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Ok, sorry about the double post but no one has had a bite at this one yet.
Did I not ask the right questions to get any help or is what I asked to basic to reply to?
My other posts havent been a problem with plenty of help and feedback so I know we have a helpful and active community out there.
So hopefully someone might be able to help out with what I asked.
Thanks.

Yup, you will need mana potions or some other type of mana regen to counter-act this. It's part of the class.



This is crystal ball stuff. Since they are switching us back to focus (like beta) I am not sure how they are going to re-itemize. Will intelligence affect this? My initial guess is no, but if they still want an item to blanket different classes then they would have to figure out some alternative. Maybe they will just leave the mana/focus bit alone and let it still buff our AP through talents.



Hrm, I raided heavily in BC and my BT/KT gear actually ran me through 75+. Since the supposed level cap is only going up 5 levels, I think end-game gear will do you well for a while. (That and the fact they are making it a lazy-man's game. You don't need to be hard core to have good items anymore)



As for shot macros... GET RID OF THEM! You can macro some of the abilities to one shot type, but if you are doing a /castsequence then you are fail. You can find many different references for macros, I normally use Wowikki to look up all the different commands.

Red, you really do need to get the hang of swapping aspect during the fight. With Viper up, you shouldn't ever be out of a max mana situation, which means you are loosing DPS for no reason. If you feel like it's burdensome, it is. It's just one of the things you have to get used to to play a hunter. Start aspect swapping on trash pulls to get used to it, hell to get yourself to really be accustomed to it try running an instance with a good tank/healer where they don't stop pulling until boss fights. Swap aspects between each different trash pull. You will find that you get used to checking your mana and aspect swapping becomes as natural as waiting for shot CD's. If you always run in viper, I know a lot of groups will just kick you without any explanation.

NP Red, that is what the threads are for!

Do you get IAotH procs with dragonhawk? If so, I'd wager that the glyph works fine.

What about Serpent Sting glyph? Many builds I see have this. The thing I don't understand though, it just lengthens your debuff time, not increases damage. How is this beneficial? Does it really affect your mana that much? I would assume swapping it out for Hawk or some other DPS glyph would be preferred.

I know it'll be a nice boost to Chimera Shot damage for my MM hunter when I get around to pulling it out of the mail and equipping it. :)

What are you asking, exactly? Questions usually don't come in the form of bullet-point statements.

Hey guys,
Sorry for the confusion, what I was trying to say didnt come out right.
As an example I'll use my Shammy again.
Shes Enhancement but I also dual spec her to Elemental when need be for raid boss fights like last boss in Naxx etc.
So I have one set of gear for Enhancement spec and one set of gear for Elemental as I cant wear the same gear for both.
Also Elemental needs more mana so I have to gear towards that as well.
That what I was trying to say about BM and SV specs.
Can I use the same gear for both or does one have different gear requirements over the other?
I'am assuming no but as I havent raided with her yet I dont know.
At 80 SV looks the spec to go for instances/raids so I'll change through dual spec to that one, I just need to know is there any real changes I need to make apart from the talent tree for this?
I'am going to make my Hunter my main now so really want to come to grips with what I'am doing.
Thanks again for the help.

Edited, Oct 29th 2009 1:19am by RodStorm

Thanks mate, thats what I was after :)
I'am looking at changing to SV very soon so I wanted to checkout some of you guys in the armoury to see what you did with your talent trees and stats. But Browningguns and Ranawaran didnt work out so can I get your hunter names?
I did find this build,
http://www.wowarmory.com/talent-calc.xml?cid=3&tal=500000000000000000000000000353000000000000000000000005000032500033330533135001331
and
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#coZ0eVoooZx0ci0cIhxdAhsu:NbiMmzand
They look similar so are these relatively standard pve builds?
Wyvern Sting seems important for raids so that needs to be there but I have seen some SV builds without it.
Also SV favors Agility over AP I read somewhere, is that true?
I also picked up an Avools Sword of Jin, everywhere I read its a Rogues sword but to me the stats look good.
Is it worth buying one as well and dual wielding them until I find something better in Naxx etc?
Its an expensive sword so dont want to have it bound if I dont need it to be.
Thanks guys.

Edited, Oct 30th 2009 3:09am by RodStorm

Rod- To answer a few of your points...

Wyvern Sting is a utility spell. Doesn't really improve DPS in any meaningful way. Take if you want for pvp or guild wants you to have it for some reason, but not necessary.

I'm pretty sure all specs favor Agility until you reach the point where Armor Penetration becomes king (requires fairly high quality and specific gear though). You take a slight loss in raw ap but make up for it in crit gains.

I'd never spend inordinate amounts of money on a weapon unless I was severely lacking in that area and absolutely needed it in order to even be able to get into heroics/raids or something. Too many better options that drop in raids themselves, and then that money is effectively down the tubes. But yes, generally 2h weapons will serve you better, as they have more weighted stat distribution. 1h purposefully avoids heavy stat distribution because anyone who DWs them is already getting a boost simply by carrying/swinging two separate weapons with a dps value on them.

Excellent guys, thank you very much.
I'll be 80 later on today so thats when the game really starts again :)
Can I get your hunter names to see what you have done with yourselves?
You can pm me if you dont want to make them public.
I'am not sure what the "clasic" SV build is but I went with a slight edit of http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#coZ0eVoooZx0ci0cIhxdAhsu:NbiMmz with no ponts in BM.
But I'am stuck with Expose Weakness and Hunting Party as I have one talent point left.
I have 2/3 in both, Browning said to put 2/3 in EW but it seems a better bet than HP but then again as I havent raided I really dont know.
I sold the sword and have brought a crapload of boe gear from the AH that are CoT and Uldar drops so at 80 I'll be reasonably competitive just needing a few badge items so I can go raid.
But what I have noticed is some of the leather gear now, especially the Knightbane Carapace.
The stats are quite good but its leather, there is the mail Crusaders Dragonscale Breastplate but again some of the leather gear looks quite good stat wise.
I know on my Shammy we shunned away from leather but as a Hunter is it acceptable to mix and match between the two?
The main stat loss would be the armour, does that justify a possible drop in other stats to purely just wear mail?
At 80 I'll have the Trollwoven Spalders until something better comes along, I'am happy to lose armour to gain stats.
I'am pretty keen to make the Knightbane Carapace up but for the money I'am going to spend on mats and the recipe is there something better down the track that I may get that is better?
Or would it be something that would last a long time until I get up to the 25man ToC raid?
On Rawr it rates quite high.
Armour Penetration was mentioned before, is there a number for this like a cap or a total that is required to be respectable?
Or is just more better?
The Crusaders Dragonscale has this but also haste, I read haste is useless to us but I was thinking the faster I shoot the more dps I do.
As for gemming I would gem Agility over AP every time going SV correct?
I know gear wise I would so I'am assuming gems are the same.
Thanks again guys for the help, its been priceless and I really appreciate it.









Edited, Nov 1st 2009 12:24am by RodStorm