3.1 DPS spec helpFollow

You had a typo.
And I've posted the current top dps specs in the 3.1 thread.

True story...
http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/class.html?wclass=5;mid=1239737720133144117;page=1;howmany=50#m1239782820100629452

EDIT: liked to his post rather than the whole thread

Edited, Apr 17th 2009 1:48pm by browningguns

You can't have it both ways. Either 2000-2400 is good enough to get invited or it isn't. If you can top this as BM (and its not difficult) then you don't need to respec SV. The SV spec is higher dps in a raid but it has a harder time soloing than BM. It depends a lot on your playstyle. If all you do is raid then sure go SV otherwise BM is perfectly acceptable.

And a lot comes down to the player. I frequently out-dps SV specced hunters because they are not doing it right.

Also note that if you're generally a nice guy, you will make friends and therefore get invites. If you're going to be a complete douchebag, you need much higher DPS.

I would never not invite someone to a naxx run just because they were BM. BM does enough damage for naxx, maybe the person likes soloing as BM and doesn't want to respec all the time. Now with 3.1 this isn't really a good excuse but maybe they can't afford $1000 (although that's weird), perhaps they just prefer BM. That's all fine.

For Ulduar I would never invite a BM hunter. The reason is not solely due to the dps. Someone being BM indicates that they are not focused enough on their performance to min/max. This will generally imply that they won't have the focus and the drive to succeed that someone who is min/maxed will. In Ulduar where you have to be paying attention, and where dps is actually needed it becomes fairly important that a person has both high dps, as well as a very alert and aggressive playstyle.

Now, I might reconsider this stance if I personally knew the person and I knew they were a good player. But at that point I would also likely ask them to respec SV, just because it will be higher dps.

Side note: Did you find as BM your dps went up with 3.1? By how much? How high are you getting a patch kill assuming a ret pally is there putting wisdom on the boss and full buffs.

Edited, Apr 24th 2009 11:09am by Xsarus

1) A hunter that respecs from BM to SV will do better dps assuming they are competent. If they aren't competent I don't want them anyway.

2) For the second part I said that it was a general sign of an unwillingness to min/max. Sure there will be competent focused BM hunters, but If I'm trying to fill a spot with someone I don't know, I'm not going to take the chance. I wasn't speaking in absolutes.

Edited, Apr 24th 2009 9:47pm by Xsarus