Make Master Bounty Hunter Great again

Make Master Bounty Hunter Great again
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Proposal
Make player bounties require Master Bounty Hunter in order to hunt players
Justification
Bounty hunters are the only class that can force pvp on players at any given time they want with the ability to strike first. Some of these tilted builds as we all know are impossible to 1v1 let alone 3v1. I believe that requiring MBH to hunt players instead of 4xxx would not only coincide with lore more but it would allow for a more balanced ecosystem in hunting. Master Smug is required to run the pvp underworld missions so it would be in similar line with this. I believe that making this change to Bounty Hunting would also allow other classes to shine in areas they should withouBt everyone asking for a nerf on them. MCH/MDoc 4xxx BH is not a bounty hunter that is a side profession and that build may have a place in other areas of the game but is an impossible task for anyone to 1v1. This change would also effect the BH/Jedi build so many people despised. Those are just a few of the tilted builds that some have gotten creative with and though creative they dont belong forcing pvp upon people in unwinable scenarios.
Motivation
I believe these changes to provide a more balnced ecosystem of PvP and do away wit ah this watered down version of Bounty Hunting. Bounty Hunting is a Mastery profession allowing 4xxx to hunt players has turned that class into a dipping pool for peoples hobbies.
Make BH great again. and give bounties a fighting chance.
 
I like the idea. You're not limiting unique builds, you're staying in form with the archetype. The cool thing is you can pair anything with MBH but when you stretch it past 2 classes its like you're not even fighting a BH anymore. My 2 cents is ^vote.
 
Fingers crossed we get the jedi, inquisitor, bh love triangle in the next patch. If we do who knows what it looks like to change.

I honestly don't care whether it's 4xxx or master but the build diversity is something unique to resto and it makes it all different.

You say doc ch bh4xxx. Well bh 4xxx ain't the issue is the ch part in this current meta but again that will likely shift again like any good game to mix it up and keep it interesting.
 
Fingers crossed we get the jedi, inquisitor, bh love triangle in the next patch. If we do who knows what it looks like to change.

I honestly don't care whether it's 4xxx or master but the build diversity is something unique to resto and it makes it all different.

You say doc ch bh4xxx. Well bh 4xxx ain't the issue is the ch part in this current meta but again that will likely shift again like any good game to mix it up and keep it interesting.
Just FYI -

ornj
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likely changing course on this by the way. it's unclear how we could make this fun, while also interacting in a balanced way with GCW. inquisitors and order will likely be more balanced with each other, but with unique mechanics for how their visibility and TEF systems work, and unique gear/perks (edited)

 
Also keep in mind Ornj has said this as well:

but. i am also very very confident that bounty hunting as it originally was conceived is basically going to die, under the new system. really can't imagine a world where people realize they can 8v1 a bounty target and choose not to do that. same with being a jedi: if i know that i can never be hunted if i only roam around with pocket healers or even just more jedi, why would i do that. bounty hunting just becomes every other kind of world pvp: a numbers game.
 
Also keep in mind Ornj has said this as well:

but. i am also very very confident that bounty hunting as it originally was conceived is basically going to die, under the new system. really can't imagine a world where people realize they can 8v1 a bounty target and choose not to do that. same with being a jedi: if i know that i can never be hunted if i only roam around with pocket healers or even just more jedi, why would i do that. bounty hunting just becomes every other kind of world pvp: a numbers game.
Yeah I remember this one.

BH defo doesnt seem dead , but I dont fight back whats the point when its usually 2v1 and they jumped me.
 
Homogenizing classes to master only has broke the game's fun for me, imo.
This is a PV not your personal crying channel , if you want to cry and whine either start your own crying PV or start a thread in the Resto Discord
Anyways , Down vote this PV as this was already discussed over a year ago
 
This is a PV not your personal crying channel , if you want to cry and whine either start your own crying PV or start a thread in the Resto Discord
Anyways , Down vote this PV as this was already discussed over a year ago
Telling someone they are "Crying" when something was changed to be worse and then asking for that change to another thing. You have to realize these decisions are connected and more of the same ones will bleed into other decisions.

If you don't see that it's fine.
 
Downvoting because it was discussed over a year ago is a really poor reason. People have had an extra year to experiment with it and see how it plays out and many don't like the way it's gone, hence the voice.
 
Maybe I'm reading more into this than is there, but a tangent occurs to me. The PV OP didn't say that hybridized BHs shouldn't be allowed to hunt players, just that they shouldn't be able to take the bounties. Someone with 4xxx is neither Master nor Novice in that given trade... we see this all the time with Medic. So, if someone takes 4xxx BH as a boon to their primary build, they should be able to participate in hunts under the auspices of an MBH. The master gets the contract, and the apprentices do the work.