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skribs
I'm 74 atm, in quest greens and blues (mostly northrend, some outlands gear, all obtainable by solo or maybe small-group quests). My explosive shot hits for just over 500/tick, but at 3 ticks that's 1500 damage. Kill shot is >1.5k, multishot is about 600-700, and steady shot is ~450-500.
Explosive shot is actually very strong, as Arcane Shot (which ES replaces) only does ~650 damage. So ES quickly overrides it. The problem is pet aggro, which is lacking. Past 70, I use my misdirect macro constantly, but I still sometimes pull aggro off my pet.
To level as survival, you have to know how to CC, how to kite, and how to live by running and starting a fight over on better terms (e.g. let the pats separate and kill them before killing the first mob). If I played like the typical BM hunter, survival would suck. I'd end up meleeing 75% of the time and waste a lot of bandages while doing less DPS. Knowing how to use a wide range of abilities (some fights I use multiple traps, scatter shot, wyvern sting, multiple conc shots and wing clips, pet stun, all in the same combat time) really helps.
Also, while you can only use it every so often, starting a fight with LnL usually means the mob will die fast. I have ~20% crit, and when I pop 9 ticks of explosive shot into about 7 seconds (could be 6, but due to human error its a tad higher) I usually get about 5500+auto-shot, and can quickly follow up with kill shot.
However, I would recommend BM or even MM for levelling, as they are much easier.
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Whybag
One good technique if taking single mobs is to left click the mob and cast steady shot while sending your pet in. As soon as the cast is ending pres explosive shot so all 3 shots hit simultaneously (EDIT: Steady shot, auto-shot, and explosive shot), when taking mobs near your level you basically start the fight with them at 50%. Concussive shot after that and another steady basically kills them.
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Meldiren
I stayed BM until I hit 80, then respecced. BM pets hold aggro better. Once you hit 80, uyou do enough damage as SV to usually drop mobs BEFORE they get to you.
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