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Post by
Twinsen21
Ok so I've been hearing all over that Survival is currently the best spec to go with a Hunter.
I have been MM since I started playing WoW, and didn't really plan on changing until I saw this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFtcVWtMRPc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF-dWTYCJ5g&feature=related
8k difference in DPS is pretty huge, so much that it made me change specs today.
I'm not raid geared yet so I only did about 10k dps on my MM spec, I was expecting at least something like 14-15k when changing to SV but that was not the case.
My dps stayed pretty much the same, and I did use my LnL procs and black arrow cd's as soon as possible, only things I messed up that I now notice was that I probably used Arcane Shot slightly more than required and spammed Explosive Shot 3 times when LnL procced, but I doubt that would be enough to lower my dps to MM level, if the difference is supposedly so high?
So has SV secretly been nerfed or am I doing something gravely wrong or what?
PS. On another note, everyone in my realm is talking about Arcane as the best spec for Mages now, but according to the video above it's actually the worst? Any personal knowledge on that?
Post by
matheus314
Wait for 4.0.6
Post by
Fulgurah
Sorry kid, but you're doing it wrong if you're seeing MM is close to Surv. There has been no stealth nerfs or anything like that. You're simply doing it wrong.
Post by
InvalidZod
My current rotation.
SrS->ES->BA->CSx3->ES repeat. At around 60 focus with ES on cooldown I throw in an Arcane Shot. Maybe 2 if I have more focus.
For LnL I usually use ES->CS->ES-Arcane Shot->ES and do some more Arcane shots if I am focus capping
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Post by
Twinsen21
So has SV secretly been nerfed or am I doing something gravely wrong or what?
The only thing you did wrong, was to assume that you could get a 40-50% boost in DPS just from changing specs. It's not that far ahead of MM.
Statistics say it is.
Anyways, thank you all for your replies but now that I've learned of patch 4.0.6 I'm probably switching back to good old MM :)
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ShadowTurtle24
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/11/cataclysm-survival-sv-hunter-shot-rotation
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Post by
HoleofArt
If the explosive during LnL does not cost any focus, why use cobra? Just asking because several folks have said to use it vs arcane even though, during LnL, it also does not cost focus. So why not fire what you can when you have it vs wasting time on cobra?
Arcane consumes the proc, and you aren't wasting time by using Cobra. You're waiting for the ES to finish ticking so you don't clip it, and Cobra Shot is the best filler
unless you're almost capped at 100 Focus, then Kill Command becomes a better choice (only after the first ES)
It's better to be doing damage and not sitting at full Focus or clipping ES or wasting an LnL proc on Arcane Shot or doing nothing while waiting for ES to tick (because you do have time to use another ability between each).
Seriously, I think I've talked about LnL/Survival dps in at least 6 different threads with lengthy definitions in each. And I've explained it to you, specifically, at least twice. Do people not read? I know it's different than Wrath, but it isn't
difficult
by any stretch of the imagination.
Edit:That 'splained it.
Really.
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