Blizzard
Hi Beast Masters. We’ve been reading your feedback and trying different sets of changes for Beast Mastery Hunters internally and on PTR.
To start, we are reverting all 7.2.5 changes we’ve made so far to how
Wilder Ruf triggers. Instead,
Alphatier and
Stachelpfeil will have 2 charges baseline. The
Der Mantel des Alphas (legendary shoulders that currently add +1 charge to
Alphatier/
Stachelpfeil) will be changed to instead further increase the proc chance of
Wilder Ruf.
Overall, this will result in more Focus for all Beast Mastery Hunters, resulting in a more active rotation. Additionally, this gives all Beast Mastery Hunters access to a
Alphatier/
Stachelpfeil with 2 charges playstyle that is more engaging and fun, allowing you to make decisions on when to use the buttons, instead of feeling like you should most often simply push them on cooldown.
We’ve been trying other iterations of changes surrounding
Alphatier/
Stachelpfeil and
Wilder Ruf, including increasing
Alphatier/
Stachelpfeil Focus generation or versions that avoided changing the legendary shoulders drastically, but ultimately reached the conclusion that giving 2 charges to the abilities baseline, which many of you have asked for, was the best change for the spec at the current time. We appreciate your patience while we try different iterations on PTR.
We are also making a few other less major changes to the spec in the next PTR patch, including:
- Aspekt der Wildnis will reduce the global cooldowns of your damaging abilities by 0.2 seconds, allowing you to more reliably spend the Focus you’re generating while it's active, especially with Alphatier/Stachelpfeil going off.
- Tötungsbefehl and Stachelpfeil will cause your pet/Hati to charge up to 40 yds (up from 25 yds) to the target, matching the max range of your ranged abilities.
- When your pet casts Spurt, Hati will also gain Spurt for the same duration.
