rusttle wrote:
Is this because extra attack power wont beef up DPS enough to make a difference at this point or because jacking up my crit will give me a better return on overall DPS?
Not so much that AP won't help DPS at this point as no matter what your AP is, 14 AP = 1 DPS. Its mainly because at about this time (300 tooltip DPS) as with what you said, the crit begins to play effect and due to agility scaling with Blessing of Kings. By getting agility gems over AP gems, you take advantage of the extra 15% agility you will gain from it. Ap doesn't scale with Kings, so agility becomes the right socketing option past 300 tooltip DPS.
rusttle wrote:
This is an alt and as such, the guild inevitably prefers that I OT with my feral in raids. The result is that it mainly BGs - is that 142 rating as important for BGs as it is raids? Also, does AGI contribute towards hit rating?
142 hit rating (technically 141.93, but you cant get .93 of a hit :)) is the amount needed to bring your hit chance up by 9%. You have a 10% chance to miss on level 73 mobs which is the level that bosses are set to be. You will always have though, no matter how much hit you have, a 1% to miss, which is why we aim for 9% not 10%.
In PvP you will face level 70 opponents, which you will have a 5% chance of missing. Since you have always got a 1% miss chance, the hit cap for PvP is 4%, or 64 hit rating. 15.77 hit rating = 1% less miss chance.
Agility has no effect on hit rating at all. Agility only translates into AP, Dodge, Armour and Crit, not Hit. The only stat that effects hit rating is... well... hit rating.
rusttle wrote:
OK, so mouse over POWER and I see the total is 1461 and the DPS increase is 104 - I take it the DPS increase is what you're refering to?
The DPS increase is how much DPS you are gaining from the amount of attack power you have.
Since 14 AP = 1DPS, 1461 AP = 104 DPS (1461/14 = 104.357 and is rounded down to 104). The RAP talked about is Ranged Attack Power (your 1461 stat). RAP is AP that just affects ranged attacks, like the Aspect of the Hawk buff. AP effects both Ranged and Melee, and MAP (obviously) effects Melee attacks.
rusttle wrote:
I would assume that most hunters focus on thier DPS, HR and crit % with armor, dodge and health as important secondary stats.
In raids and heroics, armour and dodge are not that important. If we get hit, we are generally dead whether we have 6000 or 7000 armour so its not something we take into account when choosing armour. For PvP, armour kinda scales (S1<S2<S3<S4) so if it has better armour, generally it will have better stats. In PvE, it's more looked at as to whether it contains the stats we need for increased DPS (Agility, AP, Crit, Hit, etc) and what else does it offer (Intellect, Stamina, Sockets etc) and what will we gain/lose from the switch. Going after certain stats is sometimes situational, as you would look for higher int peices if your mana was below 6k.
rusttle wrote:
So how do I stand up?
What kind of raids should this toon reasonably be permitted on?
How well am I set up for BGs?
1. In terms of PvE, you have a lot of health. The armoury profile I'm seeing has 10109 health, which is a lot for raids. Around 7.5k-8k is a good amount for most early raids. You have a large amount of mana (I'm seeing 6688) which is good so your mana is doing well and you have a bit to spare. Your hit is just below hit capped so grab 10 more and you will be fine. You have a lot of PvP gear which isn't largely endorsed but some peices can be good.
As Sweathog (very nicely) listed, you should get these enchants soon:
Sweathog awesomely wrote:
+6 Stats to chest
28 Ap to shoulders Incrisption of the Blade because you are revered, when exalted, get
Greater Inscription of the Blade 24 AP to wrists
26 AP to gloves or
even better 15 AGI(pretty good gloves)
12 AGI to cloak
40 AP and 10 crit to legs
12 AGI to boots
+10 damage scope on bow (you should get better soon from Kara or badges)
A few of them are quite cheap and could have the mats bought in a few dailies. Also re-socketing to mostly
Delicate Living Rubies or the 4 agi 4hit ones (I forget the name). And also, that Meta in the head has got to go. +3
melee damage and a stun that procs on melee damage. Very bad for a hunter. Go with a
Relentless Earthstorm Diamond if you plan to PvE with that helmet.
The last thing I can pick apart is your spec. Go with the 41/20 listed in both stickies as this will help you out a lot more. I'm not sure if its your PvP spec I'm seeing (50/11) but your crit is low probably because you did'nt get Lethal Shots (5% extra crit chance).
2. I'm no raid expert but I would say depending on your DPS output, Kara, Gruuls probably. Anything further you may need more PvE oriented gear rather than PvP gear.
3. For BG's you would really want to make sure your set for that is different than your set for PvE. For BG's your gear is fine, but pretty much any gear is fine for a BG. Just use the best PvP vendored gear you have and it will be fine. You would start to pick apart your PvP gear harshly if you were to get into serious 2.2k+ arena.
Hope I've helped!