A discussion with a melee hunter…
I ran SFK last night with my Horde warrior, Shemoos. I love Shemoos. There was a hunter in our group, who will remain nameless. He was a huntard. The kind that makes BRK shed tears. I didn’t really notice it much, until we started getting into the tight hallways and I saw him on numerous occasions meleeing mobs. At first I didn’t say anything, I usually don’t. Then our healer died while he was meleeing a mob to death. Ok, now I’m concerned. And I voiced it:
I don’t know if he understood. He could have saved the healer, distracting shot with a pet sent in with growl turned on would have done nicely. Or a trap. I feel like my comments above were pretty light and not demeaning in any way. We got to the next boss, Commander Springvale and killed him. He dropped the Arced War Axe. Maybe, MAYBE a hunter would benefit from this weapon, but I think I could argue that the 2 WARRIORS and the PALADIN in the group could use it much better. The huntard Need rolled. I went psychotic.
Now, I know - he didn’t win and it shouldn’t have been a big deal. He refused any suggestions or hints, and was set on meleeing even though our healer was getting crushed. He was mad about not getting the roll! I should have let it go. There was some BRK instilled huntard rage set deep inside me, waiting to erupt on some poor sod. This was the sod. Finally, I had pity. I suspected this guy might even be a farmer of Asian ethnicity - his level 20 pet boar was aptly named: Boar. In any case, I finally decided to point him in the right direction and let BRK handle this walking atrocity.
I had no reply from the huntard. I might have been ignored, he might have rolled his eyes. I hope he gets to BRK, for the love of Elune…
Posted under Hunter, PvE, WTF




It’s amazes me how often I see hunters meleeing with the mobs. I have a casual hunter in my guild that I absolutely refuse to group with, for that very reason. No matter how many times I’ve pointed him in BRK’s direction, or shown him the difference in our dps meters, he keeps swinging his axe. Someday he will /gquit and I’ll do a little dance, but until then, I just avoid him like the plague.
I just don’t understand. It can’t be fun, can it? Do they just want to be rogues or warriors? BM Hunters out DPS ANYTHING! Isn’t doing the most DPS fun? *sigh*
I probably would have let it go, but when I saw our healer go down, and he’s swinging his stupid axe around, then I got pissed.
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