Pardon the expression for those red-headed step children out there.
Anyway, my question pertains to kitty dps. Does it just suck? Or, do I just suck?
I'm sure it's actually a pretty complicated question. And, I'm not sure I can provide enough details to answer the question for my specific situation. It may be more of an "in general" type of question. But, the basis of the question is that in raids, I'm consistently barely passing the tanks in dps. In raids, I'm pretty consistently around 1.1k or less when in kitty role. My guild has a number of tanks, so sometimes I'm relegated to dps. I read others saying they're at the top of the charts (not sure if they're being honest) and wonder what I'm doing wrong.
First off, my spec is for tanking. So, I don't know if the problem might be tanking spec vs. kitty spec. I somehow doubt it could double my dps up to be competitive with the 2k dps crowd. Does tank vs. dps spec effect dps significantly?
Second, while my gear is mainly tanking gear, I do have 5-6 pieces I switch out for dps, which definitely makes a huge difference between bear and cat. I don't think linking my armory will help much, but here it is anyway. I believe I'm in tank gear though. I really haven't had time to optimize tank and dps sets with the new patch and the server issues last night. (I know I'm missing a couple enchants, btw.) I do know that my AP in kitty is around 5.5-6k, with roughly 35% crit (off the top of my head). I'm sure my hit is low by a couple percent. It is higher than shown in armory...my dps gear has a lot more hit on it. But again, I doubt a couple percent hit is enough to drop my dps a huge amount. I know hit effects dps (formerly hunter main), but not enough to drop my numbers to what I think is too low.
Third, I think I'm doing a decent rotation when dps'ing. I keep up the bleed effects and SR. One problem I seem to notice is being out of energy a lot and waiting for it to tick back up. I admit I'm not the strongest melee dps in the world, but I'm pretty sure I'm doing a decent rotation.
So anyway, I'm looking for input.
Does kitty dps (with or without tank spec) really suck these days, or is it me?
Most druids I see are balance or resto...perhaps that's a sign.
What is everyone else experiencing?
Thanks.