Infraction for IceyDevil: 4. Whining in any form is forbidden.

• Aldriana · 10/13/09, 3:07 AM

Post: Raiding as Beast Mastery in 3.1
User: IceyDevil
Infraction: 4. Whining in any form is forbidden.
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

This got pretty whiny toward the end there.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Ragury

has anybody yet tested the DPS of BM after the last patch? (compared to the dominating MM-dmg)
is after the HARD amor-penetration-nerf MM still this far ahead (@raid-boss-dmg) of a well-geared BM and his devilsaur?

I always run BM out of choice, although I cannot completely match your description as I also prefer to use my spirit beast vice a devilsaur.

My DPS went up a decent amount, although the nerf to TBW was also painful. I saw about 200 DPS out of it, which is decent, but not nearly enough. I was roughing around upper 5k/lower 6k range, now I sit around mid 6k in terms of raw DPS. I did notice that swapping out the glyph of bestial wrath for steady shot is now a DPS increase as well, since TBW is now a completely crappy cooldown.

BM is still about 9% damage below my SV spec, and so Blizzard has made relatively zero progress toward closing this gap. This was a PvP change, I believe, as intended, and so we should see few PvE implications from it. One day they may wake up and fix BM, but it won't be today. If your raid needs ferocious inspiration or you simply prefer BM like I do, then go for it. You won't see the same numbers as a MM or SV hunter, though. Not yet.