Lotsa 3.2 PTR Love for BM

They are making Animal Handler a useful talent, given the incoming pet scaling changes. That's a nice buff. They are making Cats a bit more competitive. They are giving Wild Hunt some more beef. All goodness for BM hunters, and some of it is partial goodness for all hunters.

Hunter
Beast Mastery

• Animal Handler now increases your pet's attack power by 5/10% instead of increasing its expertise by 5/10.

Survival

• Deterrence now deflect all spells. (Old - Only spells cast by targets in front of you)

Pets

• Rake (Cat) now deals 47 to 67 bleed damage and an additional 19 to 25 damage every 3 seconds at max rank. (Up from 19 to 25 additional damage over 9 sec)
• Roar of Sacrifice cooldown has been reduced from 2 min to 1 min.
• Wild Hunt now increases the contribution your pet gets from your Stamina by 20% and attack power by 15%. (Up from 10%)

Glyphs

• Glyph of Arcane Shot - Restores mana equal to 20% of your Arcane Shot's mana cost.
• Glyph of Freezing Trap - When your Freezing Trap breaks, the victim's movement speed is reduced by 30% for 4 sec.

Spreadsheet Sweeeetness

Zeherah web-ified Shandra's Hunter spreadsheet. It's slick. It's cool.
Go try it.

Hat tip to OutDPS.

Huntard

Huntard is clearly a syntax construct of Wow. And as such game-slang, it carries the label "it's just a game". Perhaps it's that reason, that calling a hunter a "huntard" is accepted. I however read it directly as "retard (who of course is a hunter)".

I find the word, "Huntard" offensive. Calling someone a "retard" is pretty extreme in my book. And as the gamer populations matures, that seems to be a more common feeling.

So why is "huntard" accepted? Am I thin-skinned?

(And no, for the record, I don't have any family or friends with any cognitive deficits.)

One More Meta-Item I Want in 3.2

I'd like the Tome of Cold Weather Flying for 1,000 Alex. Yes, level 68. Yes, that's twelve levels lower than max level.

Two Meta-Items I Want in 3.2

The first item is really for leveling my Shammy, but I see it as another plus if we get a level 90 cap any time soon. Being able to share the heirlooms is quite nice. I already have two sets of mail shoulders.

The second item is strictly for Kheldul.