Comments on: So, We Meet Again, Patch

By: ChainTrap

ChainTrap — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:57:20 +0000

Welcome back to the land of the shot weavers! It’s good to have our BM brethren back with us! I too welcome the changes that this patch brings, especially as the nerf bat has given us a relatively gentle tap rather than a thudding great thwack.

Now all i need to do is work out how to weave steady, explosive, aimed, and serpent sting into a rotation that makes some sort of timed sense! *Scratches head*

By: Indigo Haze

Indigo Haze — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:42:48 +0000

I’ve always used Arcane in my rotation setup. I was willing to chug a Fel Mana Pot in BC or swap to Viper for a bit in LK to make up for the mana bleed (and if I had a Pally Tank it was made better). It’s not so much of a change for me other than the longer Serp Sting if I decide to keep that Glyph.

And it’s sad, my DPS has been nerfed, but I still find people running Heroics that can’t hold aggro.

By: Theaah

Theaah — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:32:04 +0000

I am so happy about the buffs to Arcane Shot. I actually went Survival for a little while before the patch to practice the same sort of rotation. I like that now there’s thinking and working involved with putting out top numbers. And I like Bestial Wrath, Steady Shot and Serpent Sting for my glyphs, mostly because I like not having to re-apply serpent so quickly and getting a few more GCDs in before I do need to re-apply. A lot of hunters over at EJ prefer the Imp. Aspect of the Hawk glyph because of the high uptime of Quick Shots.

I think more than anything, though, I’m the most excited to get the new mini pet achievement and show off my fawn. XD

By: Watermist

Watermist — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:23:14 +0000

Yay! I’m so glad you found something to be glad amist all those nasty nerfs to the hunter class, especially BMers. I’m a MM, but I have a baby BM, and I’m excited to hear that I’ll now be able to have a shot rotation for my baby BM! That’s the very reason I never got my BM hunter so high before, it’s boring without the shot rotations. I really hope that the BMers adjust well to the nerfs and I’m sure they’ll come out on the top – hunters ARE the top! ;D – even though they may be out-dps’d by a hunter of a different class. They’re the BMers, after all, tough to kill.

By: Sade

Sade — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:39:10 +0000

Arcane Shot has always produced pretty impressive numbers, it was just prohibitively expensive until now.

It is, in fact, so inexpensive in Three Point Oh Point Eight Land that the mana returns you’ll see from the arcane shot glyph will be pretty minimal. Let us know how that glyph works out for you.

By: Pike

Pike — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:54:55 +0000

@ The Glyph-related Comments -

It’s definitely something I’ll have to test. If the Arcane Shot glyph isn’t working out as nicely for me as I’d like I’ll probably switch to Serpent Sting.

By: M1k3yb

M1k3yb — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:52:32 +0000

I was actually saving my arcane shot (during raids) for those times I had to shoot and move. I only used it and volley sparingly as the mana cost was too high, but now I’ll prolly try weaving it in more. What I’m most excited about, however is the cooldown reduction on kill shot. Currently the only real shot macro I use is one that I spam when bosses get low — it fires kill shot if up and steady if not. Now we should be getting 3-4 kill shots on raid bosses, w00t! I’m really wondering about the glyph switch though, the mana cost is getting reduced so that 20% is even smaller, I kinda like my 10% with viper. Now to scrounge up those 3 points for Imp Arcane Shot…

By: Faulsey

Faulsey — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:39:29 +0000

Would one really need to macro that sort of thing anyway?

Unless someone is really laggy, how hard can it be to hand weave anyway?

I’m sure I’ll be fine.

Despite never having experienced shot weaving at all.

-gulp-

By: Fen

Fen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:19:28 +0000

I’ve always used Serpent Sting, Arcane, steady, steady, steady… keeping serpent sting refreshed…

was that not right? haha… I guess I’m set now, huh?

By: Klinderas

Klinderas — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:34:39 +0000

I’m right with ya on the shot rotations. I’m loving the idea of getting a brand new juicy shot to use! Apparently, MM hunters crit for 5k with it. I hope we’re somewhere near there.

Can’t waitcan’twaitcan’twaitcan’twait…