hi,

much like yesterdays fun discussion on 1 handed weapons i would like to canvas opinion on which are currently the best rings and ring combinations. (please note i say "currently" as speculation over future changes is a little unnecessary).

personally i found it easy to give an almost uncontraversial list of 1handed weapons but rings i think are much harder, mainly this is because of different peoples dependancy on +hit items, and therefore personal evaluations on this.

for example with my current gear (only pre nefarian items) i have +9hit (items alone) and can quite happily afford to completely ignore the +hit on masterdragon slayers ring, which makes it worse in my estimations than otherwise, making circle of applied force potentially a more preferable choice for me.

so, does anyone want to venture a list, or a sound basis for the RAP equivalent of +1hit?
of course the question of ring combos is then going to arise and perhaps it is safer not to open that can of worms right now :)

wispy

ps. as i re-read this i kind of think that maybe i am trying to lead us to post the "optimal hunter gear" so that one day you will only see hunters wearing exactly the same items. that would be quite sad:( and is not my intention at all, i am merely looking for other people to either shoot down my bad assumptions or confirm things i have gotten correct.

currently i still use band + seal of jin. which i estimate to be as good as quick strike ring and signet of the bronze flight (revered)!!!

Yeah, those two rings are insanely overpowered for blues. They aren't the best rings in the game for hunters, but they're close.

I'm using Ring of the Godslayer + Band of Reanimation, currently. (While remaining hit capped, mind you.)

Unless I feel I need more stamina, in which case I put on the Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight.

They are nice, but far from being overpowered. Imho best pre-AQ Combo, but the Naxx ones got like 40-50 AP more (see post above)

I said overpowered for blues. Doesn't it strike you as a tiny bit out of whack that the best DPS rings for a pre-Naxx/C'Thun hunter come from easy bosses in a 20 man instance?

You can use the hunter spreadsheet to be exact.

That said, early AQ40 and below +9 to hit (including rings), accuria + any signet ring above neutral appears to dominate, although accuria + MDS is quite good as well.

Also, to the OP, I believe that +1 hit is about as valuable as 0.75 crit.

edit: clarity and changed pre-naxx to early AQ40

At least those are epics off an end boss, not blues off entry level bosses :P

Best endgame combo assuming hit cap in other slots is Unnatural Forces/Reanimation or T3, depends if you prefer 6mp5 or 4 agi. I'd take the 6mp5 as it has a lot more use for purposes of solo farming, lower instance running, and saving costs through reduction of mana consumables. In BC, I'd much rather have that 6mp5 to hit 70 than worry about the equivolent of a 1DPS increase. Of course, if you can get both, this is moot.

Random drops and a Viscidus loot table add, ftl.

As alliance I'm afraid I'll never see qiraji fury as most alliance guilds don't even bother with Visc except for perhaps the one time it takes just to say they've done it.

Such a shame really, that ring is soooo good. We had two drop off of Sartura before they changed the table and both went to rogues, who upgraded their quick strikes. 4 stamina and 5 AP upgrades suck. ; ;

That's simply not correct. Look at the spreadsheet and general tradeoffs for hit/crit/RAP/AGI. There are certainly better combos out there, and dismissing the last three you mentioned is not at all fair, especially if you are over the hit cap.

edit: oh I see, you are assuming the AP:AGI tradeoff gets changed. /shrug.