Game Mechanics Archive

Power Aura Configs for Hunters
Posted on July 29, 2010 | 5 Comments
We’ve talked about Power Auras in the past. And surprisingly it has withstood the test of time, still rocks, and still generates the most questions about how to use it. After all, it is a fairly complex mod. But since I’ve already posted a brief...
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New information about Armor Penetration
Posted on May 11, 2009 | 26 Comments
A little while ago Ghostcrawler gave us something you don’t usually see coming from the game developers. The exact formula for calculating Armor Penetration. And with it, some new light shed on exactly how armor penetration works for us. So the point of this post...
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I don’t need ammo? I LOVE YOU! New Hunter Changes.
Posted on February 6, 2009 | 26 Comments
I had this great idea for a post. One that I still plan on doing because I am very interested in what people will say. But now we have some other topics to address. :) Yes, the recently announced, not-quite-definitive Hunter changes and what we...
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Some Numbers behind Survival
Posted on February 4, 2009 | 24 Comments
As we all know up until recently BM was owning face in terms of DPS specs. And along with it was an interesting shift in philosophy in the fact that gemming for Attack Power was proven to be more beneficial for Beast Mastery Hunters due...
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What cometh in Patch 3.0.8
Posted on January 20, 2009 | 57 Comments
Finally the patch has come. Whether part of you is cheering or booing, it’s happening regardless. But what is a poor Hunter to do? What will change about our play style? Let’s just jump in shall we? Obviously we can talk about the elephant in...
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