Infraction for Jugglernaut: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.

Kaubel · 09/23/09, 12:10 AM

Post: Hunter: Simple Questions/Simple Answers
User: Jugglernaut
Infraction: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.
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Original Post:

Originally Posted by Koruptdeath

Fellow Hunters: I am curious about ArPen and how it relates to a "starting" raider.

Previously I was in mostly Naxx/Valor/Hero gear. I have started collecting the new pieces of armor from ToC as well as older pieces with ArPen on it. I feel like my DPS is not where it should be however, especially when I run the numbers on the DPS spreadsheet. My question is related to gemming, MM spec and ArPen altogether. Exactly how much ArPen is needed to start seeing marked improvement in DPS? I currently gem with +Agi and +Hit gems because I don't get enough hit from gear even with points in FA to cap.

Is it better to just gem for ArPen anyway? And just plug in the hit gaps with upgrades later on? On a heroic dummy by myself without any other buffs but TSA and Hawk I can pull ~3.3k DPS.

I'll bite...

Your gear isn't really at the point where arpen starts to shine as is now. The correct answer is as always is to use the spreadsheet. Since haste is a pretty bad stat for us you want to go hit until capped and then stack crit and ArPen for marks, once you hit the 450-550 ArPen without gemming for it I would start looking into if full ArPen would be good for you. With 3.2.2 coming soon you'd probably need even more than that.
If I were you I'd try to get my gems/enchants sorted and go 2pts in focused aim, that would give you a ton of stats. You have 32 excess hit rating so you can drop some of your agi/hit gems for pure agi (preferrably +20 agi ones of course)