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The one thing I hate about Wowhead is that every Hunter feels that the only spec to be is BM.
I am a MM Hybrid Hunter with 0/38/23 build. I am almost always at the top of the Recount Damage Meter. The BM Hunter that raids with us is usually 4th with shammies, mages and warlocks in between.
There is nothing wrong with being a MM. I like it because everyone that comes to wowhead, becomes a BM, so when MM gear drops, I get it :) .
The key to successfully raiding any class or spec is to team match. If you have BM Hunters that you raid with, then be MM or Survival. That way you can all gain from each others strengths and weaknesses. I am sure there is not a BM Hunter on this forum that doesn't appreciate the extra 125 RAP they get from Trueshot Aura.
Furthermore, there are many pet unfriendly fights out there. When I did Kara last weekend, we had an Infernal land right next to Prince. ATM the BM was third on the damage meter until his pet died and I watched him just drift on down to nothing. And while he was rezzing his pet, he wasn't DPSing.
On the flipside, a BM's pet can pick up as a quick tank if your tank bites it. That may get you out of the mess or give you time to run out. I know mine is good for about 2 seconds in a Kara Boss fight.
But as a MM, shot rotation is very important. I went to Dr Boom in Netherstorm outside of Area 52 and tried many different rotations and 3:2 was the best one. If you wanna be a good hunter, REGARDLESS OF SPEC, you gotta do your homework. And go to more sites than just wowhead.
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sargetony
I am a MM Hybrid Hunter with 0/38/23 build. I am almost always at the top of the Recount Damage Meter. The BM Hunter that raids with us is usually 4th with shammies, mages and warlocks in between.
There is nothing wrong with being a MM. I like it because everyone that comes to wowhead, becomes a BM, so when MM gear drops, I get it :) .
The key to successfully raiding any class or spec is to team match. If you have BM Hunters that you raid with, then be MM or Survival. That way you can all gain from each others strengths and weaknesses. I am sure there is not a BM Hunter on this forum that doesn't appreciate the extra 125 RAP they get from Trueshot Aura.
Furthermore, there are many pet unfriendly fights out there. When I did Kara last weekend, we had an Infernal land right next to Prince. ATM the BM was third on the damage meter until his pet died and I watched him just drift on down to nothing. And while he was rezzing his pet, he wasn't DPSing.
On the flipside, a BM's pet can pick up as a quick tank if your tank bites it. That may get you out of the mess or give you time to run out. I know mine is good for about 2 seconds in a Kara Boss fight.
But as a MM, shot rotation is very important. I went to Dr Boom in Netherstorm outside of Area 52 and tried many different rotations and 3:2 was the best one. If you wanna be a good hunter, REGARDLESS OF SPEC, you gotta do your homework. And go to more sites than just wowhead.
Grats, you can top meters in karazhan. Tell me when you get to a real raid. As for wowhead making people go BM, maybe just maybe there is a very valid reason. Such as it being just plain better than MM for raiding.
Sure I like 125 AP, but I sure like 3% damage a whole lot more. As for your example with the infernal on prince, what did the other hunter do with his pet? Nothing I'm presuming. You have to pay attention to where your pet is and move it out of danger.Same goes for a MM hunter. Believe it or not, a MM hunter pet will do 250+ dps if you keep it alive, fed, and buffed throughout a fight.
As for truly pet unfriendly fights. I can only think of a few, alar, leo, archimonde, supremus(half the time), council and illidan phase 2&4. I have no sunwell experience, so I won't comment on that, but I imagine brutallus, the major dps fight in sunwell, is pet friendly by looking at its mechanics.
A pet will get 1 shot by any 25 man raid boss. It is not a tank. It is there solely for dps.
Lastly, as a MM hunter, you better not be running a 3:2 rotation unless you have a ton of haste. 3:2 is a BM hunter rotation which consists of auto, steady, steady, auto, steady repeating. I think the correct rotation you are looking for is a 1:1.X rotation.
Lots of edits because I'm tired and made lots of typos -.-
- I have done higher raids than Kara, I just used it as an example because I did it yesterday.
- He rezzed it and healed it.
- 3:2 is a MM shot rotation, 1:1 is a BM rotation. Get some sleep, you don't know what you are talking about.
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