My DPS is LackingFollow

WWS + Dr Boom + lots of tests.

As well as WWS logs + Cheeky's Case Study on WWS or: how to analyze WWS data.

edit: lots of tests as in trying out different rotations at different weaponspeeds (if you have haste gear) to find what suits you the best.

also, get rid of the eye o/t stalker, its a piece of sh*t.
you'd be better off with most blue rings.
In fact, work your *** off for angelista's revenge... totally worth it and a thousand times better than what you have.

And stop gemming for socket bonuses.
gem hit till hitcap (wich you are 7 over...) after that pure Agility unless the socketbonus gives more agility (or other stats worth more than what you lose)
Except for the few offgems to get meta-requirements.

For example: shoulders, chest, belt, legs and weapon socketbonuses are all not worth it.
You just get them if it gets you the best stats while meeting your meta-requirements.

Also, you gemmed for a lot of stamina... for pve its not worth it.
You need to have about 10-11k HP fully raidbuffed by the time you start BT/MH, before that you'll be fine with 8.5-9.5k raidbuffed.

Edited, May 30th 2008 12:05am by Aethien

This. At 22% crit rating, you should have around a 75% chance for it to be available on every cooldown. If you're BM, and your pet is buffed in a raid, you have a pretty good chance of your pet getting a crit on KC for 800-1k+ damage! If you're not using it every single time, you're gimping yourself.

I suggest using a shot rotation macro with KC built in, so you don't even have to worry about watching it and hitting it when it's up.

Also make sure that you have the highest rank of damaging skills for pets. If you're using a ravager, make sure to have Gore 9 and Bite 9. They add a lot of DPS.

If you're not going to go for the 3 set bonus on the ebon dragonscale set, then honestly I'd ditch the two pieces you have. There are better crafted bracers (namely the BT ones with haste), and there is better crafted belts (black eagle if you don't need hit, deep shadow if you do). I also would try to find a way to ditch the romulo trinket. It's a hit rating crutch that is taking away from your dps. Actually a lot of the T4 is kinda junk, you'd be better off using the new badge stuff. I also would reccomend using the 15 agi enchant to gloves over the ap. First off agi gives you crit, plus it can give you even more stats when coupled with a paladin's kings.

You also seem obsessed with getting socket bonuses. Most suck and aren't worth trying to get. Lets use your gear for an example. Shoulders: 3 int? you'd be better loading up agi gems, especially since the piece has no agi on it. Chest: If you stacked all agi gems you'd have the same exact attack power you do now, difference is, you'd have more crit. Boots: 16 agi as opposed to your... 11. Legs: again 16 agi, as opposed to your 11. Belt: wtf? mp5 gem?

On to enchants: 35 agi > Savagry for dps. 50AP/12crit > stam/agi leg armor. ***YOU HAVE A TERRIBLE SCOPE ON A GOOD RANGED WEAPON.*** 12 damage scope only applies to your auto-shot, while a crit scope applies to everything. You also have NO ENCHANT on your shoulders! That's huge!

Things you did well: everything about your helm is good, having hourglass is good, garona's signet is good, having a willingness to spend money on crafting gear is good, and your spec is good (though I prefer efficiency since it gives more dps over the longer fights).

I would replace your gear in this order: Bracer(crafted) > Belt(crafted) Trinket(badge) > Ring(badge) > Boots (get the leather badge ones, they have nearly double the AP, and more hit) > Gloves (badge) > Axe (badge). Then look at your hit. If you're well over hit cap, then go for dory's embrace. You might lose a bit of crit/AP, but the armor ignore will more than make up for that.

The vindicator bracers would be decent if your strapped for cash and can't get ahold of anything else.

The thing requires 4(!) hearts of darkness... are those that cheap on your server? oO

From Aethien's Sticky - Shot Rotation Macros

Hunter Macro's
Note: to make a macro open chat and type /macro
You will then get a nice box where you can make new macro's, give them a nice picture and a name.
The most common shooting cycle macro's, you need to test for yourself wich works best as it differes greatly with weaponspeed and latency/fps.

/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/castsequence reset=3/target !auto shot, steady shot
/castrandom arcane shot, multi-shot
/cast [exists,target=pettarget,nodead] kill command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1

No CC present, 1.5:1 shooting cycle
shooting cycle with Auto, steady, arcane and multishot.

/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/castsequence reset=3/target !auto shot, steady shot
/castrandom arcane shot
/cast [exists,target=pettarget,nodead] kill command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1

CC Present, 1.5:1 shooting cycle
shooting cycle with only auto, steady and arcane shot.

#showtooltip Steady Shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/castsequence reset=3 Steady Shot, !Auto Shot
/cast [exists,target=pettarget,nodead] Kill Command
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show()

BM Auto-steady with killcommand
basic BM shooting cycle.

#showtooltip Steady Shot
/cast !Auto shot
/cast [target=pettarget, exists] Kill command
/cast Steady shot
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

3:2 Macro, no castsequence wich is better for dps.
Its a clobbering macro though and it will make you clip some stuff.

all 4 shooting cycle macro's work through spamming the button.
Add in the "/castrandom Lightning Breath" line if you are using a Windserpent.

400?? wow. 200 is getting ripped off on my server. Of course I get them from my guild for cheap (or free for the resist gear)

they are 500-1k on my server :(
most guilds either need them for their own resist gear or they concentrate purely on SWP...

They are 1k on my server, on the odd chance that there is one on the AH.

But we have a mere three Horde Guilds in T6 content, and only one which has it on farm. That doesn't leave much room for a market for Hearts of Darkness.

Posting your armory will help others help you.

So tell me how do the orc or tauren racials gonna help your dps. Orcs are gonna get a little more out of their pets, but its not that much. From a dps standpoint, a troll using a bow has the better racial (and the beserk helps some as well :P).

This forum has no place for logical comments...boy we need another person asking about the most bestest pet ever.

Please stop posting such non sense. That is the second post of yours in which I read that crap.
Serpent sting is a waste of a global cooldown. A steady shot will do more damage, cost less mana and you can fire a scorpid sting instead which helps you tank a lot.
Concussive shot is NOT used in a shot rotation. It is extremely useless, mana intensive and most mobs are immune to daze effects (most bosses are). Also concussive shot is a waste of a global cooldown which could be used to do damage.
A part of your "shot rotation" reads "steady shot/arcane shot/concussive shot/steady shot" that is a really stupid idea. There is no room for two special shot between your steadies. How mana autoshots are in between those shots? Usually you whole shot rotation revolves around your autoshot-timer and steady shot.