Help Please - How to Improve DPS?Follow

I've recently had the chance to run heroic UK and heroic Nexus and in both cases I was not putting out the kind of DPS I was hoping for - I was only putting out about 900. :(

I've been working on upgrading my gear and enchants when I have the gold to do so. My armory link is here. I know a few of my pieces are crappy and I don't yet have all the enchants that I want - I'm using the WotLK Pre-Raid thread as a guideline for what I should be upgrading to.

I have all the standard glyphs and am a cookie-cutter 50/21/0 build. For a shot rotation I'm starting with serpent sting, spamming an auto/steady shot macro with a multishot thrown in, and re-applying serpent sting as needed. I'm using the Terrorshaft Arrow because I don't have access to any of the higher level ammo.

So my questions are as follows:
1) Am I really underperforming or is my expectation of 1100-1200 dps unrealistic given my gear? I personally think this is a pretty modest goal but maybe I'm out in left field.
2) What should I save up for first that will give me the greatest boost to my dps for my buck?
3) What can I do to improve my shot rotation? Can anyone suggest a macro that includes Arcane Shot that might boost my damage output?
4) Which of my stats (e.g., hit rating, AP, etc.) is most likely causing the low damage output and do you have any suggestions to improve it?

Thank you for your time and feedback.

yep, hit hit hit hit hit.

I actually missed a regular mob the other day, ticked me off. I've been so use to never missing while I was at the hit cap pre-WotLK. Since I'm leveling I haven't focused entirely on hit so I'm way low now but only level 74.

Thank you for your advice! I'm now putting out just shy of 1.5k DPS - a significant improvement over my previous numbers even though my hit is still too low (140/267). I've pugged several heroics and am very pleased with my contribution based on the figures from Recount. At least now I can make a respectable showing in these instances.

I think I'm going to do those rep grinds too. Thanks for the tip. I got Indis to 77 in the two starting areas alone. Haven't done any higher level stuff really. A few side trips to explore a bit, but yes... New shinies....

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Madoran&n=Streamer

OK folks I have a problem. If the boss fight is straight tank and spank without me having to move I can do an average of 3K DPS. My problems comes when we have to kite a boss or move around quite a bit. When that happens my DPS drops big time compared to other comparably equipped hunters. It seems like it takes forever for me to get my first shot off after having moved. I usually start a tank and spank by stinging, auto shot, steady shot. When I move around I try to get off an instant shot like multi, arcane or aimed shot, but the next steady shot or autoshot seems to take a long time to hit. Am I stomping over autoshot or is there any gear changes I can make? All suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Oh yeah and despite my extremely low HR for some reason I don't miss very often. Currently in heroics with an eye on 10 man Naxx.

Edited, Jan 6th 2009 3:36am by Ponx

Understandably, your DPS will drop on movement-type fights. There's not much you can do about this, as Hunters require a steady base (IE: non-movement) in order to pull the big numbers.

The above poster did give some good advice. If you know when your Autos are going to go off, stopping for half a second will allow you to do juuuuust that much more DPS.

Also, get a new meta gem.