Originally Posted by tore

A quick tip is to take the Beast Mastery route with your hunter .. It's the main pet class, so why not focus on boosting your pet? Beast Mastery makes for easy soloing which I think is a good way to level, at least early on.

Once you get to level 30, you can dual spec which means you can have two talent tree setups and switch between them at will. You'd then have the choice between marksman and survival. I haven't tried marksman, but survival is great for going in groups. You have good damage and the various abilities are simple enough to stay on top of