Hunter
General Tips-
- Make sure to have the appropriate tracking ability active for the area you¡¯re in. Sometimes, you may have to switch between a few to see all the monsters around. One of the hunter¡¯s strongest points is being able to know their surroundings.
- Freezing Trap is the only crowd control spell that can target any enemy. It lasts for 20 seconds, and should be used before every battle.
- Controlling your pet takes a lot of skill. Sometimes they will run off and do their own thing. Always keep them on passive in an instance. Manually control their moves, and keep an eye on them, even during battle. If the enemy they¡¯re fighting starts to run, command them to stay and try to Wing Clip the monster. Your pet will aggro new monsters farther away than the running monster will. If the fight is far enough away from other enemies, the monster won¡¯t get close enough to aggro more onto your group.
- Your pet is not a group member. They generally take more damage than the heavy fighters in the group. If your pet gets low on life, the healer may not have enough mana to keep your pet and the rest of the party alive. Generally, the pet is a sacrifice to keep all the players alive.
- Stock up on food and arrows/bullets before the group starts. If you run out of food and lose your pet, you lose a very useful part of your abilities. If you run out of ammunition, you can only melee, which isn¡¯t a hunter¡¯s strong point.
- When pulling, make sure to always use Hunter¡¯s Mark to designate the first monster to attack. It¡¯s the fastest way to make sure that everyone in the group knows exactly what to kill.
Aggro Management-
- Your pet can be a secondary tank for a limited time. If a monster is going after a teammate in cloth armor, have your pet Growl and keep the monster¡¯s attention. The main tank will come grab the monster when they have time.
- Disengage and Feign Death each allow you to totally clear your aggro with monsters. You will exit combat, and can even lay another trap down.
- Your shots can come very quickly, and powerfully. Careful timing of your strong abilities, along with Disengage and Feign Death will allow you to maximize your damage.
- If pulling, do not start the battle with high damage abilities unless you know your tank can grab aggro from you, or you plan on using Disengage or Feign Death.
- Be careful with Multi-shot. Most of the time, a tank will use a cheap move to get the attention of enemies which haven¡¯t been hit yet. If you use Multi-shot, they will have to take the time to deal more damage to each monster than you did. Communicate with your group, and find out which battles Multi-shot is useful for, and which it isn¡¯t.
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