Range Hero

I don't know what you mean by "Hero," since they haven't added Hero classes yet, but those will probably be based on race/class past level 60.

I played a hunter to 20 before open beta ended, here's my take.

Very good solo after level 10, when you get a pet with growl. Before that... not so good. But 10 is nothing, 8 hours max, even for a noob.

Bows shoot faster than guns, but they do the same general damage per second.

Your pet will hold the aggro if you send it in first, and it uses growl; as long as you don't spam every ability you have.

All in all better than a mage, in my opinion.

Yeah i ment to say Character, rather an hero.

Thanks for all the help guys

I like Warlock > Hunter for Solo ranged/casting classes. The Voidwalker is so incredibly good at its job of holding aggro, it's great. Even if it's getting owned horribly, you can use an ability to sacrifice it and gain temporary invulnerability for 30 seconds (or 300-odd damage, whichever comes first), so you have plenty of time to get away or finish the mob yourself. Soul Shards power your crafting of Healthstones and Soulstones for resurrection just in case you get murdered.

My only complaint about Warlocks so far is that most of your spells are DoT, which slow you down, but are mana efficient. Also, the Hunter is obviously better at melee combat as well. I have yet to receive any AoE spells, so I can't really say anything.

As far as range goes, it's pretty much open to any class. I played a mage in OB to level 21 and I loved it. You can deal a large ammount of damage within the first few seconds of combat, and if that doesn't kill the enemy, it's too hard for you. Shaman... Well, they seemed to be concentrated on melee instead of range, yet they still have quite a few ranged spells. Priest, couldn't say, never played one. Hunter, I heard their pets are quite useless at end game. Warlock, as Vollstrecker pointed out, DoT, but I really like DoTs because you can take your time, cool your nerves, and that usually saves you from dying unnessesarily.

I think i'm going to make a tauren hunter. WooT <3