Post by Pezwar
Lets face it, we all know that if you take two equally geared and skilled hunters, one BM and the other SV or MM, the BM isn't going to do too well. And sure there are the loyal few BM supporters who claim that they're doing amazing in their raids, and I'm sure they are. But the numbers just add up for BM being lackluster.
I was trying to think of a way to make BM a bit more competitive with the other two specs, and I may have thought of one. Would it be possible to take a talent such as
Kindred Spirits and add on to it. I'm using that one in particualr because it's low enough in the tree where SV and MM can't reach over and grab it.
What I mean by adding on is say maybe addind a % gain of the Hunter's Haste, ArP, and Crit per talent point. For example:
Rank 1 - 4% damage increase and 4% of the Hunter's Crit, Haste, and ArP.
Rank 2 - 8% damage increase and 8% of the Hunter's Crit, Haste, and ArP.
Rank 3 - 12% damage increase and 12% of the Hunter's Crit, Haste, and ArP.
Rank 4 - 16% damage increase and 16% of the Hunter's Crit, Haste, and ArP.
Rank 5 - 20% damage increase and 20% of the Hunter's Crit, Haste, and ArP.
Now I have no idea if these numbers would work or not and I don't have the foggiest idea on how to do the theory crafting required to tweak them in a helpful manner. However, Blizzard does and I'm sure that they could come up with something.
Most BM hunters aren't going to want gear with haste because they're already soft capped from talents. However, unless you're ina top not guild and have everything on farm to the point where you can pick and choose your gear, you'll more than likely still have some. ArP would probably be a pretty decent boost because most Ulduar gear has a nice chunk on it. Plus, it's a good stat to pick up seeing as Steady and Auto shot are both very big sources of a BM's damage and ArP helps both. And crit, while being lower than a MM or SV, could still help out.
This is just an idea and I'm sure it needs some work, especially on the numbers, but what do you all think? If we can come up with a pretty sound solution, I'm going to put it on the Blizz suggestion forums and cross my fingers.