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Post by
Flying
Hello fellow hunters
I'm having some issues with my dps. I was a MM hunter and was given the advice (based on my gear back then) to respec to SV because my dps output was extremely low. I respecced to SV and since got much better (went from mostly greens and a few blue items to what I have now).
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Quel%27Thalas&cn=Scios
I've noticed that now whenever I do a heroic I'm usually the weakest dps. I've had people telling me I needed to stop slacking yet I wasn't slacking.
Yesterday I did 2.3k dps in HC HoR which for the final event can be low if the rest of your party doesn't have some decent dps.
At this point I'm wondering if it's me doing something wrong or if it's still purely my gear..
I usually go with this rotation:
SerpentS > Explosive shot > Multishot/Aimed shot (depending if the fight is multitarget or singletarget) > SteadyShot
When I get the proc that I can use Explosive shot / Arcane shot without cooldown I do Explosive > Arcane > Explosive.
Yet my dps seems to be very low and I'm not really noticing big improvements when I get new items..
Post by
slasher0161
Boy o boy where do i begin, the issues is largely operator here though i will cut you some slack that xbow is a touch out of date.
To fix (get ready to sink some gold and start checking these boxes):
Gems... Just no, do not gem attack power as survival it is just wrong. Change your meta to
this
,
slam one of these
in a blue socket that gives the best bonus (4+agi, 8+ap ect.), and every other socket with Delicate gems (
if higher then ilvl 232 don't be tight
) (
if lower then ilvl 232 tight is ok
)
Enchants... They are cheap, they are easy to get, they up your dps by a reasonable chunk. Why the hell are you missing out on something so good...
Head
,
Shoulders
,
Clo
ak
,
Ch
est
,
Weapon
,
Ranged
,
Belt
,
Gloves
,
Bo
ots
Glyphs: Your cutting yourself short once again,
GoHM
is worth 100ap however only if you have your hunters mark up, steady shot won't be doing all that much for you either seeing as survival doesn't stack arp. For that reason your better off with a glyphs of
SS
and
KS
unless all you do is heroics in which case stick with steady instead of KS as you still won't manage to get off a second KS.
Your pet... Don't ask just get a wolf and spec
like so
Your spec should be changed to
this
Do all that and if your still having issues come back, that should give you a good starting point though.
TL;DR
STICKIES!
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494341
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Post by
Streifen9984
In regards to your shot priorities
1 Kill Shot should be used before all others *when target is 20% or less
2 Explosive Shot is your bread and butter
3 Black Arrow boosts damage *& causes
Lock And Load
4 Serpent Sting is awesome with 2pc of Tier 9 - SS crits!
5 Aimed/Multi Shot - filler/movement
6 Steady Shot - extra filler
Keep Serpent Sting and Black Arrow on target as much as possible, if shot's 1,2,5 are on cooldown, spam steady shot until one of them is available.
Move as little as possible, but don't stand in the hurty purple/green/flames/black/hurty stuff on the ground. That will boost your white damage. Sniper Training is sweeet!
Read those guides! And report them for stickie!
Post by
Flying
Well I've respecced again, gotten a wolf and specced him to what was recommended to me. I've also swapped and added some glyphs. Changed my meta gem to the agi one. I also did my daily fishing and got a +20 agi gem in my bag of fishing treasures, which I've obviously socketed instead of an AP one.
Also got my the Powerful Chest enchant (+10 to all stats). The Nightmare Tear was quite expensive on the AH (200+ gold) so I didn't buy that one yet. I'm going to keep disenchant rolling on drops to get more enchants.
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136267
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Post by
Streifen9984
If you can't use kill shot, then you won't. BA is still priority over SS because of LnL procs. But they should both be on target before you use Aimed or Steady. My list accomplishes the basics. But thank you for expanding it.
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494341
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Post by
Reallyape
Your pet... Don't ask just get a wolf and spec
like so
Not exactly. Get rid of dash. Put a point in great stam instead. Bloodthirsty? Heal him and feed him yourself. Get Charge on the next tier instead. The rest should be fine.
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494341
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Post by
Reallyape
Charge? I can't think of even a situational use for charge, lol.
Meh, just does a little extra damage.
With 90% aoe avoidance, on top of his own mitigation, and shaman heals... he doesn't need more HP.
Where does all that come from?
On a AOE heavy fight, bloodthirsty can and will save your pet's life. You don't need to be wasting GCD's casting low-tick heals on your pet when you should be DPSing.
Fair enough.
That brings me to Dash... which has many uses... it can be left on auto cast, and when you need to move / cower-dash your pet back to you / master's call... you'll need it.
Never had a use for it.
The cookie cutter ferocity spec is what it is for a reason. Saves a LOT of bag room and gold btw... meat is what 15g a stack or something ridiculous?
Yes, which is why I don't buy any...just glyph mend pet and get some from some hc mobs and you don't ever need to buy any again.
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Post by
Wrassinn
TL;DR NORTHERNSKY'S GUIDE IN HIS SIG!
^
and report it for sticky!
You can't get off your own jock can you?
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494341
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Post by
Wrassinn
TL;DR NORTHERNSKY'S GUIDE IN HIS SIG!
^
and report it for sticky!
You can't get off your own jock can you?
Retards coming out of the woodworks to flame me.
Inside jokes aren't for you.
Nah it's just that I'm sick of you thinking your right about everything all the time. You carry about these forums with an arrogance that I can't stand.
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494341
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Post by
Wrassinn
I'm not asking for the thread to get locked and I've been on these forums for long than you have these forums have gone way down since I signed up here. They are the same threads with the same questions. I'm not trying to judge your personality I'm just saying you have an arrogant side from the way I've read your posts.
I'm done now, I'd say you do the same if you really want to keep this thread unlocked.
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