Originally Posted by aartamen
There's one thing that I clearly fail to understand. The "better rotation" only rotates about every 8 seconds with the Auto at 2.5 seconds (2.9/1.15) and even faster with 2.44 It also slides due to multi CD ending much later than the third Auto.
Arcane is not being fired as soon as available. Multi cannot be fired every 8 seconds. It's not really a rotation at all.
Also DPMana is not something that is even remotely the most important damage measure. SSC/TK bosses die quickly enough for a hunter to simply outlast them with pots and Mp5 food/oil/elixir. There are judgements and Vampiric Embrace. There are fights where burst damage is more important due to constant repositioning - Al'ar, Voidreaver, Lurker.
Arcane and talented Multi hit much harder than Steady, therefore need to stay in the rotation.
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I'm not sure I understand this ... it's certainly somethign that is open to fine tuning (though after a completely horrible week at work I'm not sure I'm going to get to rewriting & redrawing the images as soon as I would like to.
I think finding the *best* rotation would fall outside of the scope of what I was trying to accomplish ... and there is a 'screen resolution' issue to drawing a picture of a longer rotation. What I did hope to accomplish is create a 'highlight real' of the primary issues in shot rotation to introduce the subject to a newer hunter coming here for good advice.
As has been pointed out already I've left off some important things like 0.5 second autoshot cast time and haste effects.
(new image fo da fanz!)
"If you give a man a fish,
you feed him for a day
If you teach a man to fish,
you feed him for his whole life"
In many of these fights that you (quite rightly) point out that DPM isn't useful for I would hope that the readers of the guide while getting a grasp of 'the basics' could adapt to the situation as they saw fit ... similarly ... choosing certain talents change the rotation.
You certainly raise good and valid points - though I might disagree with the forcefulness with which you're discounting DPM ... I appreciate that the original guide could mention the alternatives to DPM ...
Although I've recently dropped skinning for herbalism so I can drink more potions I'm not sure everyone want to be a consumable junkie. Just like I don't think that everyone wants to talent for multishot.
*thinks a bit*
*nods*
It is a whole new way of looking at the issue for me though ... interesting ... thanks!
