Comments on: Our Favorite Crossbows

By: joeboy

joeboy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:23:20 +0000

I am a tauren BM hunter (who, after running kara since March 2006, have yet to see the prince bow.. it dropped once.. and I was main tanking on my druid… blast you blizzard) still sporting the steelhawk crossbow.

The new badge x-bow is a pleasant DPS upgrade from the one I currently have but I am still a bit puzzled as to what the differences are with the bow speed, shot rotations and stats on the ranged weapon (theorycrafting is not my strongest suit).

Normally, i just equip them timeless arrows, do a steady - auto rotation on dps, arcane shot is added into the mix when I need to be more mobile such as the VR fight in TK.

Anyway any bit of wisdom from fellow hunters welcome

By: BabyLove

BabyLove — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:45:36 +0000

Oh if no one wants the Gorehowl axe, the hunter can roll on it. /SHRUG

By: Blogzorz

Blogzorz — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:51:38 +0000

@buldozer
I’m a dwarf as well. My guild is currently deep in BT and MH. I’ve been using wolfslayer forever and topping the dmg meters with it. As soon as my server opens up the badge vendor and I get 50 more badges, I’ll be getting the Crossbow of Relentless Strikes. The dwarf 1% crit bonus is less than the increased damage from maintaining a good shot rotation with the increased weapon dmg.

Imo the new badge crossbow is the best BM hunter weapon right now (unless you have good haste gear).

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:53:30 +0000

Hey BRK ^_^

I am MM spec and I have the Sunfury crossbow off prince. When the new crossbow came out I was a little sad, because it doesn’t really seem like it would be an upgrade. I don’t know the whole theory craft behind the stats and what not. But just going by the agility and attack power, it seems I will actually loose DPS. But on the other hand, it is .10 faster and it has 10 dps more. So I am so very confused! T_T So my question is, is it really worth the 150 badges? Or would I be better off getting some of the other gear? Please help me in any way you can! Love your site btw. ^_^

By: buldozer

buldozer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:05:29 +0000

Hello BRK, I’m a dwarf hunter and I’m just wondering what is best for dwarves.. is it the Crossbow of Relentless Strikes or the wolfslayer rifle? dwarves do have gun specialization right? what do you think?

By: Dina

Dina — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:19:40 +0000

Oh thank you BRK, I have so much to look forward to.
I started WoW as a warlock, and that is still my main, for now/evil grin..But after starting a hunter alt the switch is in motion, as I work to make my hunter my main. I love the class so much I started 3 dif race/spec hunters, all between 28 40 as of now.
The only time my lock sees play is raids with my guild, and farming gold mats gear for my hunters, lol. Keep up the great work, your site inspired the hunter in me.

By: Fiercedeity

Fiercedeity — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:39:16 +0000

I live by Blizzard HQ, and there’s no Bennigan’s for miles and miles :3
Oh, and good article.

By: Horko

Horko — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:46:10 +0000

I have a Legionkiller. Granted, I’m survival spec’d, but it’s a pretty swanky weapon even when I happily go back to my BM spec for occasional ZA or Kara runs.

I’ve found that it’s pretty solid with the 3:2 rotation and it outparses everything else I have even with the 1:1 rotation. No, the stats aren’t particularly exciting, but after being in BT/Hyjal for a while, the 30 sta is a welcome stat to have. Sadly, I never have seen a wolfslayer drop, but rest assured I will be buying one of those happy funtime relentless strike crossbows for my BM spec as soon as I possibly can.

By: Chromaoran

Chromaoran — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:56:35 +0000

The PvP crossbow is a piece of junk compared to the Relentless Strikes for BM.
1. Relentless will give BM at least 5% more dps imho. Probably more. The wasted shot time on the 3s bow is exactly that.
2. Badges will drop off pretty much everything. And farming kara really isn’t a big deal. 2 1/2 hours once a week for one badge every 6 1/2 minutes? But even without kara its no toughy.

If you are into pvp sure, go for it. I’m not a fan of pvp - its not how I play. I just get enough gear to resist easy ganking while questing.

By: J

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:53:42 +0000

Xanthelei,

Gorehowl is not a hunter weapon, especially not if you have the SS. Your RL is a huntard.
He traded: 54 AP and 24 hit for 8 agi worth of crit. Dumb.