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12:20 pm
February 8, 2010


Gushnak

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Hello,

My name is Gushnak, horde hunter on the Stormreaver server.  I have been trying to wrap my head around raiding as a hunter for the last couple weeks but I think I have been receiving some bogus information.  I have searched many forums and everyone seems to have different answers.  I'm sorry I can't provide an armory link because its blocked here at work.  I am a MM hunter, I was told to gem for Armor Pen, which is what I have done.  I also have Mark of Supremecy but I am trying to replace that with the trinket from heroic Forge of Souls.  I top out at about 5k DPS, and I'm really just looking for someone to set me in the right direction as far as build/gems/enchants go.  Thank you for your help!

6:01 pm
February 8, 2010


Garwulf

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Gushnak said:

Hello,

My name is Gushnak, horde hunter on the Stormreaver server.  I have been trying to wrap my head around raiding as a hunter for the last couple weeks but I think I have been receiving some bogus information.  I have searched many forums and everyone seems to have different answers.  I'm sorry I can't provide an armory link because its blocked here at work.  I am a MM hunter, I was told to gem for Armor Pen, which is what I have done.  I also have Mark of Supremecy but I am trying to replace that with the trinket from heroic Forge of Souls.  I top out at about 5k DPS, and I'm really just looking for someone to set me in the right direction as far as build/gems/enchants go.  Thank you for your help!


Hi Gushnak,

I had a look at your armory. The first two problems I saw…

You're 324 hit rating over the cap, plus you have taken 3/3 Focused Aim. Every point over 263 hit is doing nothing for you in terms of DPS. This seems to be an epidemic all over Azeroth, as players seem to be more preoccupied with ilvl than stats. You only need 8% hit to be capped. You're at 17.9%.

Those 3 points you have in Focused Aim could be a lot more beficial for you in say, Improved Steady Shot and perhaps 1/3 in Improved Hunters Mark.

You should be gemming for agility instead of Armor Pen. You don't have enough armor pen through gear, nor one of the necessary trinkets, that make gemming for armor pen a benefit. I wouldn't advise gemming for armor pen unless you have about 550 through gear alone + Needle Encrusted Scorpion.

I would recommend swappping out your armor pen gems for agility ones, and picking up 3/3 ISS and 1/3 IHM. Also, look for upgrades that don't contain hit rating.

8:25 pm
February 8, 2010


Gushnak

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I figured as much with the armor penetration.  I copied the spec from the top geared marksmanship hunter on my server, I knew I should have researched that more!

10:46 pm
February 17, 2010


Xsinova

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What the guy above said is true.  Gemming armor penetration is superiour only when you have ATLEAST 700 solely from your gear. ( I get armor pen on my hunter, so i know from experience).  The other option is to get around 600 armor pen then use a trinket like needle-encrusted scorpion to get you close to the armor pen cap when it procs.  In that case you can just gem agi once you reach 550 – 600 armor pen.  If you are not in mostly 251s and 264 you wont want to gem armor pen.  A good website to check out for any gemming or gear questions is femaledwarf.com.  You can upload your character's profile and your shot rotation then mess with different gear combinations and gem combinations to see what gives you the highest dps.


Good Luck,

Xsinova

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