Maezyn
I have left Maezyn, the Draino hunter on haitus while I was more motivated to get Maevyn to 70. As I mentioned in the last post, I felt like running her against the damn Stonecutter Troggs in Loch Modan as a direct comparison with my efforts with Maexyn, both characters being level 13,
Ok so I am more experienced with a hunter but she only died twice, once because she had no bandages available (!). Bad situation to be in, one health point left and rooting through bags for a bandage. She wiped out most of the Stonecutter camps. She could boogie with the Skullthumpers, I was dropping into kiting tactics when they stunned the cat, Wingclip, jump backwards, Arcane shot.
The lower level Troggs, level 11, she could kill in about six seconds, she seemed much more powerful than Maexyn but this may just be my hunter experience coming out. She has my grinding macro set up:
/petattack /castsequence Hunter's Mark, Serpent Sting, Arcane Shot
which makes her pretty ruthlessly efficient: no mana problems here.
At the end of the session she was level 15. I enjoyed it, level grinding with a hunter is what I like most in this game.
I'm still focused on making her a Markswoman as opposed to Beastmistress Maevyn. I'm hoping to do more kiting and suchlike, build up more actual playing skill this time. While she is running with a cat for now (nice looking cat too) I am thinking of getting her a nice boar to take to 70. I'm looking for a black one. The cat did very well considering I haven't bothered to train it in claw or bite, but I want a boar for the charge ability. Charge, Gore, health and armour, boars have it all.
I'm looking forward to level 16 as she already has a Lil Timmy's Pea Shooter in her bags ready. First she needs to level her gun skill to something higher than one...
Must admit that female Draino's have got the moves. Even the way she does swings a pickaxe when mining is alluring. Not sure about the hooves though, and the blank white eyes are just creepy.
Conclusion: I <3 Hunters
Peter's Moblog
Part of it, I think, is that hunters get a huge power boost at 10 when they get a pet. It evens out over the next 50 or so levels, but a level 13 hunter is an awesome creature (compared to other classes at 13). Of course, personally, I wish all classes had the same powerful feel -- maybe I'd play more of them then.