Instant cast 90 Second Cooldown
Your next Aimed Shot, Scatter Shot, Frozen Shot, Multi Shot or Concussive Shot will not start their respective cooldowns.


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Survival
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Improved Feign Death
Rank: 0/2
Requires 15 points in Survival Talents

Reduces the chance your Feign Death ability will be resisted by 10%. Additionally has a 50% chance to cure one Poison, Bleed or Sting effect.


Tier 7

Brawn
Rank: 0/5
Requires 30 points in the Survival Talents

Increases your Melee Attack Power by 5%.


Tier 8

Mental Trap
Rank: 0/1
Requires 35 points in the Survival Talents

60 Mana
Instant cast
Place a nature trap that affects the mind of the first enemy that approaches, preventing all spells from being cast for 4 seconds.
Trap will exist for 1 min. Traps can only be placed when out of combat. Only one trap can be active at a time.


Improved Mental Trap
Rank: 0/5
Requires 1 points in Mental Trap
Requires 35 points in the Survival Talents

Your Mental Trap has a 20% chance to erupt in screeches for 30 seconds when an enemy approaches. All enemies within 10 yds of the Trap are unable to cast spells.


Survival Of The Fittest
Rank: 0/1
Requires 5 points in Brawn
Requires 35 points in the Survival Talents

980 Mana 100 yd range
Instant cast
Sacrafice your pet to assume a Bestial Form, increasing your Health and Melee Attack Power by 25% and increases the chance you'll resist Fear, Movement impairing and Stun effects by 60%.
However, you may not use any Ranged Abilities or Ranged Attacks while in this form.


Tier 9

Master Survivalist
Rank: 0/1
Requires 40 points in the Survival Talents

360 Mana
Instant Cast 2 min cooldown
All damage received in the entire duration of the next 10 seconds will then be converted back into health over 8 seconds.


Spells

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Beast Mastery
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Sentry Owl - Rank 1
Requires Level 64
94 Mana
Instant Cast

Place a Sentry Owl and see through its eyes at any range. Can detect Stealth opponents. Only one Sentry Owl can be placed at any time. Lasts 10 minutes.


Sentry Owl - Rank 2
Requires Level 70
94 Mana
Instant Cast

Place a Sentry Owl and see through its eyes at any range. Can detect Stealth opponents. Only three Sentry Owls can be placed at any time. Lasts 10 minutes.


Stampede - Rank 1
Requires Level 70
180 Mana
Instant Cast 35 sec cooldown

Command your pet to attack the target with a devastating blow, dealing melee damage plus 50 and knocking the target back by 6 yds.

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Marksmanship
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Frozen Arrow - Rank 1
Requires Level 70
330 Mana
1.5 Second Cast 25 sec cooldown
Requires a Ranged Weapon

Hits the target with a Frozen arrow freezing them and chain freezing any enemy within 4 yds from a frozen target for 5 seconds. All frozen targets cannot be harmed or healed.
Deals 600 damage once the target/s is released from the frozen state.

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Survival
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Fire Shrapnel - Rank 1
Requires lvl 66
120 Mana
Instant cast
Requires a Ranged Weapon

Plant a Shrapnel on the opponent that lasts for 20 seconds. Each time the shrapnel inflicted opponent attacks you with a fire based spell, your resistance to fire will be increased
by 30. Stacks up to 4 times. Only one Shrapnel per Hunter can be active on any one target.


Frost Shrapnel - Rank 1
Requires lvl 66
120 Mana
Instant cast
Requires a Ranged Weapon

Plant a Shrapnel on the opponent that lasts for 20 seconds. Each time the shrapnel inflicted opponent attacks you with a frost based spell, your resistance to frost will be increased
by 30. Stacks up to 4 times. Only one Shrapnel per Hunter can be active on any one target.


Nature Shrapnel - Rank 1
Requires lvl 70
120 Mana
Instant cast
Requires a Ranged Weapon

Plant a Shrapnel on the opponent that lasts for 20 seconds. Each time the shrapnel inflicted opponent attacks you with a nature based spell, your resistance to nature will be increased
by 30. Stacks up to 4 times. Only one Shrapnel per Hunter can be active on any one target.


Shadow Shrapnel - Rank 1
Requires lvl 70
120 Mana
Instant cast
Requires a Ranged Weapon

Plant a Shrapnel on the opponent that lasts for 20 seconds. Each time the shrapnel inflicted opponent attacks you with a shadow based spell, your resistance to shadow will be increased
by 30. Stacks up to 4 times. Only one Shrapnel per Hunter can be active on any one target.


Track Invisibility - Rank 1
Requires lvl 68
Instant cast

Detect Invisible opponents and shows invisible units within detection range on the minimap. Only one form of tracking can be active at a time.

XPalSolaris

Also, since they are making Hunter agility = 1 RaP in the TBC, they have modiefied some sets, starting with dragonstalker and up. Here are a few leaked pieces. Also, it will now take 33agi to = 1 crit.


Cryptstalker Headpiece (TBC Alpha Version)
21 Agility
30 Stamina
12 Intellect
28 Crit Rating
3 mana per 5
40 Attack Power

This is compared to the current version.

Cryptstalker Headpiece
31 Agility
30 Stamina
12 Intellect
2% Crit
3 mana per 5

Also:

Cryptstalker Spaulders (TBC Alpha Version)
20 Agility
23 Stamina
10 Intellect
14 Crit Rating
38 Attack Power

Cryptstalker Spaulders
29 Agility
23 Stamina
10 Intellect
1% Crit

XPalSolaris

And a little -Hunter Math- I have done in my spare time sitting in class.

Auto Shot damage: SlayingMod*(AmmoDPS*WeaponSpeed+RWSMod*(RAP/14*WeaponSpeed+Scope+AverageWeaponDamage))

Aimed Shot damage: SlayingMod*(AmmoDPS*WeaponSpeed+RWSMod*(RAP/14*2.8+Scope+AverageWeaponDamage+AimedShotBonus))

Multi-Shot damage: BarrageMod*GSMod*SlayingMod*MSCoEff* (AmmoDPS*WeaponSpeed+RWSMod*(RAP/14*2.8+Scope+AverageWeaponDamage+MultiShotBonus))

CritDamage (all shots): HitDamage*(2+MortalShotsMod)*SlayingMod

Factoring in crits (all shots): HitChance*HitDamage + CritChance*Critdamage

Buffed Ashjre'thul damage from here: New Bow DPS

149 - 225 Damage Range translates to AvgDmg being 187; old Avg is 155 (124 - 186).

Assuming:
600 Agility
25% Crit (pre-tBC Agi/crit)
1600 RAP
Thorium Ammo (17.5 DPS).
Not factoring Slaying. 6/7 (6 MS's every 7 cycles) for the MS co-eff. LR Build.

Crit before Agility:

(25% - (600/53)%) = 13.68%

RAP before Agility:

1600 - (600*2) = 400.

Pre-tBC:

Auto Shot damage: 1*(17.5*3.4+1*(1600/14*3.4+7+155)) = 610.07

Aimed Shot damage: 1*(17.5*3.4+1*(1600/14*2.8+7+155+600)) = 1141.5

Multi-Shot damage: 1*1*1*(6/7)* (17.5*3.4+1*(1600/14*2.8+7+155+150)) = 592.71

AutoCrit damage: 1*(2.3)*(610.07) = 1403.16

AimedCrit damage: 1*(2.3)*(1141.5) = 2625.45

MSCritDamage: 1*(2.3)*(592.71) = 1363.24

TotalAuto Damage: (610.07*.75) + (1403.16*.25) = 808.34

TotalAimed Damage: (1141.5*.75) + (2625.45*.25) = 1512.49

TotalMS Damage: (592.71*.75) + (1363.24*.25) = 785.34

[Note: NOT. DPS. Average damage factoring Hit/Crit before mitigation.]

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Now, post-tBC.

600 Agi
31.86% Crit
1000 RAP
17.5 DPS Ammo
No Slaying, 6/7 MS Coefficient.

Math not shown for all non-total Damages. Yes, I'm lazy.

TotalAuto Damage: (496.36 * .6832) + (1141.62 * .3186) = 702.83

TotalAimed Damage: (1053.5 * .6832) + (2423.05 * .3186) = 1491.73

TotalMS Damage: (517.29 * .6832) + (1189.76 * .3186) = 732.47

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NetAuto Loss: 808.34 - 702.83 = 105.51

NetAimed Loss: 1512.49 - 1491.73 = 20.73

NetMS Loss: 785.34 - 732.47 = 52.87

ApproximateOldDPS: 568.36 DPS

ApproximateNewDPS: 528.58 DPS

NetDPS Loss: 39.78 DPS ~= 7% DPS decrease.


This is all since they have updated Rhok DPS to 53 and XBOW dps to 55

Tonk

um.. palso.... FYI.. 1 agi ALREADY = 2 RAP!!!!

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Tonk

why does bliz have to make stuff complicated... so hunters would have 55% crit at lvl 70 if they didnt change things.. big woop ( no.. ud get wooped BIG time)

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Tarenth

You should also note that Arcane and Aimed Shot will no longer share a cooldown.

Arcane shots are all getting a RAP/N modifier to scale it in damage.

Pets are going to recieve a buff to stats, abilities, and damage. They will also get a small % of your stat bonuses added to their own.

Survival tree gives us melee hunters. Just think about that for a while and laugh with me.

Frozen shot is like the new "OMFG" counterspell for pwnage. Silly caster trying to heal? FROZEN SHOT! 4 second interrupt and no casting then 600 damage. MM speced? DOUBLE FROZEN SHOT! 1200 damage and no casting4you.

In short, hunters are going to burn more mana, but will do more DPS with the new skills and spells added to our books.

Multi->Aimed->Serpent->Mutli->Aimed->Auto->Multi->
rotation will be replaced with

Multi->Aimed->Arcane->Steady->Multi->
rotation


Scorpid sting looks pretty on paper, but I'll wager 80% of what we find are still immune to it.

Arachnid poison is funny. 15 second duration with full armor loss from 12-15 seconds. If it could be reapplied that would be amusing and a nice way to increase damage overall.

Love AotV + BoW + MST. More mana to blow on shots.

Stampede + Flying Islands and locations in Outland = good times. Furthermore, any cliff or high location could see some fun hunter times with this ability. Fly my pretties...FLY! MC 3 second cast for the 'throw'? Pft...instant cast 6 yard knockback.

Actually...our ability to stop spell casters has increased dramatically.

Currently we have the following skills:
Concussion Proc (3 second stun)
Scattershot (0-20 confuse)
Intimidating Howl (3 second stun)

Now we get all those and:
Stampede (6 yard knockback and disruption)
Frozen Arrow (4 second freeze, 600 damage)
Beastial Wrath + Beastial Unity (extra IH stun)

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XPalSolaris

It was a typo.. excuse the hell out of me for making a typo after waking up.

Tarenth

We still love you Palso...even if you aren't perfect.

It should also be noted that instead of +2% crit on the t3 piece we see +28 Crit rating.

Until the crit rating to crit% scales are figured out and the level 60 agility:crit ratio is as well (since all characters in TBC beta are level 70 the 33:1 ratio is probably the level 70 ratio so the level 60 ratio will be lower). We can probably assume that 14 crit rating =! 1% crit because you have to scale the increased crit% from agility into the calculations. Also, T3 is level 60 epic armor. While plans are made for scaling epics and legendary pieces to level 70 standards with 'additions' to them the details are still unknown.

Yes Halten, your HoR will get an upgrade quest like the Corrupted Ashbringer as will probably Thunderfury and the staff out of Naxx. This was hinted at on the forums when people started to display concerns that the 'legendary' items weren't so legendary anymore. The developers intend to keep the number of legendary items low, but keep the wish for the investment in getting them to be high by giving upgrades to keep them just as legendary with new content as with old. Sorta like the 0.5 armor quests of tier0 armor.


OH! BTW...

3 10 minute sentry totems/flares. Cry more rogues...cry more. ^_^

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XPalSolaris

Bleh, im just tired and cranky tonight, the new items/skills i grabbed from other sites, not able to post them cause i havent made 15 posts. I just relayed the info to here. The itemization hasnt been released yet so the guy who did that just put 2% crit, we are unsure if T3 will be updated for a 60 or 70 set. Im thinking 60.

Muirc

Ok, I was trolling around the hunter class forums and saw this link. Scroll down to the "blue" response. Guess the wait will be over this week.

To nerf or not to nerf, that is the question.

GL hunters!!

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Tonk

i have a bad feeling hat hunters are gonna be beaten to a bloody pulp with the nurf stick..... /still wishes for 10 RAP per agility..... 5 agil per crit... plate armor at lvl 70 (shields too) and uh... aspect of the bird(fly) aspect of WTFPWND (100% crit chance... increases RAP by 200%) i can dream... right?

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XPalSolaris

They arent looking to bad... when you look at it, our gear is being re-itimized so that we still get the same amount of RaP per item, its just not coming from agility. Plus it seems were getting a talent below TSA that will give us 20% more RaP with 5/5. So if anything it looks as if were getting more RaP. The crit scale is even going down to 33agi = 1% crit to scale the decrease in agility per item. On top of that, they are giving our bows a 8-10 RAW dps increase.

Quarath

BOWS BOWS BOWS what about our feeking GUNS!!!

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Tonk

how much 'crit rating' = 1% crit

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Tonk

14?

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