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The Public Test Realms (PTR) are seeing several changes for Marksmanship Hunters. Here's some context on those changes.
One goal of ours for Marksmanship is proficiency in keeping targets at range in PvE and PvP situations. Marksmanship plays best when you have distance from your target, so we're emphasizing some of the tools that help you either move a target away from you, or keep your distance.
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Взрывной выстрел has had its knockback range increased, can no longer be dodged, and snares targets for 6 seconds now.
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Верный выстрел will now increase the duration of Concussive Shot on the target by 3 seconds. This will work on a
Контузящий выстрел from any friendly
Охотник, not just your own
Контузящий выстрел.
Быстрая стрельба has had some usability problems in PvP. Most other channeled spells will continue to deal damage when your target runs behind a pillar and breaks line of sight, but
Быстрая стрельба requires constant line of sight. We're changing that, and now it will behave like almost every other channeled spell that players cast, and will continue to damage a target, even if the target is no longer in line of sight. We also think it's cool to be able to use
while channeling
Быстрая стрельба, so now you can.
Прицельный выстрел is a driving force behind a significant amount of the damage a
Охотник - Стрельба deals. There are a lot of different stacking bonuses you can get from various Talents and Azerite Armor that can swing the damage of
Прицельный выстрел by a huge amount. Some of these bonuses are entirely uncontrolled, which made
Прицельный выстрел an unreliable source of damage. We want Aimed Shot to feel like an impactful and more reliable source of damage, so:
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Верная цель is now a guaranteed bonus to
Прицельный выстрел damage against targets above 80% health or below 20% health.
has changed a lot over the years, but it's currently not a very exciting button, and it could feel much more impactful when you use it. We like that it makes your
Прицельный выстрел cast time reduced, so we're keeping that, and it now additionally causes your
Быстрая стрельба and
Прицельный выстрел abilities to recharge significantly faster while
is active. The new version of
is a significant pacing change for its duration, allowing you to cast multiple
Прицельный выстрелs and
Быстрая стрельбаs during its duration. We're also lowering its cooldown from 3 minutes to 2 minutes.