Warning for Eldergrubel: General Idiocy

◊ Kaubel · 12/19/07, 10:35 PM

Post: [Hunter]Help me please
User: Eldergrubel
Infraction: General Idiocy
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Original Post:

Hello Hunters,

I've been reading these boards, using Cheeky's spreadsheet, and researching all things hunter for quite some time now. I have a few questions which I'm hoping you can provide guidance to.

First of all, though I've seen reference to it several times in these forums I could not find the source information. Can someone please describe what "Dr. Boom" testing is?

Secondly, I am a long time stubborn MM specced hunter. I am of the school of thought that believes that a skilled and geared MM hunter should be able to do as much damage as a BM hunter. However, as we have seen over and over even a dullard BM hunter can mash one macro repetedly and out DPS us by 5% or more. I find this frustrating, but it seems to be the nature of our class at this point in time. Several upgrades to gems and such would increase my DPS slightly, but I still couldn't match a BM hunter's DPS. Is there there anything I can do to to improve my DPS, or is MM raiding a lost cause?

Some notes about my character:
- Spec: 09-43-09 Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft
- 90% geared through gruul needing trinket upgrades and Illhoof Belt
- 1550 AP (with Trueshot and Hawk, 2500 AP raid buffed)
- 22.5% Crit, 6.8% Hit (I am not quite hit capped)
(my current spec has improved stings, which I am dropping for faster Arcane shots - see spec above)

General Shot Rotation:
- Auto, Steady, weaving in Multi when available or Arcane when mana allows
- I try to time my Rapid fire with Multi-shot and trinket cooldowns

Thanks in advance,

Eldergrubel of Norgannon