This highlights the entire expansion so far... a waste of potential... missed opportunities.
Ok but why. Arcane Shot somewhat replaces Raptor strike. KC is a great ranged generator. Everything else SV has is usable at range with only a few exceptions.1: Muzzle is melee range. Doesn't need to be. And if you think getting away from that cause Counter Shot is now a Hunter Basetree talent, it will automatically change itself to Muzzle if you spec Survival. No, you still don't have a kick if you just want to play a ranged SV build.2: Harpoon requires a melee. Doesn't make sense when Serpent Sting pulls out an imaginary crossbow. You could argue the same should/could be true for Harpoon. 3: My biggest complaint period. - - - Why, in Thralls Balls, does Kill //SHOT// Require a MELEE WEAPON when in SV? You have Killshot usable with a ranged weapon, in the GENERAL Hunter tree. But if you spec SV, some hidden Aura replaces that general spell with a different version that requires a melee weapon. But still calls it kill shot. Why not just give it the same treatment as Serpent Sting. Literally the EXACT same treatment as Serpent Sting. Bow = You shoot Serpent Sting from ranged equipped weapon. Melee = you pull out your pocket crossbow. The only reason I can fathom at this point, why those are the way they are is simply down to then don't WANT you to. Again, Blizzard putting themselves in the way, of what players organically want to try and or play as, because they don't want you to.
Thank god they are smart and keep SV as melee, one of the best idead they had.Just because so many people are caught in their nostalgia doesn't mean it is a bad design. Last expacs SV just had low numbers, which let it fall down in DPS (and we ALL know if something does no DPS then of course it gets even more hate)Play MM or BM you got enough to choose now.
Lol its hilarious all you people talking about how bad survival hunters are...they are literally one of the highest DMG dealers in season 3..so maybe people that don't know what they are talking about should stop talking you might not like the design or gameplay of it but saying they are the worst hunter spec when it's literally one of the strongest dps specs right now is absurd
MM hunter : you shoot things.BM hunter : you send your pet in.SV hunter : go in with your pet, you'll survive...I see it as the perfect hunter. You set your traps, start shooting, charge in like a beast beside your pet, and when your target starts running: shoot it.Preferably I see the return in this spec to weild a ranged weapon and dual wield some melee at your hip. That just shouts: "I'm prepared".
Could the ranger talent include bomb dmg? Since it is a ranged ability ;)