Cooler character. Pre beta all everyone ever talked about was playing the hunter, online, friends, me and even a few review sites comment on it. Came out and it's playstyle was just as cool as it looked to be, not a leap to say more people just like the feel of the character. To me, it comes down to comfort. I get a -blam!- ton more super and nade kills on my lock, but I spank people better with bullets on my hunter. More hunter users doesn't necessarily equate to it being a better class. Blade dancer just has the best perk tree for pvp it seems. NS and GG are fun and all and I used to run NS only, but I won't deny blade dancer is easier to use for those "in yo face" types. Hell, played for a first in a long time last weekend, swapped to BD because void wasn't doing it for me and I wanted some blink strike kills and had tore it up because it is just a faster paced class. But storm caller nets me far more kills per game if I run my int and dex all the way up.