rinkkel the Flatulent wrote:
I realize he has me by a little bit in gear, but I am seeing a lot of PvP stuff. I am no slouch, I BW everytime it was up, Rapid fire, Trinkets, everything. Neither of us was dead more than the other.
Was that his gear for the raid? I ask because he's showing a 71 Hit Rating, and that's about how I look when I'm in my PvP gear since more than that isn't needed.
You've got a higher Hit Rating, but you're still not near the cap.
If you want to beat him, do this:
Gear wise you can improve with a mix of PvP gear and BoJ gear, Enchants/Augments and gems.
* S3 Helm, as was suggested above, is great. That was my first Arena purchase, and I didn't join an Arena team until S3.
* S3 Hunter 2-h will give you Hit Rating which you need, and might be better than your pair of 1-hands overall. Get the +35 AGI enchant for it. If you've got it in the bank you can run with Sonic Spear for the Hit Rating until you earn the 1k Arena points. Or grind up your Thrallmar rep and get the faction spear.
* BoJ crossbow. If your Guild clears Kara in under 4 hours then run it weekly until you've got your 150 BoJ and buy that crossbow. Get the crit scope for it, and if it's weeks away get the crit scope for your current bow. Having a +10 scope on Sunfury is a waste of potential. Dunno why you spend 100 BoJ on the pants when you were 50 away from another 10 DPS and a .1 second faster ranged weapon. Nothing impacts Hunter damage like your ranged weapon, that should always be your first upgrade path.
* BoJ chest to replace your blue dungeon set chest.
* Violet Eye exalted ring. Get to exalted and earn BoJ at the same time. If your Guild clears Kara in under 4 hours I'm surprised you aren't exalted yet. More Hit Rating you need.
* Enchants/Augments - Replace your hand enchant with +15 AGI. With raid buffs in T5 content you're better served with AGI than with AP. Replace the +10 STA enchant on your boots with +12 AGI or one of the mixed AGI enchants. Your pants are worth the epic patch, and you can usually find those on the AH or grind up the mats yourself and have a guildy craft them for you.
* Trinket. If you're going to run with a green trinket it may as well be serving a need. Terokkar Tablet of Precision will give you 22 Hit Rating. If you can, get Icon of Unyielding Courage or Romulo's Poison Vial instead. Once you are hit capped from other gear you can replace any of those with the typical Bloodlust Brooch.
* Gemming. If you're not Hit capped from gear, replace gems with Hit Rating until you are at the cap. Once you reach the cap from gear, swap them out for +8 AGI gems, or +10 if you have spare BoJ left for spinels or if you can find them on the AH. Socket bonuses are almost never worth going for, so don't unless it's the rare case where you can use a hybrid color gem to get a nice AP or AGI socket bonus. You don't need any STA gems, and green quality gems are pretty much free and are a sign that you're not too worried about trying to be the best you can now.
Make Drums Battle and use them on every cool down. Bring 3 stacks of Fel Mana pots to every raid, and use them. If you can't find them on the AH buy the mats and have a Guildy craft them for you. At the least bring 3 stacks of Super Mana pots and drink them on every cool down. Bring stat food, mana oil, and a flask for every raid. Flasks are best until the Boss is on farm, since they persist through death. If your Guild raids for more than 2 hours brink 2 flasks. Once a Boss is on farm you're better off with Major Agility and Major Mageblood elixirs.
Make sure you and your Pet get the right buffs. You want Kings for yourself, and Might for your Pet. Bring pet stat food. If you find Strength 5 scrolls on the AH, use those on your Pet. Buy AGI 5 scrolls for yourself. If you have any say about the raid groupings ask or put yourself into a group with a Spriest, an Enh Shaman, a cat Druid, or other Hunters in that order.
Do all of the above and you'll blow that other Hunter away every raid.
Edited, May 8th 2008 9:09am by Kompera Edited, May 8th 2008 9:09am by Kompera