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Guild is wanting one of our hunters to change specs to SV for raiding purposes. My question is with this build http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/hunter/talents.html?0000000000000000000000000000000000000000033303022002300000000000| Yes i'll have an extra 40 points that i'll probably spend in BM since that is what i've been since day one, but will I need a huge gear change since SV needs a boatload of agility to make it work?

Also would it be possible to save one extra point to get the beast within talen from BM without losing a lot of CC abilities?

Or I guess in the end is SV really that needed for kara and heroic runs since my guild is extremely low on 70's I don't see us hitting any of the 25 mans for quite a while and I figure if BM will be okay for the 10 mans we are running now, I'll just slowly save up agility gear that no one else needs/wants when we run kara and then just respec when we start running 25 man raids.

For Kara: absolutely not. There are only a few places where hunters are really needed for trapping in Kara, and there usually isn't enough physical DPS to really make Expose Weakness worth more than a BM/MM build... Unless the SV hunter is grossly overgeared.

For heroics, a BM/SV build will make trapping a little easier, but gimps your DPS and doesn't give you any extra options for additional crowd control. For heroics, I really think that you should stick with either a BM/MM raid build or go for the SV/MM endless crit/CC Master build.

So working on your gear until your guild starts running 25-mans is a good idea. It'll give you time to really get ready for the change.

Edited, Feb 17th 2008 4:37am by ProjectMidnight

wow the gloves would be nice, but am afraid that I'd probably be rolling against our rogue who would probably get priority. Nice to know that an SV hunter isn't really needed right away.

Think I'll stick with my comfortable BM/MM build

Sounds like your Guild wants a SV Hunter and you're looking for a way to pretend you've filled that role while continuing to play the BM spec which you prefer.

It's not going to work. If your Guild wants a SV Hunter they want 3/3 Expose Weakness. Spec to that and then spend the rest of the points how you wish. Just be aware that criticals are what feeds EW. So you'll at least need to buy 5/5 Lethal Shots. And there are other MM Talents which make the most out of criticals, such as 2/2 GFtT and 5/5 Mortal Shots. So if you want to be effective, you'll be playing SV/mm, and will haver very few or no points to spare for the BM tree.