Long time no play.
e's been sitting in Ashenvale for months, with only a pumpkin and some small animals for company. At this point, the pumpkin is solidly situated on his head and the pink tallstrider is running around hoping for a few berries from the orcs.
I should be playing him. Usually, I enjoy ranged weapons. My Oblivion character runs around with a bow, and I've spent much of my time in Halo 3 with a sniper or battle rifle. In my current Dungeons and Dragons game, I am playing a Tiefling scout. Admittedly, this is not the ideal race choice, but the campaign has enough elves already.
Still can't play a hunter. Not even a tauren one with twenty percent extra experience and carefully crafted rare gear. It would be much more enjoyable than, say, doing Argent Tournament dailies again, but I just can't get into it.
I think I'm starting to understand why I have such trouble getting into the play-style of a hunter.Recently, a friend pointed out to me that I only play stealth classes. While I'm not certain that a sniper or scout are truly stealth classes, they both do have some dependency on range and being less visible. Neither a bow or a long-barreled rifle are the most effective at short range, and unlike swords, have a reload time.
So, perhaps the lack of stealth is one reason I have difficulty with the World of Warcraft hunter. Pure damage-per-second classes in WoW tend to feel more constricting to me in general, and my attachment to my rogue comes more from a fondness for stealth than any inherent options in the class makeup.
Also, pets. Managing the position of my avatar in relation to enemy mobs is manageable, but when I add in another avatar that's only partially under my control, it's going to accidentally pull five extra lions and get me killed quite often.
Add in click-and-shoot mechanics that remove my ability to take down an enemy with a swift, satisfying shot to the head, and I think I'm starting to understand why I have such trouble getting into the play-style of a hunter.
Knowing that, maybe I can try playing him again, with a look at what aspects of the class attracted me to him in the first place. A high-level leatherworker could also be nice. Assuming that the poor guy can see well enough through his pumpkin to shoot or skin something, that is.
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