Blizzard
Hi Beast Masters. We’ve been reading your feedback and trying different sets of changes for Beast Mastery Hunters internally and on PTR.
To start, we are reverting all 7.2.5 changes we’ve made so far to how
Appel sauvage triggers. Instead,
Bête féroce and
Tir acéré will have 2 charges baseline. The
Mantelet de domptage (legendary shoulders that currently add +1 charge to
Bête féroce/
Tir acéré) will be changed to instead further increase the proc chance of
Appel sauvage.
Overall, this will result in more Focus for all Beast Mastery Hunters, resulting in a more active rotation. Additionally, this gives all Beast Mastery Hunters access to a
Bête féroce/
Tir acéré with 2 charges playstyle that is more engaging and fun, allowing you to make decisions on when to use the buttons, instead of feeling like you should most often simply push them on cooldown.
We’ve been trying other iterations of changes surrounding
Bête féroce/
Tir acéré and
Appel sauvage, including increasing
Bête féroce/
Tir acéré Focus generation or versions that avoided changing the legendary shoulders drastically, but ultimately reached the conclusion that giving 2 charges to the abilities baseline, which many of you have asked for, was the best change for the spec at the current time. We appreciate your patience while we try different iterations on PTR.
We are also making a few other less major changes to the spec in the next PTR patch, including:
- Aspect de la Nature will reduce the global cooldowns of your damaging abilities by 0.2 seconds, allowing you to more reliably spend the Focus you’re generating while it's active, especially with Bête féroce/Tir acéré going off.
- Ordre de tuer and Tir acéré will cause your pet/Hati to charge up to 40 yds (up from 25 yds) to the target, matching the max range of your ranged abilities.
- When your pet casts Célérité, Hati will also gain Célérité for the same duration.