Autoface: The reason why ranged is imbalanced

Because having the game do something for you in PvP is just another way of lowering an already pretty low skill cap. The entire reason melee would strafe around casters is to gain an upper hand via their superior multitasking abilities in their movement and ability usage versus someone who was much slower and couldn't handle turning and casting at the same time.

Edit: Hell, its not even just meleee, I would even do it as a caster versus other casters.



Uh, no. Like I said, I play a Mercenary. And like I said before, while it's funny to be able to just sit there eating a sandwich and pressing keys because I don't even have to pay attention to where I'm facing half the time, it's not a good system overall.

Um, I don't think you quite understand what the word "unintended" means. Hunter dead zone was there quite by design. Requiring people to face the target they're attacking is quite by design as well.

That's why it was removed, because it was intended? Or was it removed because it was an unintended exploit? The reason it was implemented was not because of PVP, but because of PVE and wanting that class to be range, rather than stacking on melee and simplifying encounters, but then it was exploited during PVP, mostly by melee, but in the end by pretty much everyone, and further fixes had to be applied.

gunslinger would be 100% unplayable with out autoface. you cant kite and you cant damage on the move - it's how the class is designed. you really want to get rid of autoface? fine, get rid of the cover system and make aimed shot and charged burst instant cast, and make charged burst put a snare on someone that cant be dispelled.

It was finally removed because no one really liked how it worked. I'm not sure how you come to the conclusion that just because it was removed years later, it was never intended to be there to begin with. Again, you might not be aware of what that word means.

Credentials (before I get trolled too hard).

Played mele through 2 Wow expansions successfully (Dk and rogue didn't do much arena made videos). If you watch you can see I have a upper echelon grasp of the mechanics of a mele class
http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=184375

Cut my teeth on warlock through 3 expansions with an average of 2.4k rating rival titles in wizcleave and non wizcleave seasons.
http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=163905
I don't take myself seriously and know what its like to be OP (I always admit OPness in my own class)
http://www.warcraftmovies.com/pv.php...ovie_id=157327

Back to the issue at hand:
Autoface has been standard on channeled spells since as long as I remember (7 years or so), but autoface on casted spells/abilities I have never even seen before. Having autoface for casted spells (plus the fact that you cannot lock out spell trees, just individual spells) is a very bad combination. This takes away one of namesakes of a mele class in an mmo: you don't want to engage them in mele range as a caster, kiting and opening distance is what skill as a caster is all about. My favorite example is if you white-bar my gunslinger: GG bro I'll shoot you even if your in my hitbox and I have higher dps, more defense as I spin rapidly firing off casted nukes.

This will increase the game's skillcap with minimal repercussions (people will adapt) and give mele less excuse to QQ.

(I play: Sage, Scoundrel, Gunslinger)

have not seen a fake cast yet in a warzone.... We need a real lockout on interrupts.