Hello elitist jerks,

(I don't know if this is the right topic)
I am new DK who needs some help with dps. I feel that my dps is low for my gear.
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Last guild raid on festergut 25 I managed to pull out only 7900 dps, and I was almost the lowest dps in raid.
I don't know what is problem, but I can try to name few things.

1. I had a non-reaping build. Now I respecced but didnt test it
2. I don't have 4/5 t10 yet, I am going to get it soon tho, but I don't know if 3% would make big difference
3. Weapon. I feel that bryntoll is falling behind and I don't know if I should go farm shadow's edge
4. Profession :S maybe I should go mining > BS but I dunno if it will be big change ( 40 str )

I appreciate every advice and suggestion.

Thanks.

So, im a an orc so i have the racial for more expertise on fists and axes. And i have [Abomination Knuckles] and [Frost Giant's Cleaver].

In my last 10man raid i recived [Gutbuster]. My question is, is it worth using that mace, and if it is, should i gem the expertise i need to cap the OH, or should i gem haste instead?

hey everyone if it is not too much of a problem could someone tell me the best specs for arcane pve /and frost pvp. i dont think i am specced to my best damage ability for arcane and i have no idea how to spec for pvp frost. i have been arcane pvping for sometime and have little survivablility and help would be greatly appreciated

currently im a mm spec hunter utilizing a build based around arp (the one without arcane shot) im using the arp trinket etc but im becoming more and more bored with the repetitive nature of the spec, i tried sv again but didnt like the feel of it (never have) and have long been debating with the dps whore in me over whever bm wud be viable as a raid spec. for a start all i hear is bm is broken etc etc but i dont feel that way,, when im dps'in in icc i noticed something of interest, alot of the fights are about dps management- the first example u will come across is deathwhisper where i find myself trying to squeeze in a rotation and hopefully 1 last chimera on her b4 i have to address the adds, from where i stand if your hunter is bm your dps management just got alot simpler e.g leave your pet which is most powerful dot in game (debatable) on the boss and just faceroll and hit up the adds, this should be an effecttive 'strategy' (it works on yogg) and i see no reason why it shouldnt work on this kind of fight like e.g saurfang + rotface etc, we all know alot of movement stops you doing your best dps but surely bm is a way of 'sustaining' your dps better? any thought on this would be welcome

Also i have been seeing alot of posts flying around that state a bm hunter must gem ap in order to make his pet stronger, i dunno if every1 sees this from the same viewpoint as me but blizzard state that they never want a bm hunter to rely totally on his pet for dps, at the moment your pet shud do around 40% of your total dps, i think alot of hunters have over looked this and have gemmed/enchanted in order to improve their pet but not themselves, i see gemming ap as gimping yourself for no apparent reason because your obviously losing alot of crit just to put gems in that provide the same ap as 20agil minus the crit, your pet takes 22% of your ap (more with pet talents) that does not mean it is calculated on your ap before agility is taken into consideration, if anything its calculated on the total ap you have including the ap you get off agility so i would venture to say that bm hunters should gem just like the other specs = agil in red, agil+crit in yellow, nightmare tear/agil in blue. i may be wrong but it seems pretty straight forward to me....

just one last thing, is it me or are the 2pc (5% chance on auto shot to imp yours and your pets damage by 15% for 10secs)and especially the 4pc (when your serpent sting/wyvern do damage you have a 5% chance to gain +10% ap for 10secs) tier10 set bonuses directed mainly at bm?? because the 4pc bonus dnt really do much for SV/MM dps and its widely known that the tier9 2pc and tier10 2pc are better dps than tier10 4pc for those 2 specs....maybe blizz slipped a little bit of beastmastery love in under our noses?? maybe it would be beneficial to Bw wen u got 1 or 2 of those procs up? and also with bm being almost "auto haste soft capped" would that not make the autoshot +5% damage buff proc more often??

alot of questions and theories, i hope someone can answer them for me XD

In case anyone had any doubts, I can confirm that Blood Infusion can be completed in heroic mode as well.

Oh I practice alright... But I've not pushed more than 10k on single target fights... I guess I just have to get the rotation down to the millisecond like Landsouls spreadsheet..

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Try to use heroic strike more aggressively, you dont need to sit at 80 rage to use it.
To be honest you can pretty much spam it nonstop most of the time.

Well, Ive noticed when I do spam it, I find myself rage starved... Hence why I have 1 point into Imp zerker rage... would it be more beneficial to put that 1 point into precision 3/3 instead? I do find myself missing white attacks which is going to happen obviously since im only soft capped... but to spam HS non stop instead of using "some" white attacks to gain addition rage, I dont see happening... But I'll def try it...

80 Rage is too high a threshold for your gear. 40-60 will give you more HS. When 2 white crits can give you 100 Rage, you can't be so conservative to wait for 80 Rage for a HS.
Are you getting all raid buffs? See raidcomp.mmo-champion.com and find out if your raid is missing any buffs.
RNG can play a large part in how much damage you do. On 7 min tests on target dummies I've seen the % Glance vary from as low as about 18% to 26%, and crit rates from 25% to 40% with the same gear. Whether your procs line up with your Death Wish is something you have a little control over, but not much (Berserking, Blood Drinker can't be controlled like trinket procs can), and having a lot of procs during Death Wish can make a noticeable difference.
One of the most important factors is Heroism uptime %. The shorter the fight duration is, the larger % of the fight occurs during Heroism, and the higher your DPS will be. Fight duration is determined by how much DPS your raid does as a whole. If your teammates are only doing 5k DPS on Festergut, your fight duration will be longer and your DPS will be lower. You always have Death Wish available for Heroism right?
Have you tried not using Rend? You might be able to get more HS in that way.
Also, your gear is definitely behind. Don't underestimate how much of a difference gear will make on your DPS. 8 slots at 245 or under is not very geared, and 8k seems fine for that gear level. You put a Nightmare Tear in a Red socket which is a waste. Put it in a Yellow or Blue socket that will give you a +6 Str bonus, and a 20 ArP gem in your helm. That gives you 2 socket bonuses instead of just one. The last points of ArP are worth the most, so it may be better to use a +10 Arp/+15 Stam gem instead of your +10 Str/+10 Crit gem in your gloves, which will let you use the +21 Crit meta instead of the +21 Agi meta. Or maybe a 20 ArP gem and keep the +21 Agi meta. Landsoul's spreadsheet should be able to determine that.

Alright, I respeced and got rid of the execute... TBH I got that previous spec based off of landsouls spec at the time... just to try it out... As far as improved rend and putting 2 points into that, I suppose its better than 2 into parry since we shouldnt be getting hit in the first place.. but as I looked around, 90% of the warriors I looked at had it, so I got to thinking maybe I should add rend into my rotation when all my CD's are on CD... As far as heroic fury.. it def helps give a boost on fights like blood council and marrowgar where your running around all over the place, but I will try without it.. I decided to go with 5/5 commanding pres, as only one of my pallies has imp. might, I can always use it for commanding shout. I will pick up that necklace from the badge vendor and see how that works out, maybe using that I will be able to get to 100% passive ArP... Thanks for the replies..