Jarduce wrote:
dash....bite...growl...hit..hit...
I start attacking with bow...get a few shots in..then hit <go for the throat>
pet gains 50 focus regen
and repeat bite...claw...hit....ect
so i say yes its worth having both bite and claw on pet.
im beastmaster 41 /20 marks spec
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/hunter/talents.html?0520120052501224310510505201205000000000000000000000000000000000
Wait what? You "hit" Go for the Throat? It's a crit procc. You can't hit it. Nor can you with Bestial Discipline. The rest however, I agree with. If you have one of the Focus regen talents, you can pretty much specc your pet with as much focus draining skills as you want. When I was Beastmastery, I had Bestial Discipline. My Humar was specced with Claw and Bite. I often saw him dip below the Growl focus cost, but it seemed like it was never actually below long enough for Growl not to go off. He
always had enough focus for Growl. And that's without losing a single Bite. My Humar was a powerhouse of legends as a Beastmaster.
How is he now that I am Surv? Well, my crit lies around 26.6% and I have Go for the Throat. Granted, in solo my Humar can no longer hold Aggro as he used to. I simply do way too much damage. However, he still doesn't lose a single Growl. And that is with Growl, Bite, Claw and Dash. His DPS is lower since he doesn't have the Beastmastery talents. He can't hold aggro as well as before.
But he
never runs out of Focus.
So, if you have Focus Regen talents, you can pile as many Focus Dumps you want on the pet. He will still do his job. The only exception would be Scorpid Poison. If you train them with Claw, they will most likely lose an application just long enough for that critical first stack to go away. They will still Growl though, if trained for it.
Turns out. Pets are smart. You can pile as much as you want on them, and they will still do their job.