A good day for hunters

Thanks to a very kind and generous guildie, I have been able to follow some of the things going on at Blizz Con via livestream (just a little, since the Blizz Con time shedule isn't very European time-zone friendly). The new info they released on the class and talent changes, the new areas and of course the introduction of the Pandaren is very exciting, but there is one thing in paticular that absolutely warms my heart.

There will be no more minimum range!

This also means that melee weapons for hunters will be a thing of the past, and with that, it is likely that spells like Raptor Strike and Wing Clip will be gone too. Hunters will be the only class able to wield bows and guns. We will also get (customizable) quivers on our backs, though they will probably be cosmetic only. Awesome!

In other news, the new talent system looks very promising; if anything, a lot more "clean" than it is now. You can check out all the talent screenshots - and breakdown - here.

Image by huntsmanslodge.com

In the same spirit, pets will now no longer belong to a specfic pet family. This is great - I can imagine a whole lot of hunters bringing their Terrorpenes for raids! I wonder if this also means they will make spirit beasts and exotic pets available to all hunter specs- though I don't think that's very likely. Ah well, a hunter can dream ;-)

As Blizz Con furthers, I am sure we will be let in with more hunter and non-hunter related information. Until that time, I know I will be keeping a close eye on the livestream...

Pandas are coming to town

Pandas are coming to Azeroth and they will be a playable race...!

What do you guys think?

Personally, I am warming up to the idea of playable pandas. I mean, yes it all sounds very Kung Fu Panda, but we have fighting cows and wolves too, so why not? The trailer looks promising, Pandaria with its oriental feel and pagodes looks amazing. I also like the fact that the player will be able to pick Horde or Alliance after the introductory quest chain since the Pandaren aren’t racially affiliated with any faction. Blizz, go do this for other races too! Bring goblins to the Alliance!

Pandaren will be able to be hunters. So far, we don’t know what the starter pet for a Pandaren hunter will be. (A baby panda maybe? I am definitely rooting for a panda bear model as a hunter pet...!)

Here are some Pandaria screenshots for a taster of what's to come:

News on the new talent/spec trees has been released, including a sneak peak on new hunter abilites. More news on that in an upcoming post!

Update: The Pandaren starter's pet is a dragon turtle!

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I am Juneper, a Draenei hunter orignally from the Trollbane EU server. I started playing during the Wrath expansion as a mage, but I quickly found out that hunters are way cooler. Just before Cata hit I started out as hunter, and June was born! My main activities in WoW include raiding both 10 and 25 man raids, getting honor points for transmog gear, changing factions (three times), and spending way too much time tracking rares.

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