Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion.
Our Survival Hunter guide writer, DoolB, offers an early review of the Pack Leader Hunter Hero Talents that...
Inspired by the fabled Warcraft Hero Rexxar, the Pack Leader tree pushes forward themes of masterfully handling your chosen bestial companion as you attack your foes in a deadly tandem. This meshes very well with Survival's specific spec fantasy— «An adaptive ranger who favors using explosives, animal venom, and coordinated attacks with their bonded beast.» We'll be going over our general first impressions of the tree in thematic and gameplay lenses, go over some immediate questions and concerns, then finally going over each node individually.
Preliminary thoughts are positive and hopeful! The hero tree is thematic for Survival Hunter and meshes very well with Blizzard's design goals of a non-intrusive augmentation of your current spec identity. Note: These thoughts are made under the assumption that neither the class nor spec tree for Survival are changing at all from its iteration in