so 3.1Follow

The reason Noxious Stings is selected is the +3% more damage to targets effected by Serpent Sting.

At 4k dps, noxious stings equals 120 dps.
And 4k dps isn't an impressive number, I think we'll easily 6k+ in ulduar.

All our shots scale exclusively with Attack power.
Spell power doesn't do anything.

Well I am running with the 0/15/56 Spec that was put up on here as I trust in Aethien lol

OMFG!!!

Funis not the word, you got to look out for the BA cooldown now as well but my oh my, instant improved DPS, if you get it right. I found a steady run of:

Hunters Mark
Pet Attack
Black Arrow
Serpent Sting
Explosive Shot
Aimed Shot
Steady Shot
Steady Shot

then - (taking into account LnL proccing of course, at which point you fire through that and I am dropping ES, Aimed, ES, Steady, ES when it does. Then go on with:

Black Arrow
Serpent Sting
Explosive Shot
Aimed Shot
Steady Shot
Steady Shot

This is killing things a damn lot quicker. If you get time to run in and drop an Immo then its party time and watch your DPS sky rocket lol

Dont know if anyone can adjust this to be even better, I know you strictly cant run with a shot rotation these days, but I find keeping as close to the above as I can has helped immensely.

Anyway, I look forward to hints and tips and to anything better than undoubtedly someone will come up with and which I shall use right away lol

Looking at the glyphs for the top DPS spec, I understand Serpent Sting and Explosive Shot, but why Kill Shot and not Steady Shot? I would think the synergy between the Serpent Sting and Steady Shot glyphs pumping out an extra 10% on Steady Shots during the entire fight would be better than two or three additional Kill Shots at the end of a fight.

It would depend somewhat on the fight, as a really quick last 20% makes the kill glyph weaker, but steady shot really isn't very good. We used the steady glyph just because there wasn't anything better, not because it was particularly awesome.

Could be different for you, but according to the spreadsheet for me, taking FF over Aimed makes less than a 10 DPS difference. So >technically< FF is the better choice, but the extra instant shot is definitely nice-- especially during very mobile fights. We also have to consider that if the pet dies, no more FF.

Personally, I'm taking Aimed shot because I enjoy having it.

The absolute most DPS I can push out of the 51-point spec that Aethien posted was actually 1/19/51 (Don't flame for the 1 point into Rapid Fire >.< it increased the DPS, and syncs it up with trinkets SO much better than the 5-minute CD)

Edit: after taking another look at it, my variation only increased my DPS by ~1 point. But I guess it's still worth showing, since it's a second viable option if you want to take Aimed shot and not lose any DPS. The DPS differences could very well be different depending on Haste. But it's worth slapping into the Spreadsheet, isn't it?

Edited, Apr 18th 2009 6:42am by Ayrii

This makes absolutely no sense at all.
Because if you don't have aimed, you're firing multi shot in the same place.

It does also give an extra option for when Multi shot isn't safe to use :). I've only seen KT once since being back from haitus, but I did see people getting shackled and trapped pretty close to the boss when they were getting MCed.

That's not what *I* meant.
Aimed shot is ideal, because it can be used in all situations.
If you don't take Aimed shot, then you replace it with Multi Shot.
Multi Shot can't be used in all situations because of CC.
If you don't have Aimed shot, and it's not safe to use Multi, then you have to fall back to Steady Shot, which gimps DPS.
^^^ That's what I was saying. Unless, of course, Blizzard decided to try making Multi not target CC'ed mobs again while I was gone... But it was so ill-received last time they did it, I doubt they'd try it again.

:)

Edited, Apr 21st 2009 4:48am by Ayrii

so, what IS this "new spell effect"?
do they just mean that they changed the graphics of when it procs?
if so... um... wow?