The Problems of a Solo Hunter in Classic WOW

The Solo MMO Player says that hunters and their pets have a lot of moving parts in Classic WOW.  Petopia explains it best.  This page is particularly helpful as it explains how to tame wild pets, learn their abilities and transfer those to other pets.
https://www.wow-petopia.com/classic/differences.php

Basically you have to tame a pet that is your level or lower, then feed and level it.  You have to train it in the abilities you've chosen by spending training points, and those abilities must be leveled in rank as your pet levels.  Fortunately you can only have three pets in Classic or you would lose your mind trying to keep it all straight.  Follow the links in Petopia above to help you figure this all out.

WOWhead also has charts that tell you what your pet will eat, and organizes pets by whether they are better at offense or defense or whether they do ok in both.
https://classic.wowhead.com/guides/classic-wow-hunter-pets

Icy Veins has a great chart that compares DPS among the various pet types.
https://www.icy-veins.com/wow-classic/hunter-dps-pets-guide

Good luck and happy hunting!

P.S.  If you are an experienced hunter, these BBB articles are for you.
https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/30/kitty-burst-dps-and-you/

https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/24/from-the-mailbag-mangle/

https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/18/so-should-i-get-cranky-in-my-first-post/

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Rift: Cleric Builds UPDATED

Rift Watchers has posted a guide to the Cleric.  The various Souls are categorized as to whether they are a tank, a DPS character, etc. and there is a link to a recommended tree for each.
http://www.riftwatchers.com/2011/03/03/cleric-guide/

The Cleric Justicar is a DPS melee tank.  Here are builds.
http://rift.zam.com/en/buildlist.html?calling=Cleric&type=Melee+DPS&soul=Justicar

UPDATE:  Rift Junkies has posted the first part of The Divine Retribution, a guide to playing Clerics.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/03/25/the-divine-retribution-a-cleric-calling-overview-part-1/

Part Two covers offensive (DPS) Clerics.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/03/30/the-divine-retribution-part-2-offensive-soul-overview/

Rift Junkies talks healing Clerics.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/04/07/divine-retribution-a-cleric-healing-overview/

There is a website dedicated to Clerics now with plenty of discussion of various builds.
http://riftclerics.net/riftclerics/

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Tank AoE Threat Woes (and a Solution?)

The second link is the article with the solution that the Pot describes.

http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/10/achtung-panzercow-solution-to-tanks-aoe-threat-woes/

http://panzercow.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/the-department-of-no-more-defense/

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Maximizing Your Hunter's DPS

Hunter DPS sucks in Patch 4.0.1 but this article has ways to improve it.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/21/scattered-shots-maximizing-hunter-dps-in-4-0-1-heroics/

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Advice on Melee DPS from A Healer

What does a healer know about melee DPS?  Lots, actually.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/10/08/how-to-melee-dps-without-making-healers-cry/

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How Not To Make Your Healer Mad

If you are in a pick-up group, you might want to avoid doing anything that makes the healer who is keeping you alive mad.  Here's a list.  Note that there are interesting tips such as why any DPS character should avoid using knockback spells in a raid, etc.
http://www.isheepthings.com/blog/5ways/

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Best Pets for Raiding Hunters (PvE)

Garwulf's list of the best pets for hunters who raid, broken down by hunter type.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/garsnotes-best-dps-pets

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Improving DPS By Stacking (Hunters)

An explanation of how stacking cooldowns and procs can drastically improve hunter DPS.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/14/scattered-shots-stacking-cooldowns-and-procs/

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Example of Troubleshooting a Cat's DPS

The article talks about how to analyze a feral cat's DPS.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/08/shifting-perspectives-troubleshooting-cat-dps/

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Death Goddess Analyzes DPS Numbers in ICC

She is comparing other classes' DPS to that of Death Knights.  You can see the results here.
http://dkdeathgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/05/dps-scaling-in-icc-numbers-are-in.html

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Frostheim's ICC DPS Analysis By Spec

WOW Insider just posted Frostheim's analysis of 25-man DPS output in Icecrown Citadel areas by spec using World of Logs data.  This is an average that does not include Death Knights for reasons explained in the article.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/06/icc-dps-analysis-by-spec/

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Why Damage Meters and GearScore Are Evil

Spelled out in two good articles-
http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/04/28/damage-meters-corrupt-absolute-damage-meters-corrupt-absolutely/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/28/spiritual-guidance-the-gearscore-is-a-lie/

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UI for the Minimalist DPS or Tanking Class

A minimal UI for the tank or DPS producer.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/04/tukui-v10/

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The Frost DPS Build for Death Knights UPDATED

Skeleton Jack's Frost rotation for DKs.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/05/20/sjs-frost-spec-3-3-3/

Information about the frost DPS build that was improved by Patch 3.3.3.  There is gem and enchant information for this PvE build.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/13/lichborne-frost-dps-101/

Tweeking your beginning build as you level.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/20/lichborne-tweaking-your-frost-dps-talent-build/#continued

UPDATE:  Anintro to frost DK tanking with roations, builds, etc.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/25/lichborne-frost-tanking-101/

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Increase Your Roguishness

All about rogues.  This seems to be as of Patch 3.3.
http://roguedps.com/guide/

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Visual Cues for DPS Raiders

Visual cues for a DPSer to use to avoid pulling aggro off their tank in a raid.  The cues are broken down by tank class, from Druid to Warrior.
http://shamantics.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-fire.html

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Blood DPS Death Knights

WOW Insider goes over the Blood DPS Death Knight spec.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/09/lichborne-blood-dps-101/

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The Great Gear Myth Destroyed Again

"At the end of the day, gear can certainly be said to be a measure of your DPS potential, and skill your ability to reach that potential."
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/04/scattered-shots-skill-vs-gear/#continued

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Skada, The DPS Meter (Addons) UPDATED

Skada is similar to Recount.  Details here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/04/addon-spotlight-skada/

UPDATE:  Rhil likes Skada but thinks it is inflating her DPS scores.
http://www.isheepthings.com/blog/skada-vs-recount/

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Hunter Hit Rating Management Help

http://outdps.com/2010/01/26/how-to-manage-hit-rating/

http://huntsmanslodge.com/5869/hit-rating.htm

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