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They just need to base the probability of it restoring mana around around the speed of the weapon. Say, some hypothetical speed 4.00 weapon would have 100% chance of restoring mana, so a 2.00 would only have 50%

I hope it's not the same mana-recovery buff that shadow priests will give; it's self-only, so at the very least the two should stack.

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I know it's a "nerf" to some, but it really still is in flux. I, for one, am happy that Blizz is at least addressing the mana issues.

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Speaking as a hunter I have two feelings on this.

1. This is much more balanced, and makes much more sense... It just needs to be tuned a bit.

2. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.. =(

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it seems odd to me that they in response to a spell being too powerful, they would change the mechanic all together instead of just decreasing % of damage that returns mana

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I'm sure they'll eventually make it so that the rate of regen increases/decreases based on the speed of the weapon, like they do with weapon enchants.

It's still a very cool change, and I wish they'd change Water Shield to act similarly.

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You know, if hunters have to lose a bag space and pay lots of gold for decent ammo on a regular basis, as well as needing to buy food to avoid having your pet lose dps, they should at least come up with something reasonable that makes our mana pool regenerate, so that we aren't having to drink every second fight. As it stands we lose 10% or more of our dps when aspect of the hawk is not active.

I understand that mages have to drink every second fight as well. However, they aren't paying for extra food and ammo, and they get to keep all five bag slots.

Alternately, it would be nice if aspect of the viper gave a group bonus instead of just a single player bonus. I find it hard enough to get a decent pug together because there are so many useless hunters out there.

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Kind of disappointed that it isn't its former incredible self, but I definitely like it more than its live version. I really want it to stay an active effect rather than a passive one. And since I don't know the percentage returned, maybe it'll still be just as awesome.

As far as slower/faster weapons, I don't like the idea of changing the chances of mana being returned every hit. I'd rather it be more mana per hit for slower weapons and less for fast weapons. I hate being screwed over by unlucky strings of proclessness.

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As a sometime Ret Paladin player, I have to say I feel your pain hunters. I miss the original Judgments of the Wise and I'm not even in the Beta. The new Replenishment buff for classes that don't stack int is just not enough mana regeneration to keep sustained DPS going. It is not called Massive Quantities of Sporadic Ranged DPS. A damage based regen mechanic works for DPS classes. It scales with gear and with stats we actually stack. I think we'll end up with something like this Aspect (and the original JotW) just slightly more balanced, I suppose.

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I wish Blizzard would put this much effort in trying out ideas and adjusting them as they go with priests as they do with hunters. No this isn't a "nerf hunters" request, I'm just jealous. :|

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This change means we'll need as fast a weapon as possible. Most very fast weapons are very low level/dps: lvl 11 for a green vendor 1.7 speed bow, lvl 40-50 for an epic 1.6 bow or 1.5 gun...

Is that an issue, or should we not care ? what % of our DPS is due to the actual weapon, as opposed to ammo, gear bonus, and talents ? Is the trade off of lower dps during our half-dps viper regen, for a quicker regen and more time in full DPS hawk aspect worth it ?

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I have a feeling that whatever change that Blizz settles with, will more than likely be a huge handicap in arena.

In the past, I would use AotV throughout the entirety of a fight. Mana drain teams do really well, and I would easily take the extra mana over the small amount of extra damage with AotH.

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