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Maidog
I'm leveling my Hunter alt right now and have him to 67. Oftentimes I run with higher level mains doing their charity work. Typically the tank will pull whole rooms...Run&Gun.
Looking at the trees, it seems Marks has the only talents to increase damage and efficiency of the AoE shots...correct?
I looked on petopia for pets that lend themselves to AoE dps, but I was only able to find 2 types that had that skill and neither one was ferocity. I found the Bear with swipe and Sporebats with spore cloud (tenacity and cunning, respectively).
Is the hope of using one of these pets for AoE dps not worth it? Is the AoE dps contribution potential from these pets insignificant? If not, is one or the other a better choice?
I'm going to buy dual spec tonight since I want to keep my BM spec around for finishing up leveling (when I have to solo).
Thanks.
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Post by
Modibybob
If you're going to AoE then get some parry rating.
I recommend about 5% so when you AoE you at least have some sort of survivability when they come at you.
Get your parry to 5%
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Modibybob
Yeah, FD fails, concussive shot misses more than it should because its CC, and the traps get resisted.
Get some parry, friend (5%). You won't regret it when youre alive.
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Post by
catlady
Another reason not to try to find parry rating because it doesn't really exist for hunters. Every piece in that list is going to be a pain in the ass to even obtain and much less the time spent getting it won't be worth the overall return. Learn to use your CC and survival abilities. You are a hunter and those abilites are very important to your class.
QFT!
Also, if the $%^& really hits the fan, you have
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=19263
.
Yeah it is mainly a pvp talent, but a good hunter makes all his/her stuff work for him/her. I pop it like a maniac when kiting zombies in gluth (yes I cant attack but i will do it after a volley/3 trap drop combo) and get away.
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Maidog
I use a croc or a bear when I solo as BM. The croc's bad attitude rocks, but it only works when mobs are hitting it. When I run with friends' mains, my pet shouldn't be getting hit.
Thanks for the input. I went with a wolf and an MM build. It was tough adapting to the shot rotation after spending 67 levels as BM (well...47 after hitting 20th). I was surprised by the shots that shared cooldowns and had to modify the macros I had created.
Overall, my dps jumped from 550-ish to 1k.
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