Cataclysm beta: Hunter news and changes in the latest beta build

Beta build 12759 released tonight, bringing some very significant changes to the hunter class. Ghostcrawler, Lead Systems Designer, also stopped by the beta forums to share some thoughts on the current state of hunter design in Cataclysm beta. Here are some of the highlights:

Hunter mastery system is now implemented
Aspect of the Fox now lets you cast Cobra Shot or Steady Shot while moving, and regenerates 2 focus when you take damage. It no longer lets you auto-shot while moving.
Blizzard is not happy with the hawk/fox aspect dynamic and plan to go back to only letting steady/cobra focus regen work while in Aspect of the Hawk.
Silencing Shot will have damage removed from it to prevent people from macro it into all their shots.
The pet design pass and scaling has not yet been done.

Full blue post text, hunter masteries, and notes on how the new Aspect of the Fox works after the cut.

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