Looks like hunter spec differential may be a focus of the next xpac.
https://twitter.com/Ghostcrawler/status ... 1937722369
John Lujick @Bunzato 13 Jul
@Ghostcrawler Now that we're approaching the end of MoP. What class/classes do you think need a big overhaul in 6.0?
Greg Street @Ghostcrawler
@Bunzato None. We will likely work to make the 3 hunter and rogue specs play a little more differently from each other.
Edit: I think part of the frustration of hunter specs for me personally is the fact these strong themes are tied to rotations. I love the Beastmastery theme but despise the way it plays, the rotation. I only have BM as my second spec because you can't use some pets without it (I've always thought they should redo how that works but thats neither here nor there). Same goes with MM's rotation. I don't care for it but I love the concept of a ranger specialization.
However folks get attached to playstyles, and then equate playstyles to themes, despite there being iconic lore examples of BM and Rangers acting very different than the related Hunter specs (Rexxar, Sylvanas etc)