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
Wild Call triggers. Instead,
Dire Beast and
Barbed Shot will have 2 charges baseline. The
The Mantle of Command (legendary shoulders that currently add +1 charge to
Dire Beast/
Barbed Shot) will be changed to instead further increase the proc chance of
Wild Call.
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
Dire Beast/
Barbed Shot 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
Dire Beast/
Barbed Shot and
Wild Call, including increasing
Dire Beast/
Barbed Shot 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:
- Aspect of the Wild 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 Dire Beast/Barbed Shot going off.
- Kill Command and Barbed Shot 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 Dash, Hati will also gain Dash for the same duration.
