Er, is it confirmed that ES not refreshing ImmoTrap is an intended 3.1 behaviour? I assumed it's just a change that hadn't made it to the PTR yet, but above posts seem to imply it's intended.

edit: granted, GC's post implies that too.

I am sitting at 3748 (1533+2215) melee AP. I did some other tests, when taking 3/3 Careful Aim, my pet AP doesn't change. Actually, you have to dismiss/call back your pet in order to actualize the pet's tooltip. Plus I have random WOW errors, so it is a bit painful right now.

In an unrelated note, has anyone else suddenly gained +10 agility to their stats on the PTR?

I checked my gear - no changes
I untalented and checked again, calculated by hand - still 10 too much

Either one of my enchants (Icewalker or Accuracy) has changed or we've gained agility for free.

EDIT:
I also had 90 AP too much and after checking and re-checking it appears Aspect Mastery is active whether or not you have the talent. (After untalenting and taking the talent I did not gain any more AP).

EDIT#2:
After testing, Explosive Shot scaling appears to be 16% AP on the PTR. And it is affected by improved tracking. They appear to have changed the base damage slightly, but I have to test some more to get the new figures.

EDIT#3:
After checking it again and trying each equipment piece separately I found out my cloak (Cloak of Darkening) has 10 more agility contributing than the tooltip says.

Is there an actual release date for 3.1?

I do wonder, indeed, if 3/3 LnL is ideal for PvE anymore. Certainly 2/3, since there's nowhere else to put those points for potential DPS, something along these lines. (Of course, if the rolling immolation trap is implimented it does change things arround again)

Also, I'd note that in PvP, a fighter will be able to run over our frost traps with spell reflect on, and it'll just vanish (as per freezing trap)...

So as for glyphs, it would be Immo, steady, and ss?
What about "Glyph of Explosive Shot *new* -- Increases the critical strike chance of Explosive Shot by 4%. "?

And is keeping sting up still that useful since it does not proc the lnl? With all the new attacks in the rotation... traps/black arrow... do we have time for sting?

And is there any new evidence in Raptor "not" being the best pet to use as survival?

Kill shot appears to be back on the GCD, I say appears to be because I can't test fully due to a bug not showing cooldowns on the actions bars, either way my macro's that macro Kill Shot to my other shots no longer work, they seem to get stuck trying to fire Kill Shot.

It appears that all 3 pet trees got Wild Hunt (I can confirm that Ferocity and Tenacity both got it). In the Tenacity tree, it requires Roar of Sacrifice as a prerequisite.

Any spec (BM, MM, Survival) should be able to get 1/2 Wild Hunt. For a Ferocity pet, this likely means 1/2 Bloodthirsty.

Tenacity also got the pet talent "Silverback," which requires Taunt as a prerequisite, and says "Your pet's Growl restores 1%/2% of its maximum HP." Which is pretty damn nice for soloing if I say so myself (with 1/2 Spirit Bond I was getting 800 self-heals, and Longevity means that's every 3.5 seconds).

I don't have a Cunning pet so I can't see what they got, though as I said above I assume they got Wild Hunt as well.

Cunning pets do have Wild Hunt, and an ability that makes them 2%/4% less likely to be hit by critical strikes. Possibly a placeholder talent, as it's nothing spectacular, especially for a Cunning pet.

I'd hope that's a placeholder, as Tenacity pets get Grace of the Mantis two tiers up that does that.

Yeah, I guess being off the GCD was too good to be true. The downside of course is that its something else we'll have to watch since its no longer macroable.

I'm quite disappointed that the Trap Launching and the Immolation Trap being refreshed by Explosive Shot is not on the current PTR. I must say that I hope at least the Immo Trap refreshing change makes it through by the end of the PTR since having only Black Arrow proc LnL on a no-add boss fight will really drop the LnL uptime. Of course, they've arguably upped dps in other ways so this isn't necessarily a nerf.

My current theorycrafting really revolves around the refreshing of Immolation trap and whether or not it will make it into 3.1 by the end of testing but does not require the Trap Launching to be implemented. Basically, Trap Mastery and Immo Trap glyph are both only viable if this refresh mechanic makes it through since it will allow trap dot and BA to both be up even with shared cooldowns. The alternative glyphs (Explosive, Aimed, IAotH, Serpent Sting, and to a lesser extent Steady & Kill Shot) have already been mentioned but I must say that I'm really leaning towards Serpent Sting glyph as Noxious Stings still seems like the most accessible talent for the dps gain once all the main talents are picked up.