HuntardPower wrote:
Im currently MM, and i come in within the top 3 damage on Gruul, and i am generaly on top or close enough on the damage in any raid/party.
Fallacy #1 cited by a great many players: "I'm in the top 3, so why should I worry about changing spec/gear/augments/gems?"
You change because that change can make you better. If you're happy to be "within the top 3" as measured by the people you raid with, and that makes you unable to see why any change could be necessary, be prepared for be surprised when the rest of your raiding partners leave you behind. It won't happen in a week, or even in a month or two, but it will happen.
HuntardPower wrote:
I have been reading a lot to see what i can do to max my damage, etc.
What is the advantage of BM?
Excellent! Read the sticky. :)
HuntardPower wrote:
2 out of 3 fights in 25 mans, pets get pwned. at least in my experience.
Is mana efficiency the only advantage to BM? There are no AP or crit or AGI talents, there is only a speed increase and a boosted pet.
Only. :) It's a 20% speed increase coupled with a synergistic assortment of ranged weapon speeds. It's huge. And better damage from the Pet, and Ferocious Inspiration.
BM isn't all that mana efficient. You fire faster, so you fire mana costing specials faster. SV is much more mana efficient.
HuntardPower wrote:
The second question - if it is that much more damage, what are the shot rotation macros? I get the 1:1, but i dont get the 3:2 and i have no idea about building a macro, the one i use now was made by a friend.
Appreciate the help.
Check out the sticky. I think there are some macros posted there.
Aethien wrote:
Learn to control your pet, I might sound very cruel now but if you cant keep your pet alive on pretty much every encounter (some things like Illidari Council, Illidan and a few others with massive AoE excluded, but you (should) have 2pcT5 by then to swap in) you fail as a hunter.
Ofcourse your pet dies occasionally, it just happens.
But It's nearly always due to player error and it's fixed in 4 seconds by rezzing the pet.
You forget. MM. No Imp Mend, so his Pet eats DOTS in full. And no Imp Revive, so his Pet res is 10 seconds, not 4.
HuntardPower wrote:
I know how to spec the pet, my problem is keeping him alive. With 2 T5 it becomes nearly effortless, but as a MM hunter i have not used my pet much for the entire time i was raiding. I agree, i need to learn how to controll my pet better.
Yeah, break out two pieces of T5 for those fights where the Pet takes a lot of damage. Otherwise, there's a lot better gear in T5 content. That's another place a lot of Hunters seem to need assistance with: Being able to know what gear drops from what Bosses which is advantageous for Hunters. If you have any kind of DKP system figuring this out in advance will help you improve your gear fastest.