World of Warcraft: Should i change specs?

Question

Im a level 80 hunter, and ive been BM since i started playing wow. [first character]they pretty much nerfed my spec to the ground. but switching specs NOW would be too confusing...not too mention that I like my d-saur too much xD

Answer 1

Listen, you really should switch specs to survival. BM is definitely the leveling spec, and Survival is usually the endgame spec. I mean there are still people who raid with BM (go to TribunalXHunter.com if you really want to stay BM) but Survival is generally acknowledged to have the highest dps. If you are going to switch use this spec if you're hit-capped:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#cZ0eVooZx0ci0cIhedAhsd:ANfzMm

and if not then GO DIE!!! ARGHH!!! Nah, I'm just kidding, just move some talent points from Noxious Stings to Focused Aim. Then, to get used to it, use this rotation:

Explosive Shot, Black Arrow, Serpent Sting, Aimed Shot, Explosive Shot

then spam Steady Shot until Explosive Shot or Aimed Shot have CDed. Also, when the target is at 20%, your top priority is Kill Shot, doesn't matter if Lock and Load procced or not. With this spec and rotation, with OK gear, party buffed, you should be getting 2.8k dps. If you have really nice gear, I know hunters who get 9k. Anyway, you'll get used to it, and it'll be nice seeing yourself at the top of the dps meter.



Oh yeah, someone mentioned getting dual spec, and I recommend it. I did, and it's really useful for soloing. I got a "tanking spec", which if you want to know what it is, go to TribunalXHunter.com and search tanking spec, he'll explain it. Basically you try to get as much health as possible to solo dungeons and stuff. With his tanking spec, he got 34k health, his pet got 31k health, and he soloed normal Utgarde Peak. I use it to solo PvE, using my Spirit Beast for dailies and such, and my Rhino for dungeons.



Oh and lastly, stats are a bit different for a Survival hunter. You want Agiliy, Stamina, Intellect, Attack Power in that order. You can also have Armor Penetration if you want, and Crit Rating.

Answer 2

Surival is a very good PvE spec, not much to know. Explosive Shot, Aimed Shot, and steady shot basically with a little serpent sting. It has some nice damage and I've seen hunters pull ~4.5k in naxx 25 with it. I've seen MM too but that seems to show up less than Survival. If you were to transist go survival. Beast Mastery isn't going to get buffed for awhile and you'll hardly see it in raids, hate to say.

Answer 3

Why don't you do dual spec?



Ive done it with my hunter, i have some great pets in BM and quite like to use it to solo doing the dailies and stuff.



Got survival for dungeons and raids a 1000gold isnt that much.

Answer 4

Go to warcrafthuntersunion.com they have all kinds of info including guides on how you should spec for SV or MM for endgame raiding. and yes SV is a good spec to start but once you get good and i mean really good like usually top DPS and have experiance at tanking and crowed control and not pulling aggro ever then id switch to MM. you will put out much more DPS, i am MM and can put out between 5.0k - 5.5k DPS in a 10 man naxx. Also the Armor Pen. nerf in the last patch really hurt SV hunters. and you should really try to go MM and get pratice with it and be extreamly familier with it before you go to Ulduar. if your good with it youll put out around 7k DPS but if you are not good with the spec and shot rotation yet (which is more complicated then SV) you put out around 3k DPS.