Post by Ilovemuffins
heres what it should look like
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZVEbRVZIh0hxcMhVhhHeres what you have thats wrong: Deflection: Basically useless in raids, if you get hit by a boss, you are pretty much dead either way.
Savage Strikes: Useless in raids, all your DPS is from your bow, not your melee weapon(s)
next point can be anywhere, i put mine in wingclip because i still do BGs in raid spec.
Entrapment: shouldnt be more than 1 point, as a burn for those rare frost/explosive moments
Clever Traps: Not alot of trapping in raids
Trap Mastery: again, not alot of trapping
Deterrence: Not enough uses to justify this point, think DPS
Counterattack: Again, Not enough uses, alot of mobs are resistant to this anyway.
Resourcefulness: Not alot of raid trapping (or melee for that matter)
Wyvern Sting: Too mana costly, and not alot of damage for the amount of mana it does cost (3 or 4 steady shots produces much more DPS)
Master Tactician: Not as useful as you might think. It doesnt proc alot, and when it does the 10% crit doesnt really do much at all. it never really comes into play as very helpful.
Readiness: Really only useful for Rapid Fire, but still its not alot of DPS, and you shouldnt have Master Tactician anyway.
What you should have that you dont:Thrill of the Hunt: This is a WONDERFUL talent. It helps you keep your mana up, and with all the agi you should be stacking, you should have alot of crit. also, this applies BEFORE Efficiency (see below) so with all the calculations it ends up being about 44%, 45%. Also, when there is a Aoe situation, each multishot crit triggers this (up to 330 mana, thats 135% mana back!)
Efficiency: Saving 10% mana on your shots is SO beneficial to your DPS. it means you can do more DPS longer. to not have this is madness.
Improved Hunter's Mark: Ok so, this seems kinda useless to your DPS, doesn't it? but most survival hutners are survival becuase they want to help the entire physical raid DPS. now, if you dont want to do this, you can spend the 5 points elsewhere, like Imp AotH (but really, viper will be up most of the time)
Aimshot: Only really need this for Mortal Shots (see below)
Go For The Throat: With all the agi you have as a survival hunter, you are going to be critting ALOT. Every time you crit, your pet gets 2 Claws (or 2 gores) or 1 Lightning Breath, which is better for a Survival hunter because its not mitigated by armor, it does ALOT more damage than 2 claws does, and its modified by AP (which you have plenty of)
Rapid Killing: Yeah, i said that Readiness wasnt very good because rapid fire doesnt increase DPS by that much, but you need to burn 2 points somewhere, and this is alot more helpful than .2 secs off arcane shot.
Mortal Shots: As a survival hunter, you crit ALOT. This increases the damage done by your crits, increasing your DPS by a vast amount. In kara gear (with agi stacked) you WILL crit white hits for 1.5-2k
Why shouldnt i have grabbed all that BM goodness?Like i said before, you crit too much to NOT have mortal shots, and Go For The Throat does alot for your pets DPS. Combined, Mortal Shots and GftT do more for you than imp AotH and focused fire.