The new Pet defensive in wow

BlizzardhasnoticedthatmanyHuntershavenotbeenhappyaboutthischangetoDefensive,sothey'retakingalookatit.IfyouhaveanyfeedbackonthenewDefensivemode,suchfeedbackisbeingcollectedinthisthreadontheofficialforums,soyoumightwanttodropbyandletthemknowwhatyouthink.Personally,Idon'tloveit,butitmightjustbefearofchange.SkimmingthroughthecommentsIdoseemtobeintheminority;mosthuntersreportbeingquitehappywithit.Whatdoyouthink?

It'saniceidea,butit'snotbeenentirelypopular.Partoftheresistancecomesfromthefactthatit'shardtoswitchoffyearsofhabit.Hunter'sMark,petattack,Iattack.That'showI'vedoneitforever.Andpartofitisthatplayerswantmorecontrol;there'snolongeranywaytoattackwithoutyourpetattackingifyourpetisindefensive.Italsoreallydoesn'tsavemuchwork;asinglekeystrokeperfight,atmost(manyplayershave/petattackmacroedtothingslikeHunter'sMarkanyway).

Ifyouplayahunteratall,you'veprobablynoticedachangetopets'Defensivebehaviorsincepatch3.0.2.Eversincethedawnoftime,oratleastsinceIstartedplaying(myfirstcharacterwasahunter),petsonDefensivemodewillattackanythingthatattacksyou,thehunter(barringbugs).Inthisnewworld,though,petsattackanythingthatattacksyouandanythingthatyouattack.Theideaherewasjusttomakethingsalittlemoreconvenientforthehunter;typically,ifyou'reattackingsomething,youwantyourpettoattackitaswell.Andifnot,youcanusePassive.

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