{"id":8627,"date":"2011-01-12T14:41:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T22:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huntsmanslodge.flywheelsites.com\/?p=8627"},"modified":"2011-02-05T02:46:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T10:46:17","slug":"what-is-this-dual-spec-you-speak-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huntsmanslodge.com\/staging\/8627\/what-is-this-dual-spec-you-speak-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What is this Dual Spec you speak of?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hunter<\/a><\/p>\n

So I\u2019ve managed to go my entire WoW career and never dual spec. Yea that\u2019s right. I never saw any benefit in it really. I\u2019ve been a BM (Bad Mofo) ever since I\u2019ve started playing, and I have loved every minute of it. I truly never thought there was any reason for me to choose another spec.<\/p>\n

And then Cata happens\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019d managed to keep up my damage really well all throughout the dungeons I would run. It was not a big deal – I never really valued being the \u201ctop of the charts\u201d DPS guy anyway. I love my pets, and am a BM at heart and always will be.<\/p>\n

So some of you are asking, Drach, why are you going on about all this… we know you\u2019re a Bad Mofo, what are you trying to tell us..?\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019m glad you asked. I\u2019ve finally dual specced\u2026 \/shame! I noticed my DPS dropping more and more, especially in heroics. I was nowhere near keeping up, so much so that it was a hindrance to my groups because I was not contributing enough to take bosses down quick enough before everyone died.<\/p>\n

So, I manned up and decided to roll Survival. I hate to admit it, but I am really having fun with it! I will always be a BM at heart, and as soon as they apply these new patches to balance the classes, I\u2019ll probably go back to BM, but Survival is a lot of fun!<\/p>\n

Plus it has provided a dramatic increase to the amount of damage I am putting out. My DPS has almost doubled for some fights. It\u2019s ridiculous. Again, I don\u2019t care about being the top DPS, but it is nice to make such a large contribution in heroics finally.\u00a0Not to mention the fact that we Hunters are more and more sought after in parties because of our valued crowd control.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll have to admit, I had to learn how to even begin to do CC. I began my huntering career during the Lich King, so never really had to learn how to do it. It has been so much fun, although many have died at a poorly placed frost trap at the beginning of my journey, but I digress. I had to dust off Distracting Shot and learn how and when to use that. When we first got that ability, I truly never even understood what it could be used for. I thought it was a retarded ability, but now I use it so much it\u2019s made my top action bar, lol.<\/p>\n

I know that Cata has changed things for everyone quite a bit, and some don\u2019t like it, and others do. I was one of the grumpy old farts sitting on the porch whittling and talking about the good ole days, and griping that they were changing things at all, but now I \u2018m really enjoying the changes. I think it is so much fun to be challenged for once. Heroics are hard!! And they should be, they are called Heroics<\/em> for a reason.<\/p>\n

Although I am tired of the excruciatingly long queue timers, and I had a streak of at least five in a row in which the group disbanded after the first couple of fights because someone got mad and pissy because things were too hard\u2026*cough* wussy tanks*cough*, I still am loving the challenge.<\/p>\n

So, after apologizing profusely to my Spirit Beasts, I am now a SV hunter\u2026 At least on the outside.<\/p>\n

\"Hunter<\/a><\/p>\n

Here has been my shot priority and build for any of you that are interested. I may post bit more in depth guide to SV if any of you are interested as well.<\/p>\n

Shot Priority:<\/p>\n