Originally Posted by mom2kat
I have been struggling with DPS and shot rotations for a while now. It seem no matter what I do 500dps is about average for me in raids. I would like to think I am not badly geared.
If you want to see what my gearing/talents are like this is my armoury page.
So I am a MM hunter using teh Steelhawk Crossbow with the Kureni bag and in raid mysterious arrows.
Recently one of the hunters in my guild showed me this macro and when using it last night in Kara I was still around 500 dps but my mana burning had improved to where I could use aspect of the hawk instead of viper to avoid going OOM all the time. My latency is always between 100-175 so that should not be an issue at all.
#showtooltip steady shot
/castsequence reset=2 steadyshot, !autoshot
/cast[exisits,tartget=pettarget]kill command
/script ui errorsframe:clear()
I have this bound to my mouse wheel and spent the fight just mousing down to spam the macro. I did notice that kill command did not seem to go off unless I manually hit it. I also was not useing to many trinkets as I was trying to get this working right.
Please help me out by showing what I am doing wrong, I don't want to be a huntard any more!
Thanks for the thread it really got me thinking about shot rotations rather than just steady and arcane whenever they came up. |
First, that is a 1:1 shot rotation macro for a beast master hunter. Basically made for a hunter with a 2.0 ranged attack speed (with BM castsequence macro, you generally set reset = (your ranged attack speed)). Unless you are specced into 5/5 serpent swiftness or have 300+ haste, that macro is not for you.
Second, I do not believe the line /cast[exisits,tartget=pettarget]kill command is correct
Should be /cast[target=pettarget,exists] Kill Command
Whenever I spec into Survival or Marksman (I leveled to 70 as nothing but MM), I have personally found best success in weaving my shots manually (although some others around here may have some long castsequence macro done).
I believe Intermission described the 1.5:1 shot rotation well, meaning
steady - special - auto - steady - auto - steady -special - atuo - repeat
I would advise that you look into getting a mod with an auto-shot timer in it a work on your shots while allowing auto's to fire properly. Quartz or Kharthus Hunter Timers both can do this.
As far as gearing, your hit rating is quite low. You should work on this. Personally, I would say ditch the halloween ring and start using the Violet Ring. Also, Cobra over Cleft for the legs, and you should look for someone to do +15 agility to your gloves (the mats are fairly cheap)
A few recommendations about spec. I see you have on 2D3 and 2 points in Clever Traps, so I am guessing you are still needed for crowd control in early Kara. In that case, and considering your hit rating, you may want to consider something like
Marksman Crowd Control
Although you should really outgrow this before too long. If you are serious about bringing up your DPS, you will want to spec
Beastmaster