I don’t like to raise alarm or start rumors that end in drama, but I’m sure that some of the more hardcore hunters out there are going to be following this information as it develops.
Hunter DPS in PvE and impact of nerfs on PvP
Hunter pve dps is definitely something we’re keeping an eye on. It’s high and perhaps too high, but we need to see some more players raiding first.
[...] We definitely don’t think it’s a good design to inflate a whole class in PvE if they are weak in PvP or vice versa. If hunters are weak in PvP, as many of the hunters suspect, then we want to handle that as a separate issue. A Steady Shot nerf for example, would have less impact on PvP than reducing dps across the board, and we would certainly be prepared to compensate hunters in other ways for PvP.
Again, we have not announced any changes. There is no hotfix incoming. We don’t think this is a hotfix worthy issue. Standard caveats to all that apply. (src)
Eh, go ahead, nerf us hunts, it’ll give me a reason to stop playing mine and switch over to my death knight
always finding that silver lining Jared