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In Depth Pre-Expansion Hunter Guide. (All Specs)

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That makes sense. Thank you. I'm curious though, which dummies are you using? Because the raiding dummies can't be relied on since they reflect WoD Bosses defensive stats now and we get loads of Dodges and Misses off of them.

 

Sorry, I meant the level 90 dummies, not the level 100 ones, just used to calling them all "raiding dummies".  I have tried both SV and MM in live raiding too and found similar results.  I abhor BM and try to avoid it at all costs :)

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10-21-14: Updated Recommended talents for BM. Added Weapon Rankings for MM, and SV.

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Hey Niix not sure if you're up for talking SV but for them do you think that after the explosive trap buff it should be worked into rotation? It currently does around 93% of AP and can proc multistrikes on ticks so I was debating working it in. 

 

Also not sure if you're up to talk WoD but do you think once it drops that SV should go for haste > agi > multistrike since poisoned ammo adds the remaining damage each time it's refreshed?

 

Sorry just excited for theory crafting "affliction" hunters :)

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Hey Niix not sure if you're up for talking SV but for them do you think that after the explosive trap buff it should be worked into rotation? It currently does around 93% of AP and can proc multistrikes on ticks so I was debating working it in. 

 

Also not sure if you're up to talk WoD but do you think once it drops that SV should go for haste > agi > multistrike since poisoned ammo adds the remaining damage each time it's refreshed?

 

Sorry just excited for theory crafting "affliction" hunters smile.png

 

I really haven't worked too much on SV because it, to me, would be the equivalent of looking into MM in 5.0. It just isn't viable enough for me to consider looking at it. Until they give it a cooldown I really wont be doing anything regarding SV. However to answer your question, Explosive Trap should be used if you will get 18 of the 20 second duration on 2 or more targets. Which realistically would only be on Dark Shamans, Protectors and Paragons.

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I really haven't worked too much on SV because it, to me, would be the equivalent of looking into MM in 5.0. It just isn't viable enough for me to consider looking at it. Until they give it a cooldown I really wont be doing anything regarding SV. However to answer your question, Explosive Trap should be used if you will get 18 of the 20 second duration on 2 or more targets. Which realistically would only be on Dark Shamans, Protectors and Paragons.

Is it that SV isn't viable in 6.0 in general or not viable at 90 for now? I feel like at 100 SV can be very competitive for top dps but I haven't looked too much into it.

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Is it that SV isn't viable in 6.0 in general or not viable at 90 for now? I feel like at 100 SV can be very competitive for top dps but I haven't looked too much into it.

 

SV is pretty terrible at 90 and at 100 as well.

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SV is pretty terrible at 90 and at 100 as well.

Really? I thought that poison arrows would have been able to save their dps :(

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Really? I thought that poison arrows would have been able to save their dps sad.png

 

Last time I checked Exotic Munitions is absolutely terrible. I will be messing with different profiles in simc when WoD comes out and I'll be able to give you a more solid answer once I'm able to test the three talents under different circumstances.

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Last time I checked Exotic Munitions is absolutely terrible. I will be messing with different profiles in simc when WoD comes out and I'll be able to give you a more solid answer once I'm able to test the three talents under different circumstances.

Will be looking forward to that. I have a feeling stacking haste can make Exotic Munitions pretty good but we'll see once we get there.

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Will be looking forward to that. I have a feeling stacking haste can make Exotic Munitions pretty good but we'll see once we get there.

 

Well, haste wont really do anything for it because the poison one caps at a certain point, which isn't even that high honestly. None of the level 100 talents are any good in my opinion. Once again Blizzard failed to implement an active talent that is actually worth taking. The two passive ones are better than Focusing Shot by miles. Fuck that ability.

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Hi! My question is: If secondary stats are now prized over Agility, why then maintain Blurred Speed for the boot enchant? Wouldn't 11 more crit trump 9 agil+ slight speed buff? Or does blurred speed still make enough of a difference to keep it?

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Hi! My question is: If secondary stats are now prized over Agility, why then maintain Blurred Speed for the boot enchant? Wouldn't 11 more crit trump 9 agil+ slight speed buff? Or does blurred speed still make enough of a difference to keep it?

 

If you really care about min maxing you'd want surefooted. +3 haste, +10 crit. Over Precision, which is the 11 crit enchant you mention, but that and 9 agi have such a minuscule difference I'd rather use the run speed.

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If you really care about min maxing you'd want surefooted. +3 haste, +10 crit. Over Precision, which is the 11 crit enchant you mention, but that and 9 agi have such a minuscule difference I'd rather use the run speed.

There's also Pandaren Step, which is 11 (or 13, haven't really checked) Mastery.

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Well, haste wont really do anything for it because the poison one caps at a certain point, which isn't even that high honestly. None of the level 100 talents are any good in my opinion. Once again Blizzard failed to implement an active talent that is actually worth taking. The two passive ones are better than Focusing Shot by miles. Fuck that ability.

Yeesh it has a cap? It could have been so good for SV if the cap wasn't bad. Maybe my affliction hunter dream is dead

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Hello Niix!

 

I have problem with MM Sniper training WA. When I lose sniper training buff and the bar starts blinking, my fps drops from 80 to like 20. Any idea what could be causing it?

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Yeesh it has a cap? It could have been so good for SV if the cap wasn't bad. Maybe my affliction hunter dream is dead

 

"Affliction" hunter isn't possible until they give us more than 1.5 DoTs...and make those DoTs actually pack a punch

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"Affliction" hunter isn't possible until they give us more than 1.5 DoTs...and make those DoTs actually pack a punch

 

Or maybe just don't make the spec suck, give us a cooldown and actual hard hitting spells. I can't wait until they stop trying to save their pride and just admit they fucked the spec beyond belief.

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Or maybe just don't make the spec suck, give us a cooldown and actual hard hitting spells. I can't wait until they stop trying to save their pride and just admit they fucked the spec beyond belief.

 

Yeah for sure, but it would be interesting to turn us into a DoT centric spec with SS, BA (give us 100% uptime already!), and ES (made viable for Single target.  Give us some kind of CD that increases DoT damage or DoT Multistrike chance.

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Yeah for sure, but it would be interesting to turn us into a DoT centric spec with SS, BA (give us 100% uptime already!), and ES (made viable for Single target.  Give us some kind of CD that increases DoT damage or DoT Multistrike chance.

You get 100% uptime with BA........with a trinket.

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10-24-14: Updated each spec's section to include a DPS ranking for all the races.

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Hello Niix!

 

I have problem with MM Sniper training WA. When I lose sniper training buff and the bar starts blinking, my fps drops from 80 to like 20. Any idea what could be causing it?

 

Hi again Niix,

 

I'm getting this too. Anyone else having this issue?

 

Thanks

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Hi again Niix,

 

I'm getting this too. Anyone else having this issue?

 

Thanks

 

I would go ahead and delete the sub aura which has the blinking, see if that works. If not, Dragoonn had luck deleting the "Below 3" sub aura. Try both and let me know if they don't work. I've never had this issue so I'm not sure exactly what's causing it.

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