The Current State of Hunters

Myxir · 06-08-2009, 04:18 PM

Well. The Hunter is a strong class. But what is a Hunter supposed to do? Guess what... maybe hunt? At least the available skills provide that.

It can't be something else since Hunters die very easily in big wars. Additionaly we don't deal sufficient damage for wars, imo. But the damage is not the problem. It's enough for 1on1 fights(or 1on2 fights depending on your setup).
The problem is:
It's quite impossible to play the hunter. There is nothing to kill. I don't waste my mana to kill very easy or even unchallenging persons to get 1 or 3 rp. I am not only reffering to rp but mostly to the challenge. It's simply boring. Small group fights somewhere in the fields as they happened very very very long ago were the ideal fights for us. But since the mobs were rearranged so that you can level your char inside the realm and everything was moved to make invasions interesting this smaller fights are not possible anymore. Now it seems like this... I meet some guy at pp or pp2 kill him. He returns with some fellows. During the time they are coming some Syrtis players are arriving as well. This goes on until there is a massive fight at the bridges. Simply impossible to play a hunter there. Okay, I can use Camo to sneak behind the enemy lines and kill 1 or 2 nearly dead people.

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By the way: The attack bonus for Camo is one of the most ridiculous changes that were ever made to the game. Really... The bonus only seems to apply to normal hits. And 150... well. Guess what I am thinking about that number

I never saw a Hunter leaving Camo with a normal hit, so the change can really be undone, I think it's useless the way it's implemented right now. I once suggested such a change but it should apply to spells as well. Or add a few extra seconds to ambush which is the spell most hunters use when leaving camo.
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Again problems: How should I survive this? It's nearly impossible. There are SotW and Low Profile. I did this quite often now and mostly survive. But really, that's no war feeling.
Other problem (not for me, since i am not interested in it): RP! Risking your life to get ~5 rp for your action seems quite unattractive. But I don't care about rp. I want fun. And these actions are fun.

To sum it up:
The Hunter is not to weak. Really not. The only problem is: It's simply impossible to play this class efficient because the situations to play the class are not given...
The game developed and changed but not the hunter class.

06-08-2009, 04:18 PM	#27
Myxir Count Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,164	Well. The Hunter is a strong class. But what is a Hunter supposed to do? Guess what... maybe hunt? At least the available skills provide that. It can't be something else since Hunters die very easily in big wars. Additionaly we don't deal sufficient damage for wars, imo. But the damage is not the problem. It's enough for 1on1 fights(or 1on2 fights depending on your setup). The problem is: It's quite impossible to play the hunter. There is nothing to kill. I don't waste my mana to kill very easy or even unchallenging persons to get 1 or 3 rp. I am not only reffering to rp but mostly to the challenge. It's simply boring. Small group fights somewhere in the fields as they happened very very very long ago were the ideal fights for us. But since the mobs were rearranged so that you can level your char inside the realm and everything was moved to make invasions interesting this smaller fights are not possible anymore. Now it seems like this... I meet some guy at pp or pp2 kill him. He returns with some fellows. During the time they are coming some Syrtis players are arriving as well. This goes on until there is a massive fight at the bridges. Simply impossible to play a hunter there. Okay, I can use Camo to sneak behind the enemy lines and kill 1 or 2 nearly dead people. [ bit offtopic] By the way: The attack bonus for Camo is one of the most ridiculous changes that were ever made to the game. Really... The bonus only seems to apply to normal hits. And 150... well. Guess what I am thinking about that number I never saw a Hunter leaving Camo with a normal hit, so the change can really be undone, I think it's useless the way it's implemented right now. I once suggested such a change but it should apply to spells as well. Or add a few extra seconds to ambush which is the spell most hunters use when leaving camo. [/ot] Again problems: How should I survive this? It's nearly impossible. There are SotW and Low Profile. I did this quite often now and mostly survive. But really, that's no war feeling. Other problem (not for me, since i am not interested in it): RP! Risking your life to get ~5 rp for your action seems quite unattractive. But I don't care about rp. I want fun. And these actions are fun. To sum it up: The Hunter is not to weak. Really not. The only problem is: It's simply impossible to play this class efficient because the situations to play the class are not given... The game developed and changed but not the hunter class.