Building a Hunter From Lore

Lore is a passion of mine no matter what I do. From reading mythology and folklore from the Americas to Asia and everywhere in between, to researched the stories behind mmos I don't and may not ever even play. One of the things that draws me into a game, particularly mmos is the story behind them. But unlike D&D there are limits one how great your customization is (i recently creates a hybrid Beastmaster/Shaman multiclassed as a Bard and a Druid with a cat familliar, a cat spirit, a cat companion, and the ability to shapeshift into a cat!) This is the case with WoW like any other mmo, but there exist in lore these awesome character types that have no true correlation in game. Paladins and mages are pretty much what you see is what you get, there lore and rpg partners are pretty much locked in in most incidents. However some other classes take a bit more, and often times it works opposite to maximizing your characters performance. Some are easy, a Troll Witchdoctor would best corralate to a shaman or a shadow priest with alchemy. Others are nearly impossible to make work, A battle mage, equally skilled in melee and magic would require max sword skill and a focus on close range quick cast spells, not safe and not very efficient either. For hunters though the lore characters are very vibrant and actually viable, or at least playable in some cases. In the coming days i'm going to look at the hunter class from a lore perspective, using the iconic hunter's of lore. We'll look at talent builds, weapon's and gear, as well as a few other things to build, Beastmasters, Wilderness Stalkers, Rangers, and Shadow Hunters