Infraction for Whitefyst: Useless Post

Kaubel · 07/20/08, 10:01 PM

Post: [Hunter] SURVIVAL Raiding in 2.1
User: Whitefyst
Infraction: Useless Post
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

This should have been included with your previous post.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by hailjh

Hi everyone,

I'm a survival hunter and looking to improve my dps. Most of the posts here deal with haste and t6 raiding, so I felt I should pose my own questions I came here in an attempt to find the answers to.

Armory Link also, I raid with [Bloodlust Brooch] not Riding Crop.

My guild is currently working on t5 content and I need some help with my personal dps. From week to week my personal dps can range from high 600's to mid 900s on the same. I initially feet that I'm lacking in ap, and I'm relying too much on my crit for dps.

But by reading these forums, I have deducted I might not be using the right shot rotation or that there's something that I'm missing other than gear. Raiding I only use steady shot, so its ss, as, ss, as etc... I hope you all can help me out with your knowledge. Impart some wisdom on me please.

If you are doing a steady-auto only rotation, then you are definitely not doing max DPS for a survival hunter. A steady-auto rotation only provides max DPS at faster attack speeds. At the slower attack speeds of a survival hunter, there are gaps in the steady-auto rotation since the steady takes 1.5s to cast but your auto only fires every 2.43s. To maximum DPS, you should be inserting in arcane shots and multishots after at least 2 auto-steadies.

For the badge crossbow, the rotations you should be using are:
- Unhasted to about 20 haste: 1:1.5 =>
...auto-steady-arcane-auto-steady-auto-steady-multi-auto-steady (repeat)
- Between 20 and 430 haste: 1:1.4 =>
...auto-steady-arcane-auto-steady-auto-steady-auto-steady-multi-auto-steady (repeat)
...(Just adds and auto-steady before the multi)
- Greater than 430 haste: 1:1 => auto-steady (repeat)

If you get greater than 20 passive haste, you can use the 1:1.4 as your unhasted rotation.

Other suggestions to improve your DPS:
- Drop IAotH. With the non-auto-steady only max DPS rotation, it does not help you as much as other options. SUggest 0/20/41 for MT and Readiness.
- Think I caught you in your PvP gear so I cannot really comment on all your gear. For the non-PvP pieces, comments are:
...- You get more DPS on your bracers with the Assault (+24 AP) enchant.
- Having only 2/5 in IHM doesn't do much. If another hunter in your raids already has 5/5 IHM, then I suggest droppping it to get GftT. GftT provides your pet with much more focus to dump, allowing it to do more specials and more DPS. If no hunter in your raids has full IHM, then I suggest getting it but still getting GftT. Now I realize that you may have mana issues since you do not have much. Make sure to use mana oil on your weapon and elixirs of major mageblood as well as chugging mana pots. If you still have mana issues, then suggest another hunter have IHM and you Efficiency until you can increase your mana pool more.