A new build is being deployed on the Mists of Pandaria beta. There are a few hunter changes:
Baseline Abilities
- Arcane Shot An instant shot that causes 110% weapon damage plus 2,742 as Arcane damage (down from 5,484).
Talents
- Thrill of the Hunt You have a 20% (up from 15%) chance when you fire a ranged attack that costs Focus or Kill Command to reduce the Focus cost of your next 3 Arcane Shots or Multi-Shots by 20.
Marksmanship
- Mastery: Wild Quiver Grants a 16% (down from 32%) chance for your ranged attacks to also instantly fire an additional ranged shot that deals 100% weapon damage (up from 50%). [See Beta Classes Part XVII for an explanation of why this change was made]
See MMO Champion and Wowhead for a complete list of changes.
That’s a nice buff for MM tbh what with the insane levels of mastery on the beta atm, I’m at something like 65% in PvP gear, guess you could probably push 75%+ in PvE gear
Aye, it’s a good change otherwise we were in danger of being mastery-capped later in the xpac, as Zeherah pointed out.