Hunter: Simple Questions/Simple Answers - Page 66

thanoisyone · 04/17/09, 3:35 PM

So i switch between BM and Survival as my 2 raiding specs, and I'm gemmed full AP for BM.. Obviously this isn't the best gems for survival.. What is everyone else doing about this? lol

mako · 04/17/09, 4:24 PM

Originally Posted by thanoisyone

So i switch between BM and Survival as my 2 raiding specs, and I'm gemmed full AP for BM.. Obviously this isn't the best gems for survival.. What is everyone else doing about this? lol

I'm doing something similar for the time being (i.e. PvE Survival with a secondary of PvE BM).

I've opted to gem full agility, as going AP over Agi severely diminishes survival's power. At the same time, Agility gems are not so far below AP for BM that the loss is acceptable for the situations where BM has the potential to deal more damage anyway.

Really though, just gem for whichever spec you intend to use most frequently.

Nooska · 04/17/09, 4:24 PM

Originally Posted by thanoisyone

So i switch between BM and Survival as my 2 raiding specs, and I'm gemmed full AP for BM.. Obviously this isn't the best gems for survival.. What is everyone else doing about this? lol

I would sugget you decide between SV and BM and have MM be the other one.

Lots of theorycraft was done on agi vs ap and MM can use both (negligable difference) while BM wants AP and SV wanst Agi.

I have BM primary spec and MM secondary spec (and killing myself that Unleashed Rage / Abominations Might overwrite sthe timeless TSA so I can't use the TSA glyph)

Edit: Or do like Mako suggests, gem and chant for sv as BM loses less that way than SV looses the other way.

• Jessamy · 04/17/09, 5:04 PM

Now that I can't macro Kill Shot to my other skills anymore, and with the addition of Black Arrow, there are a lot of cooldowns to manage. I enjoy the complexity this brings to the class, and it's nice to have to use Steady Shot less. I find myself a bit overwhelmed by all of the hotkeys I want immediately available on my actionbars now, though. Has anyone come up with some ingenious solution they could share? The best I've managed is an inelegant modifier macro to compress buttons.

Ingmar · 04/20/09, 3:53 AM

Originally Posted by Jessamy

Now that I can't macro Kill Shot to my other skills anymore, and with the addition of Black Arrow, there are a lot of cooldowns to manage. I enjoy the complexity this brings to the class, and it's nice to have to use Steady Shot less. I find myself a bit overwhelmed by all of the hotkeys I want immediately available on my actionbars now, though. Has anyone come up with some ingenious solution they could share? The best I've managed is an inelegant modifier macro to compress buttons.

For now I just click black arrow since the timer is so obvious, same for kill shot (you'll know when you can use it). Not the best (and by no means ingenious) solution, but it works for me

Squinky001 · 04/20/09, 4:20 AM

Originally Posted by Jessamy

Has anyone come up with some ingenious solution they could share?

I don't think it's ingenious but I've just remapped a few keys to make room for BA and KS as I find modifiers too clunky to get used to.

I've got Explosive, Serpent, Steady, Aimed and Multi all on my 2 through 6 keys. I've had my strafe keys rebound to T and F for a long time so I bound Kill Shot to E and Black Arrow to Z. (and rebound "sheathe/unsheathe weapon" to ctrl+Z) It feels comfortable to how I usually hold my hand on the keyboard so it's working pretty well for me. (I usually have my pinky resting on Tab for quick target switches and my ` and 1 keys are Pet Attack and Pet Follow respectively because I like being able to manage my pet without having to move my whole hand or have to click on a button as I play on a laptop.)

GwolfGarona · 04/20/09, 12:36 PM

My setup requires Action Bar Replacement (I use Dominos) in that I have a block in the bottom middle of my screen with my long CD abilities (stings, BA, BW, Rapid Fire, KC, Rocket-Gloves)

Then my 1 through 5 buttons are shot priorities FD, SS, KS, Multi, Volley

F and V are set Focus and assist Focus
Q and E are Mend Pet and a Mark + PetAttack Macro
Z,X,C are PetPassive, Disengage, and Detturance

That seems to minimise finger travel, can anyone improve or advise on this setup?

kpm1 · 04/20/09, 6:59 PM

Do you really need hot keys for focus and assist focus? If you have a focus chances are that it's the tank, and you can set that up before the fight. I also don't think you need the have the Mark + PetAttack macro so close either, that's something that's applied once or twice per fight. To clear up clutter I do put some of the shots on shift modifiers (ie BA/SrS, and Kill/Multi). Another way is to get a N52, but I don't have the money.

GwolfGarona · 04/20/09, 10:56 PM

well i keep my pet on passive, so i need a button to tell her to attack and not necessarily attack my target, the mark is to see what my pet is attacking and I hit Z to recall my pet.

F and V are ??? for me I don't really know what I could put there.

Burks · 04/21/09, 1:34 AM

Does haste scale down the hunter GCD while casting? My GCD seems to be lower when I cast Steady Shot but I have a hunter in game telling me that haste doesn't scale your GCD down at all.

Rezdan · 04/21/09, 2:53 AM

No, Haste does not scale down our GCD Burks.

BopMajster · 04/21/09, 3:48 AM

can u guys help me, wich one is better for dwarf hunter [Nerubian Conquerer] or [Golemheart Longbow]??

its very low diference in stats but golemheart have 5,8 dps more than conquerer, but with gun i have 1% more crit...?

Riemu · 04/21/09, 6:40 AM

Im using the Following shortcuts

AWSD strafe/walk

Q - Wyvern Sting (Fast CC Access / PVP)
E - Explosive Shot
Shift + E - Aimed Shot
ALT + E - Kill Shot
R - Black Arrow
Shift + R - Serpent Sting
F - Frost Trap
Shift + F - Freezing Trap
X - Casting Sequence Cheetah/Hawk (Kiting etc.)
Shift - X - Casting Sequence Viper/Hawk
C - Feign Death

Mouse4: Disengange/Raptor/Wing Clip Makro for stylish dodging and moving actions

Im accessing Steadyshot + Hunters Mark + Pet Stuff only via Mouseclick

Cant really handle more than those Shortcuts *g*

The 2 Stings + Instants on Keybindings makes it quite easy to shoot while walking, kiting or in PVP

TrevvyTrev · 04/21/09, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by BopMajster

can u guys help me, wich one is better for dwarf hunter [Nerubian Conquerer] or [Golemheart Longbow]??

its very low diference in stats but golemheart have 5,8 dps more than conquerer, but with gun i have 1% more crit...?

Because we have no idea what your dwarf's gear and stats are overall, we couldn't answer this, and in any event it wouldn't be a "simple" answer. You'll get better results by downloading the spreadsheet and using that.

Sympa · 04/21/09, 11:50 AM

Coming back to my hunter after a long stead in the beginning for WOTLK and could use a few pointers.

In TBC survival was about steady-special-auto. Is it still the case or do you just want to spam all other shots prior to steady?

Additionally, Currently using Fortewarlock's Cooldown moniter, what ways have other hunters found of dealing with procs / Cooldowns.