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09-09-2009, 06:20 AM
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Well folks, we recently heard that Ghostcrawler announced (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/05/armor-penetration-being-nerfed-in-3-2-2/) the upcoming nerf to Armor Penetration (http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t19717353372/armor-pen-nerf-in-322.html) in Patch 3.2.2 (http://www.wow.com/tag/patch-3.2.2/).
I'll be honest with you. I'm not sure why this is turning into such a big deal is to everyone. I'm not saying I don't understand the mechanics of the change. And I do see the impact to us Hunters, especially endgame raiding Marksman Hunters. But really, let's take a step back and look at the reasoning behind the change.
Ghostcrawler said that they implemented this change after noticing everyone was picking up Armor Pen (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19717353372&sid=1&pageNo=1#0) at the expense of their core stats. Really? And somehow we're surprised that when a secondary stat becomes more important than a class' primary stat (http://www.brigwyn.com/2008/11/19/hunter-stats-and-equivelancies/) and it forced a nerf? It seems more of a correction in my opinion.
If you're a raiding Marks or Survival Hunter (http://www.wow.com/category/hunter/) you should be focusing on picking up as much Agility (http://www.wowwiki.com/Agility) (Attack Power (http://www.wowwiki.com/Attack_power) if you're a Beast Master) as possible. Hence why in Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/category/cataclysm) we're seeing things like Armor Penetration (http://www.wowwiki.com/Armor_penetration) removed from the itemization.Continue reading Hunter thoughts on the Patch 3.2.2 Armor Penetration nerf (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/09/hunter-thoughts-on-the-patch-3-2-2-armor-penetration-nerf/)
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Hunter thoughts on the Patch 3.2.2 Armor Penetration nerf (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/09/hunter-thoughts-on-the-patch-3-2-2-armor-penetration-nerf/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Well folks, we recently heard that Ghostcrawler announced (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/05/armor-penetration-being-nerfed-in-3-2-2/) the upcoming nerf to Armor Penetration (http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t19717353372/armor-pen-nerf-in-322.html) in Patch 3.2.2 (http://www.wow.com/tag/patch-3.2.2/).
I'll be honest with you. I'm not sure why this is turning into such a big deal is to everyone. I'm not saying I don't understand the mechanics of the change. And I do see the impact to us Hunters, especially endgame raiding Marksman Hunters. But really, let's take a step back and look at the reasoning behind the change.
Ghostcrawler said that they implemented this change after noticing everyone was picking up Armor Pen (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19717353372&sid=1&pageNo=1#0) at the expense of their core stats. Really? And somehow we're surprised that when a secondary stat becomes more important than a class' primary stat (http://www.brigwyn.com/2008/11/19/hunter-stats-and-equivelancies/) and it forced a nerf? It seems more of a correction in my opinion.
If you're a raiding Marks or Survival Hunter (http://www.wow.com/category/hunter/) you should be focusing on picking up as much Agility (http://www.wowwiki.com/Agility) (Attack Power (http://www.wowwiki.com/Attack_power) if you're a Beast Master) as possible. Hence why in Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/category/cataclysm) we're seeing things like Armor Penetration (http://www.wowwiki.com/Armor_penetration) removed from the itemization.Continue reading Hunter thoughts on the Patch 3.2.2 Armor Penetration nerf (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/09/hunter-thoughts-on-the-patch-3-2-2-armor-penetration-nerf/)
Filed under: Hunter (http://www.wow.com/category/hunter/), Patches (http://www.wow.com/category/patches/), Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), (Hunter) Scattered Shots (http://www.wow.com/category/scattered-shots/)
Hunter thoughts on the Patch 3.2.2 Armor Penetration nerf (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/09/hunter-thoughts-on-the-patch-3-2-2-armor-penetration-nerf/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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