- Author: Passion
- Date: April 23, 2024
- Updated: April 23, 2024
- Expansion: WoW Classic
In a very surprising blue post, we have been told that Hunters have also received massive adjustments that were not listed in the class tuning post. These adjustments went live earlier than intended, but despite that it does seem these changes will not be reverted.
Chimera Shot now deals 135% weapon damage, upped from 120%. Explosive Shots base damage has been increased by 50%. Steady Shot now deals 100% weapon damage, up from 75%.
Serpent Spread now applies Serpent Sting for 12 seconds, up from 6 seconds. Rapid Killing now reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire by 80%, instead of a flat 2 minutes. Finally, when at 5 stacks of Sniper Training, Aimed Shot will now be instant cast.
As mentioned, these changes are already live as of the weekly maintenance.
This morning with scheduled weekly maintenance, in addition to previously-planned adjustments to other classes, we deployed several changes to Hunters in Season of Discovery.
Hunter
- Rapid Killing now reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire by 80% (was a reduction of 2 minutes).
- Chimera Shot weapon damage percent increased to 135% (was 120%).
- Explosive Shot base damage before attack power increased by 50%.
- Sniper Training has an additional new effect: while Sniper Training is at 5 stacks, Aimed Shot is instant.
- Serpent Spread now causes Multi-shot to apply Serpent Sting to its targets for 12 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Steady Shot now deals 100% weapon damage (was 75%).
As we previously noted, there are more adjustments coming for Hunters and other classes. In general, we intend to improve the ranged playstyle and diminish the melee playstyle so that the two become more equivalent.
We apologize for the confusion caused by the changes above going live earlier than intended, and we intend to post more about further adjustments soon.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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