Sweathog wrote:
1. SV is great DPS and fun! Not so fundamentally different then BM really, except you have to push more than one button.
Anyone who plays BM by pushing only one button fails, especially post-patch when it is vital to keep Serpent Sting up and fire Arcane every time it comes off cooldown. Pet micromanagement also plays a role, which as MM or SV isn't so important. Sure, there are some tards who play by leaving the pet on Defensive and autoshotting everything--but I suspect that you get the same thing with SV and MM as well, except with more whining because they changed specs but aren't seeing a DPS increase.
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2. SV/MM are significantly better dps for many raid bosses, the myriad of higher power instants make this fact.
I don't really have time right now to explain why "the myriad of higher power instants" do not in fact "make this fact"--I promise I'll come back to it later. For now, bear in mind that it's harder to trap dance (for maximum Survival DPS) on a highly mobile boss or in fights that have a lot of movement to them, which is where instant shots really shine. The fact that the shots are instant doesn't have as much to do with it as you might think.
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3. I might be an elitist for wanting to do as much dps as possible, hell I don't know. But is it not equally so to not try another spec, which others are telling you are better? I am BM hear me roar! Why should I have to respec? QQQQQQQQQQ
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. I *think* you're trying to say that BM hunters are elitist for staying that way--maybe you can explain to me how that is supposed to make sense? When I know that I can play BM better than I can any other spec, and my raids regularly include a survival and a marksman hunter, there is nothing elitist about bringing both the spec that I am best suited to and providing a buff that generally would not otherwise be provided.
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4. BM going to get buff yay! Nerf only competetive spec so I can feel better about running with <insert vanity pet here>
Buff =/= nerf. Now, it has been said that SV damage will be getting toned down. If you haven't seen that coming since they buffed Explosive Shot back up to crazy numbers, you're an idiot. When SV is doing as much DPS as BM did pre-nerf, and it has been stated that BM was doing too much damage at that point, what do you expect to have happen?
And TBH, I don't care what they do to the other specs, so long as the dps is made to be fairly even between them. That's more your problem than that of any BM hunter here. Don't try to dump your issues on me.
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See what I am getting at. If you don't care about DPS enough to run the DPS spec STFU about the nerf. Is this elitist?
No, I'm pretty sure that to have a real shot at being an elitist (in the way the term is used on this message board) you have to actually have some basic intelligence and do research into your class (including knowing how to play the other specs even if you choose not to), rather than just following the crowd and claiming that doing so make you better. In fact, rather than elitism, you seem to be showing symptoms of ten-year-oldism, in which the sufferer is generally loud, obnoxious, and thinks he knows better than everyone else despite completely failing to make a valid point. You lose your right to be considered an elitist here the first time you make a post including the, er, phrase, "QQQQQQQQQQ".
Don't worry, I'm sure you could still earn acclaim on the o-boards for your witty humor and clever way with words.
