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New-to-raiding hunter blog post

Post by Ringo Flinthammer » 16 Jun 2009 07:56 pm

We have a few hunters who have only recently started raiding whom I'm thinking of here. Check out this article about the Misdirection ability. And even the experienced hunters may want to give it a look: The Misdirection macro there is better than the one I'm using currently, and I'm going to switch to it.

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Post by Orsco » 16 Jun 2009 10:18 pm

dont use ES. thats news to me.
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Post by kronosx » 17 Jun 2009 06:50 am

This also applies to Explosive Shot, it has a strange behaviour when it comes to Misdirect, so don’t use it.
Anybody know what it is doing?
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Post by Eremius » 17 Jun 2009 07:32 am

Good info. Thanks Ringo.

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Post by Orsco » 17 Jun 2009 08:45 am

ES ticks damage. which is all i can figure. But ive had exactly zero issue ever using ES for my MDs
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Post by Ringo Flinthammer » 17 Jun 2009 09:04 am

The ticks probably eat charges of Misdirect, like Serpent Sting does.

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Post by Orsco » 17 Jun 2009 10:07 am

ticks of ES happen to do 1.7 to 3.5k tho, for me...how thats bad i dont know. better crit chance than aimed or autos for me i believe.
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Post by Allisiah » 17 Jun 2009 10:58 pm

Is it bad that I hardly ever use mis direction?, I mean yeah I use it ocationally when I remember to but it only counts for the first three shots.
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Post by Ringo Flinthammer » 17 Jun 2009 11:30 pm

Allisiah wrote:Is it bad that I hardly ever use mis direction?
Yes. :)
I mean yeah I use it ocationally when I remember to but it only counts for the first three shots.
Recast it during the fight, particularly when the tank might lose aggro otherwise.

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Post by Orsco » 18 Jun 2009 09:20 am

What Ringo said is accurate. Also, when youre soloing (dailies etc) MDing your pet is a good idear. for a bunch of mobs MD > Multi, for example.
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Post by Milven » 18 Jun 2009 09:49 am

Ringo Flinthammer wrote:The Misdirection macro there is better than the one I'm using currently, and I'm going to switch to it.
You mean this macro?
/cast [target=focus,exists][target=pet,exists] Misdirection

It's been a while since I've looked, but I'm not sure [exists] implies [nodead]. Meaning that if you have a focus set, but they're dead, it will still try to cast Misdirect on them. Also, because my Hunter is fairly low level, I'm not sure what happens if you can misdirect on to a hostile mob. If you have a hostile mob set as focus, this macro may fail to fire.

I would use something a bit more like one of these;

/cast [target=focus,help,nodead][target=pet,nodead]Misdirection
This will cast Misdirection on your focus (if alive and friendly), or your pet (if alive).

/cast [target=focus,help,nodead][target=pet,nodead][]Misdirection
Cast order: Focus, pet, target

/cast [target=focus,help,nodead][target=target,help,nodead][target=pet,nodead]Misdirection
Cast order: Focus, target, pet

/cast [target=focus,help,nodead][target=targettarget,help,nodead][target=pet,nodead][]Misdirection
Cast order: Focus, target's target, pet, target.
Target's target would be useful to Misdirect onto the Off Tank when/if he picks up the boss without switching targets.

If you can switch focus easily, it's probably not a huge deal, but I would want a little more flexibility in my macro.

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Post by Allisiah » 20 Jun 2009 10:03 am

ok, I'll try out the macro then and try to use it more often. just never really thought it helped out that much.
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Post by Orsco » 20 Jun 2009 10:30 am

Any thing that keeps mob(s) off you longer is useful!
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Post by Clouseau » 20 Jun 2009 12:56 pm

As a tank I don't go until I see Ringo put misdirect up on me. Misdirect is yum!
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Post by Steamy » 23 Jun 2009 12:23 pm

Good stuff!

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Post by Ringo Flinthammer » 08 Jul 2009 10:04 am

Pre-Naxx hunter gear. Also look through the comments for more good suggestions. The Ebon Blade shoulders and Argent Tournament staff are both extremely good pre-raid gear items.

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