Losing the love of BM?...
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Previously I was really happy if I encountered someone stupid enough to atack Otso, my spiritbear, instead of me. Even as a ferocity he was like a self-healing tank, and if he had any troubles, I would just throw him a petheal every now and then. 15k hps in addition to his passive self healing from damage done - try to outdps that, mr. hordie, thank you very much.
Now to keep that rate of petheal I need to use all 3 of my major glyph slots, and I'm still 1 glyph slot short. And what about other glyphs I'd like to use, to enchance my pvp performance?
Also pet survivability droped, and it droped harsh. Yesterday I did my usual weekly MC run, with Otso as a tenacity. Except of his improved aoe-threat skills it was much the same as the run before the patch, when he was ferocity. I didn't have to heal him, only after the bosses to trigger the cleanse, but still I fear to think about the damage he'd be taking if I didn't respec him.
Oh, and one last funny thing: the silithid tank KoS is what I've experienced long before the patch. Nobody minded a shining blue bear or a shining blue crab nibbling at them, but the moment they saw a huge oh-so-easily-clickable silithid colosus... /eyeroll.

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I'm not so sure how well that strategy will work after the squishy pet nerf.
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I hope it's a bug.... 0_O
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>.> I just like to look at my own damage meters, really.
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Because there usually is no real 'best spec'.Meggers wrote:IDGI, why would swapping to the better DPS spec be a bad thing if a guild is working on progression? :/

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Exactly

The fact that a spec performs better in simulation and calculators doesn't mean that it will boost the dps of a player that's unfamiliar with it. Sometimes it's better to just stick to your fav spec and master it to it's limits.
Been BM since I started playing (4.2, so nothing to brag about


Sure, I've never aimed for any top-tier or realm-firsts or whatnots. Maybe there, where everyone is playing their classes to their limits, the simulator performance of the specs matters. But for the other 99% of the players? I don't think so.

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I played a kitty druid back in wrath. Can you imagine how many people bitched and laughed at me? Lots. But I proved their butts wrong. I worked hard and became the one in the top 5 DPS. My (current) RL? That's how a met her. she was BM back then. She also was in the top 5, usually above me. BM back then was laughable. But again she proved them wrong.Myrrmi wrote:@Jessi
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The fact that a spec performs better in simulation and calculators doesn't mean that it will boost the dps of a player that's unfamiliar with it. Sometimes it's better to just stick to your fav spec and master it to it's limits.
Been BM since I started playing (4.2, so nothing to brag about) and after learning what that wow is all about and gearing up I never had troubles with my performance
Sure, I've never aimed for any top-tier or realm-firsts or whatnots. Maybe there, where everyone is playing their classes to their limits, the simulator performance of the specs matters. But for the other 99% of the players? I don't think so.
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That being said, I don't begrudge people switching spec's to what they view as the better specs. If nothing else, it gets them to experience the variety of specs. Besides there is plenty of room out there for more BM hunters!

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Jessibelle wrote:Thing is Meggers....most dont do it to try it. They do it cause people tell them to. They do it cause a website told them to.
I do the same thing, and if it doesn't work out for me i swap back. If I see a site piping about how this spec is supposed to eb better, or people...I try it out. I just don't see the issue overall.

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I have one lone Survival specced hunter...I finally have gotten him to 80. But playing him is a lot less fun than playing on any of my BM hunters.
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But that's not really trying it out on your own. You're just using it cause some site said "This one is best for DPS Hardcore!" rather than "Hey this spec looks interesting and fun".Meggers wrote:Jessibelle wrote:Thing is Meggers....most dont do it to try it. They do it cause people tell them to. They do it cause a website told them to.
I do the same thing, and if it doesn't work out for me i swap back. If I see a site piping about how this spec is supposed to eb better, or people...I try it out. I just don't see the issue overall.
I've met many hunters who played MM or SV in cata and HATED it but they only kept playing it cause it was 'the best spec' or their guild forced them to.
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Yes, a skilled player can usually do better than most even in a poor performing spec but in the more hardcore raiding guilds where a few dps % points matter you will see most people choose the better spec. For the same reason most progression raiders don't have gathering specs...a small amount of dps added up over the entire raid can make the difference between a wipe and a kill.
The rankings shown below clearly show that there is a best spec for a class. Sure, some of the difference in the performance of the specs can be attributed to the better players favoring one class but they do so because mathematically it is better.

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