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I just dinged lv 61 last night, 5 away fromt he beloved Kill Command ability. I was wondering a few things, after reading the update patch stuff.

1) If it is available after a crit hit (ranged) why not just make it a passive ability? Now, if I read right, they took out the cool down timer on it? Why make us clicky every time we crit. With a whooping 12% crit rate + talents, my finger is going to fall off =P

2) How come so late in the game? Oh the 10-65 levels would have been much nicer with that, and not to mention it's a talent on tier 2 for our BM tree. Little did I know 65 levels later that talent(s) will actually do more than give me 2% attack power.

Meh, just some questions I had on it, I can't wait to get it, Oh the damage my little boar will do.

Kill command is actually pretty decent with a DPS pet for the amount of mana it costs. For a measly 75 mana, you essentially get the equivalent of an arcane shot on a mob. I think the damage is a little lacking, I'd prefer to see it cost way more, but do way more damage. But hey, for under 100 mana it's pretty decent

Regular hit - around 350 (pet level 67)
Crits - around 550
Best crit - 900+

1) If it is available after a crit hit (ranged) why not just make it a passive ability? Now, if I read right, they took out the cool down timer on it? Why make us clicky every time we crit. With a whooping 12% crit rate + talents, my finger is going to fall off =P

When I first read about the Kill Command I thought it was for the pet. I didn't realize it was a hotkey I had to press myself after a Crit. Needless to say, I fell in love with the ability as soon as I got it though. The added damage counts toward aggro for your pet, and it doesn't take up any of their focus (energy) at all. It only takes a small amount of mana from you instead.

With full sunders on I've easily had my pet crit for up to 1200+ if not more with Kill Command.

2) How come so late in the game? Oh the 10-65 levels would have been much nicer with that, and not to mention it's a talent on tier 2 for our BM tree. Little did I know 65 levels later that talent(s) will actually do more than give me 2% attack power.

I would have loved to have this command earlier. Perhaps different ranks of it. Obviously at level 66 it will add an additional 127 damage to your pet's normal damage, but early on perhaps they could have added it around lvl 15 or 20 to add maybe 20 damage. Then again at lvl 30 to add 40 damage, and so on until they reach lvl 66 or so.

My only problem sometimes is remembering to press it. I'm not sure if it's part of Blizzard's UI or my own, but a giant message saying "KILL COMMAND" will pop up on my screen after I crit, telling me to press the button basically. Well it doesn't always pop up and sometimes when it does, I can't exactly press it cause I might be running, or kiting at the time ;)

Just make sure your pet is always within range and you're fine. Great addition for us hunters though, just wish we would have had this sooner.

Ah I guess that's true, but if I crit it'll do more than the damage Kill Command does lol I'd be more worried about me taking hate from the tank then my commanded pet =P

I'm sure it works nicely when you crit just solo'n but with a good tank would it really take that much aggro from him?

The aggro gain doesn't really look to be based on the damage, though. KC seems to generate lots of hate, even on a non-crit.

Not as much, obviously, but more than the damage alone should do.

Also I think maybe Blizz wanted to give hunters a reactive ability much like the warrior's overpower or the rogue's riposte.
The reason it isnt passive is the same reason that these aren't passive, you might not have enough mana/rage/energy for something else you wanted to do.
If Blizz made all these passive and dropped them to 0 mana/rage/enery i'd be happy too. :P

i found it worth using when i am grinding, else not worth looking at.