Greetings all, I was wondering if any of you have any insight in what I am finding using the Hunter DPS spreadsheet. Now this is in the current patch and not the 3.08 on the PTR. I am only level 76 so this may have something to do with it as well. In short, I am seeing a significant DPS increase by going either MM or SV compared to BM.
Here is my armory with my current gear and spec and I have the steady shot glyph and hunter's mark glyph. Also, all calculations in the spreadsheet are done on a WotLK Boss (level 83)
Current Armory
With this gear and spec (51/16/0) I am showing a total DPS of 813 (604 from me and 209 from cat) completely unbuffed, just little old me with dragonhawk on. My shot rotation in the spreadsheet is Serpent Sting, BW, SS, KS
Now if I change to an MM spec (7/53/7) with a rotation of serpent sting, Chimera Shot, SS, KS I get a total DPS of 1023 (911 from me and 112 from cat)
Also, if I go to this SV spec (7/8/52) with a rotation of serpent sting, explosive shot, SS, KS I get a total DPS of 1180 (1115 from me and 65 from my cat)
I just didn't expect to see as large of an increase (or any increase at all for that matter) simply by changing specs/shot rotation in the spreadsheet. I've been BM since level 15ish and never looked back as BM was THE PvE spec.
I haven't tested the MM or SV build yet in real life, but my current BM DPS does match pretty well with the spreadsheet. My assumption going into this was that BM would be a little better. Was my assumption just wrong or do you think I'm missing something. Any thoughts or insight will be very much appreciated.