WoW TWW Patch 11.1 Development Notes - Hunter Changes
We will go over the most recent dev notes for Hunters in the upcoming World of Warcraft The War Within "Undermine(d)" patch.
A lot of massive changes will arrive in Patch 11.1, and many World of Warcraft players can't wait to try out the new raid, Mythic+ dungeons and score some new tier sets, given the new approach by the devs in terms of tuning and balancing.
With that in mind, we got a huge batch of changes from the TWW PTR so we will take a closer look at all of the Hunter changes.
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WoW TWW Hunter Changes 11.1
- Panthara cats no longer require Fresh Talbuk Meat to tame.
Dark Ranger
- Shadow Hounds has been updated – Dark Hounds now deal damage to nearby enemies when they attack for Marksmanship and Beast Mastery Hunters (was Beast Mastery only).
- Withering Fire stacks will no longer reset after dungeon boss combat.
- Fixed an issue causing Black Arrow to deal more damage than intended for Marksmanship Hunters in PvE only.
- Fixed an issue causing Dark Hounds to trigger less often than intended.
Pack Leader
- Hogstrider can now be consumed by procs such as Snakeskin Quiver.
- Rend Flesh now benefits from Unnatural Causes.
- Rend Flesh can now crit.
- Ursine Fury now appropriately grants its cooldown reduction to Flanking Strike and Butchery.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Wyvern’s damage buff aura to be incorrectly tied to the duration of its visual effects and thus appear to fall off at random durations.
- The summoning order of Pack Leader’s beasts is no longer random, and Beast summons will no longer repeat.
Developers’ notes: The summoning order is Wyvern, Boar, Bear.
Beast Mastery
- Solitary Companion’s aura will now be removed and applied more consistently.
Pack Leader
- Lead From the Front has been updated – Now also increases the damage of your pets by 15%.
Marksmanship
- Feathered Frenzy has been updated – Now increases your chance to apply Spotter’s Mark by 100% (was 50%).
- Eagle’s Accuracy has been updated – Now increases Rapid Fire and Aimed Shot’s damage by 2.5/5%.
- Unerring Vision has been updated – Now increases Trueshot’s critical strike damage by 20% (was 10%) and additionally increases the cooldown reduction effect of Calling the Shots by 1 second. Unerring Vision is now on a choice node with Double Tap.
- Double Tap has been updated – Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire effectiveness reduced to 80% (was 100%). Double Tap is now granted by Volley in addition to Trueshot.
Developers’ notes: Unerring Vision being a choice node with Double Tap means we’re more comfortable increasing access to Double Tap by letting it proc from Volley. Our goal is to have Unerring Vision be the sustained damage choice while Double Tap is more appealing for burst and AOE scenarios.
- Fixed an issue preventing Tensile Bowstring’s Streamline effectiveness increase from functioning under certain conditions.
- Spotter’s Mark triggers from Eyes in the Sky and Spotter’s Mark triggers from Ohn’ahran Winds are now mutually exclusive and cannot stack.
- Fixed an issue causing Ohn’ahran Winds to trigger more often than it should.
Survival
- Spearhead has been updated – Now also benefits your pet’s abilities and attacks.
- Deadly Duo has been updated – Now also benefits your pet’s abilities and attacks.
- Born to Kill now correctly increases the duration of Cull the Herd.
- Flanking Strike now correctly applies its unique Merciless Blow effect.
- Fixed an issue preventing Cull the Herd from functioning.
- Fixed an issue where casting Flanking Strike from range could occasionally leave you with an incorrect number of Tip of the Spear stacks.
Pack Leader
- Lead From the Front has been updated – Now also increases the damage of your pets by 30%.
And that covers all of the changes so far. As more and more players test out the Patch 11.1 content on the PTR, we can expect the next major update to The War Within might look very promising in the long run. You can also check out the official notes, here.
