Why does everyone hates hunters?

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Originally Posted by makarios68

I'm getting truly fed up with all the bitching about hunters.

It's not just on here, but in-game too.
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How can saving yourself when you have little health left be cowardice? If you have the ability to save yourself just before you die, you would be a fool not to!
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When will people get over the fact that hunters can keep themselves alive better than any other class, and just get on with playing their own class?

Wudy,

I hope that my in-game whining hasn't contributed to your frustration. I have the highest respect for you, and I know you are not a coward. I would like to clarify a couple of things.

When I complain about my perception of hunters being overpowered, I am complaining that NGD designed it that way. If I could evade most spells sent at me and escape from sure death, I would. It is not the fault of players that this is the current situation.

I don't think that players that play hunters are any more cowardly than players from other classes. I'm sure some are cowards, and others are brave, from any class. When I mentioned in my previous post that "hunters are perceived as cowards," that is the design of the class, like you mentioned.

Of course there are some jerks that play hunters, repeatedly killing the same people while leveling and such. But I know that you, Wudy, are not one of those people.

My complaint about hunters is with NGD's overpowering the class (in my opinion), and thereby making the game less interesting for those that did not choose that class. I suspect that this situation has become more apparent with time as more and more hunters get to level 50.