tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post3280694954794908698..comments2023-09-21T22:37:31.233+10:00Comments on Careful Aim: Pride goeth before destructionaerynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532556134370085118noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-89848559141009523712009-02-25T15:39:00.000+11:002009-02-25T15:39:00.000+11:00I am another of the BRK faithful that has found my...I am another of the BRK faithful that has found my way to your blog. First off I must say, excellent writing.<BR/><BR/>But now to the matter at hand. I have as late found myself considering following my fellow MM & even the BM hunters in changing over to the SV side of the great Hunter House. I've been doing it in baby steps. Just before word of the SV nerfs came out I readjusted to try MM with my toes dipping into SV & foregoing BM. Imagine my rage when I saw the new patch notes. I'm just glad that the notes came out when they did. I was planning on switching over to SV after my many years of MM dedication. Now I'll be waiting until 3.1 & keeping my trueshot aura for the benefit of my fellow guildies. While we may be a small guild (77 toons covering maybe a handful of active accounts), we are very dedicated & everyone makes sure they know their place in a 5, 10, or even 25. Mine in all is, has been, & will be to provide DPS & buff the group with my aura.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06578448318815201703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-61094390236336071742009-02-25T02:17:00.000+11:002009-02-25T02:17:00.000+11:00I have two hunters. At the moment, both are BM. ...I have two hunters. At the moment, both are BM. I'm thinking about switching to MM on one of them. <BR/><BR/>If I do, is there any advice you could give? What are the gemming priorities, what about the enchant priorities? <BR/><BR/>I have little interest in SV. I am one that believes your Aura buff is of greater value, than topping the charts. Any raid leader that doesn't see that needs more wisdom, imo. <BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-43201957702799287252009-02-24T04:29:00.000+11:002009-02-24T04:29:00.000+11:00I too, followed the link from BRK. I was so excite...I too, followed the link from BRK. I was so excited to find a marksman blog. I was marksman from the moment I started playing shortly after BC started, till wrath came out. When wrath hit I started reading BRK and speced BM. I was nice but I really missed my MM spec. It was the one I have the most fun with. But now with everyone going survival, I don't wanna respec but I'm just not putting out the damage other dps classes are. I feel your pain. I'm lucky in that my guild doesn't really care what I spec, but it hurts not topping charts anymore.Foxfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541933366147578803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-52681186309741270182009-02-24T04:10:00.000+11:002009-02-24T04:10:00.000+11:00@aerynn:I'm in the same boat as you, I can make to...@aerynn:<BR/><BR/>I'm in the same boat as you, I can make top 3 dps on certain fights, overall top 5. I can keep up with the survival hunters so I know I'd do well if I jumped on the bandwagon with them but I'd rather stay MM. I'd much rather play a spec that benefits the raid as a whole, plus Piercing Shots looks tasty...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-45399411607055318152009-02-23T18:25:00.000+11:002009-02-23T18:25:00.000+11:00@ Trisha and Zorkrid:Thanks for leaving comments h...@ Trisha and Zorkrid:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for leaving comments here. It is always a pleasure to know one is being read.aerynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532556134370085118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-16743420314476374322009-02-23T18:14:00.000+11:002009-02-23T18:14:00.000+11:00The "good" news: my DPS ranking shot way up. As a ...<B>The "good" news:</B> my DPS ranking shot way up. As a marksman, I can hope to probably be on the top 10 in 25-man Naxx (highest so far was number 6), with the survival hunters taking the top DPS spots. As survival, I beat out the other survival hunters, edged out most of the mages, and was only beaten by a mutilate rogue and a ret pally. In some fights, I become number 1 DPS. Damage done is also easily much more.<BR/><BR/>The bad news: my personal DPS <I>did not</I> change much, but the survival hunters DPS (as well as all other physical DPS, like rogues, warriors and to a certain extent death knights and ret paladins) plummetted. As a marksman, I can hope to do 2,700+ to 3k DPS; as survival, I can hope to do 2,700+ DPS to 3k DPS. But my survival hunter compatriots plunged from doing 3.5k DPS to around the same numbers I'm doing.<BR/><BR/>It was the loss of Trueshot Aura. It took us longer to kill Patchwerk, and all the other bosses. We were running 30 seconds to more than a minute slower in killing bosses, wiping on bosses that were already easy (like Gothik, of all people).<BR/><BR/>I was looking at the WWS reports and making comparisons and there is no question that the loss of that raid-wide hurt the raid... but my respeccing to survival made me "top hunter" again.<BR/><BR/>The question I face now is: is it worth it to be "top hunter" at the expense of weakening the team, or do I go back to marksman.<BR/><BR/>At this point, I'm feeling I'd rather just buff the team... and I've already proven I can do better than good DPS with the current "DPS spec". But Dwarrow, my partner, would rather I continue being top DPS.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, I'm giving it another month (until the respec costs go down to 45 gold). Also, by then, there is Patch 3.1 and the new Piercing Shots to test.aerynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532556134370085118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-1865101172448588702009-02-23T10:43:00.000+11:002009-02-23T10:43:00.000+11:00Nice post. I'm going through the same dilemma as w...Nice post. I'm going through the same dilemma as well, though I have not made the switch ... yet. How were your numbers in the raid as survival?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224419568359649080.post-88557249730877092752009-02-23T03:46:00.000+11:002009-02-23T03:46:00.000+11:00I just found your blog via BigRedKitty's. I am a m...I just found your blog via BigRedKitty's. I am a marksmen huntress myself being too stubborn to change. After reading your post about switching to survival I have to say, "WELL???? How did it go in Naxx????"Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800486445283528676noreply@blogger.com