Before I start I just want to say its refreshing to find a forum that is not so...how can I say...public Hunter WoW forum'ish.

Anyway, I was wondering what some of you higher rated hunters choose in regards to sockets, and which style or combination of gem selections do you find most viable for 5v5 arena situations?

I ask because I started out trying to stack as much sta/resil as possible (11.6k HP, 320 resil unbuffed at the moment). As time goes on I have begun seeking more damage.

The way I see it, we have three different options in regards to gem and enchant choices:

1) Stacking Stamina and Resilience gems on everything we can
(Reasoning behind this choice: When we are the target of an assist train it does more good to your team to be able to survive than put out a bit more damage...)

2) Using all pure damage oriented gems
(Reasoning: The PvP gear already has enough built in survivability, why not bring it closer to the PvE gear in terms of damage)

3) Balanced mix of stamina/resilience and damage-like gems
(Reasoning: More damage the example 1, more survivability than example 2)

So what do you guys use and why?

Thanks for reading.

ps- I usually run with a Warrior/Rogue, Discipline/Holy Priest, Resto Shaman, and Mage.

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