I don’t know if any of my hunter brothers and sisters have felt the hunter-stigma as I have. But I’m getting tired of joining a PuG for something with a hunter guildie and immediately hearing “ugh, two hunters?” or any other such bullshit. That is what happened tonight. Some bitchy warlock had the nerve to say that, and then chipped in with a “well, as long as you keep your traps up.” I wanted to knock that goddamn bitch out.
And I don’t want anyone trying to tell me how to play my damn class. If you want to try and lay all of the CC responsibility on me when the other hunter (who was sub par at best) has to bail out and the only thing you can get is a shaman… fine. I got it. But you know what, don’t be an asshole to me. Just because I’m a hunter doesn’t mean that I’m not good at what I do. I’m sorry that you chose to play a class that also has a pet because it’s the only way that you can do well at the game. I’m sure that playing a warlock isn’t nearly as difficult as having to chain trap something, pay attention to shots, keep an eye on the pet, and any of the other things hunters have to do. I’m sure it’s real simple to just dot things up and use noobcoil.
Any person who wants to treat me like any retard can play a hunter WELL can go shut the hell up and leave me alone.
Now I remember why I rarely join PuG groups anymore. Because no one likes hunters, because most of them assume we’re all huntards.
“I’m sure that playing a warlock isn’t nearly as difficult as having to chain trap something, pay attention to shots, keep an eye on the pet, and any of the other things hunters have to do.”
Actually playing a warlock well is just as hard as playing a hunter well.
“I’m sure it’s real simple to just dot things up and use noobcoil.”
About as simple as using only steady and auto shot as a hunter and NO other skills (traps, etc.).
You won’t perform well, but hey, it’s easy, isn’t it?
Oh yeah, I’m a hunter myself but I do have a level 70 warlock alt.
This post above is an example of how I get when I’m pissed off around midnight before I go to bed, lol.
My only experience with warlocks is a friend of mine who leveled with me from 40’s to about 60 and did terribly at playing a warlock but I guess got the job done. My other note of reference is from some guys I know IRL who think they’re leetsauce at the game, think all you have to do as a hunter is left click and go make a sandwich, and have a habit of telling me how easy it is to play Warlocks, Paladins, etc.
Oh, and you know, playing with warlocks in general. Hey, my guild leader plays a warlock.
Egh. I know what you mean. I’ve been in groups with other hunters that just good, and I don’t worry about them.
Respectively, I’ve also been in groups with other hunters two, three levels higher than I am, (or, since I’m seventy now, the same spec with a few tweaks), and are terrible. And they’ve been given the job of trapping (and my traps aren’t used), and are terrible at it, and I pick up after them to try to pull things off of someone that really shouldn’t be hit. And I still out DPS them.
Playing a hunter isn’t easy, but playing a good one that knows how to trap isn’t that much harder, unless the GROUP makes it hard.
For someone like me, who PuG more often than not, I’ve come to hope for the best, yet am not surprised when I get jerks that, no matter what I do, I am a huntard.
But then, on the other hand, nothing is ever so pleasing as someone whispering you at the end of an instance, and saying “wow, you’re a really good hunter. Might I add you to my friend’s list?”