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Well, just outdpsing everyone is not a goal you should set yourself as a Hunter. You are a class with so much potential for utility that aiming just for the Damage Meter is both for you and the raid. Well, unless of course your guild needs nothing but your DPS.
The DPS build of choice these days seem to be Beastmastery. If you check the Pre-Raid gearlist you will find both Gear you should have, and a few cookie cutter builds. Getting a dps pet will take you around a day or so if you count the loyalty building. I leveled a Scorpid from 69 to 70, and got it to loyalty level 6 by simply bringing it to two instances I ran that day. Took me about half an hour picking up a Scorpid in Silithus, learning rank 4 poison (the reason for rank 4 is that is lasts 10 seconds, not 8). Oh, and not using your pet, no matter which spec you choose, is a bad thing. If you want to top dps charts, ignoring one of the most powerful DoTs in the game is just dumb. The gear you will want to focus on here, is Attack Power. The higher the better. There is no real magic number for when to start focusing on Crit, but you will need some serious AP before Crit becomes the most viable stat to increase.
If you don’t want to be Beastmastery, you might consider Survival. But that is highly gear dependant. Why? Because you want Agility instead of pure AP/Crit. Now, there are different opinions on this, but most people agree that 500 unbuffed agility is the minimum if you want to raid. Preferrably more. Personally, I am just sitting at 550 Agility unbuffed and I still have gear to change out pre-raid. Now, why Survival? Well, one of the most powerful raid buffs may be one of the reasons. Expose Weakness. Every crit you make gives seven seconds of Increased AP (25 of your Agility) for all attackers on that target. Ranged Criticals to be exact. Also, a Survival build is made with crits in mind, and will hopefully net you a decent amount of Attack Power as well, so you won’t exactly be slacking dps wise. Keyword: Agility Agility Agility and then Crit. Ap may arguably come third, or depending on your crit chance second.
If you want to go Marksman, you will have to make sure you got plenty of Mana Potions with you in the raid. This is the build with the least sustainability. Granted, you will have a higher Burst Damage than both other speccs, but your sustainability will suffer a bit. This is still a good dps build, but slightly frowned upon compared to the sheer dps of a BM build. Here you will want a good balance of Attack Power and Crit. The higher you get both, the better.
And in no circumstances are you allowed to just ignore your pet. It is our class’ strongest tool. It is the reason our class even exists. If you don’t want to use it, I suggest you reroll a Mage.
Edit: Warcrafthunter, MM is the least Mana Efficient build. Don’t spread misinformation like that.
Edited, Jul 25th 2007 4:05am by NorthAI-Friar Bijou wrote:ITT: NorthAI is a L?rd Kaolian wrote:We get some batsht insane people here on occasion.Id say MM for mana efficiency, lower cooldowns on shooting spells and increased dps for shotsAs I get closer to getting attuned for Kharazan I find myself looking for a better spec than full BM. I don’t have high end gear either so how will that effect choosing my spec? I’m getting mixed messages about what spec gives the best DPS some say SV others MM and others say BM.
I have no clue what I’m going to be expected to do besides DPS in Kara, some say CC is a must others say just to do what you like and I’m confused about that.
DPS wise I need a build relying on myself DPSing because my current pet is a bear so it’s not gonna be that good at DPS. Is there some way I can spec to hold my place on the DPS meter on trash mobs but when a boss comes up be able to nuke and pretty much out DPS every one?
I truly have no clue what works and what doesnt work in a raid. I don’t want to sound whiney and lazy but I dont have the funds to respec if I get something wrong and my current build makes questing hard as hell.-Darigraz – Hunter
Q: why the churches are being burned down in Norway?
A: imagine a place where there’s a church, a pub and 10 houses altogether. it’s also winter for three quarters of a year.
in 9 of the 10 houses live your friends, the 10th house belongs to your family… you spend your time in the pub, so what’s left to be burned?