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Posts Tagged ‘elitist jerks’

Agility vs. Armor Penetration!

Posted in Hunter, Marksmanship, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | 26 Comments »

[edit 25 Sept 2009: this was written before the last patch, and I have a new version that covers it after the update] I’m sure you’ve read that all the cool hunters are gemming for armor pen, and seeing good results from it. The best possible DPS thread over at elitist jerks shows a very [...]

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Hit rating!

Posted in Hunter, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 7, 2009 | 36 Comments »

Today we’re going over hit rating. You are all aware that there’s something magically special about hit, I’m sure, due to the ambient information on the internet. What you may not know is exactly why people are always worried about getting hit capped! Well, I’m going to de-mystify this today.

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Shandara’s DPS Spreadsheet guide updated!

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Marksmanship, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on May 29, 2009 | 30 Comments »

Well, the original has changed enough that it’s time for a redo of my guide to the DPS spreadsheet (download link). New screenshots, new features, more awesomeness!

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I take it back- I have time to post this!

Posted in Hunter, Marksmanship, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I was reading this thread on elitist jerks, and it looks like at high levels of T8 Ulduar gear, marksman hunters can produce more DPS (modeled) than survival hunters. From the first post: Best MM Template: Total DPS: 7741,32 Hunter DPS: 6636,55 Pet DPS: 1104,77 AP: 8010 Crit: 57,37% Hit: 100% ArP: 282 Shot Queue: [...]

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Elitists!

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Offtopic, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , on May 7, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Gevlon has posted his opinion on math and theorycrafting.. This was sparked by a thread in the official forums where someone was complaining about the fact that all the theorycrafting has created an environment where one has to set up their character a certain way or else be mocked by people and not allowed to [...]

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Analysis! Xursa’s WWS report

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2009 | 11 Comments »

I got a PM on the elitist jerks boards asking for help. A hunter had been asked by his GM to figure out what he was doing wrong. He has graciously allowed me to post my advice on this blog, so here goes.

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Enchanting and gemming!

Posted in Hunter, Resources, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Itemization that comes standard on the gear we get is fairly straightforward. The hard part is deciding how to customize them. Then (harder for some) is paying for the gems and enchants we decide on.

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Mana!

Posted in Hunter, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Let’s talk about Mana. In 25 man raids, you can usually count on there being enough ambient replenishment that you never need to worry about it. In fact, survival hunters contribute quite a bit to the mana cloud with hunting party. Take one or two points in it, but never more. Since you crit like [...]

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How to use the DPS Spreadsheet!

Posted in Hunter, Resources, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , on March 4, 2009 | 24 Comments »

Final edit may 20 2009- got the new version screenshotted and updated here. I won’t be keeping this one up to date any more- follow the above link for the most recent version. I’ve talked about this before and mentioned that it can be a little daunting to use, so here’s how to use the [...]

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Gearing choices!

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Resources, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Gear for success, and, well, no promises. Just do it.

Gearing a survival hunter is much simpler than gearing for beast mastery was before patch 3.0.8. Back then, we were all haste capped without any haste rating, and our life was a struggle to find stuff that didn’t spend all its’ itemization points on haste. Survival these days is much easier. All the stats you would expect us to gain from benefit us. I’m going to go down the list and talk about caps and diminishing returns when I have to.

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Survival spec details!

Posted in Hunter, Resources, Survival, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

patch 3.1 edit: while some of this is still good, patch 3.1 changed the game a little for survival. Here’s the guide, and here’s the shot rotation. OK, I’ve rambled on about how to play a survival hunter, but unless you have a good spec, you’re still going to suck, even if you take all [...]

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Resources!

Posted in Beast Mastery, Hunter, Resources, World of Warcraft, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

To become an extraordinary DPSer, you need to make choices in spec, gear, play-style, and pets. Making the wrong choices is easy. Just do whatever seems best and don’t bother looking up your assumptions. Making good choices requires (ideally) a solid understanding of general PvE concepts, as well as a specific kind of knowledge that one could [...]

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