So far leveling as BM has been great. I have very little to no downtime. My mana efficiency is great. Mainly because the extent of my abilities is Steady Shot with the occasional Wing Clip. I am sitting about 4 bubbles from 76 contemplating trying out a new build.
I was thinking about going with something like this to see how well Rapid Recuperation works for chain pulling. Not to mention having Scatter Shot and Silencing Shot wouldn’t exactly be detrimental either. Has more people on Illidan are hitting level 80 it seems the PvP is picking up. I have had to keep on my PvP gear more often lately due to encounters with random folks.
Now don’t get me wrong, I like PvP as much as the next person. But right now I am focused on leveling and once I get that done there will be plenty of time to pick fights. And some people are picking them now. So I must be prepared! Plus I have seen BM trouncing folks in the 5-mans thus far. I would personally like to see if I can duplicate the same effect with some other talents.
I was considering Survival but it seems to lack the solo power I would prefer. Who is leveling Survival and what’s your spec? And how have you felt about it so far in the leveling process in its current iteration?
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I'll be interested to hear what your results are like with Piercing Shots.
As MM, Steady Shot is a considerably smaller part of my DPS. Most of it comes from the nature damage of Chimera and Serpent Sting, so ArP in general is fairly wasted for me. Being so deep in the tree, it might be interesting if Piercing Shots applied to all physical DPS.
You've got much better gear than I do though (Combat Experience isn't practical for me, either), so I'm curious to know how much DPS you end up getting from Steady Shot, due to the stacking nature of ArP.
I might actually end up dropping Piercing Shots temporarily. I might use the Icier Barbed Spear over my two daggers in addition to using PvP boots more often while I am leveling because of the stamina. And I also noticed most of my killing power comes from the Chimera Shot 1-2 punch as opposed to the continuous firing I did as BM.
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Im currently playing a MM/SV hybrid similar to that of Lassirra but i’v picked up Wyvern Sting and a few others (armoury me – Arkelia NE hunter, Twisting Nether EU) as i believe Wyvern makes solo pvp more viable especially with readiness!
I have been leveling since 60 as survival/MM and find that along with a gorilla as a pet its an extremely viable spec. BM blows it out of the water with the pet survivability etc. but if you can control your agro (maybe with the use of a threat meter) its a good spec to level with.
Viable in solo pve, pvp and group pve.
What im doing at the moment in the ‘Kill x of these’ quests is sending my pet in with a Missdirection on him and pulling 3 more onto him, I then lay an explosive trap at his feet, FD and let him ride out the mobs with a mend pet on him while i plink up my mana with autoshot and AotV on. I find that this is an efficient way of leveling and optimises my pet’s aoe ability. I got him taunt with talent points and last stand, these along with my possible 2 FDs and shadowmeld mean i never get agro i cant deal with.
TRY IT OUT! :D
Arkelia
Twisting Nether EU
Nice build. Well thought out reasoning for your selections. I am interested as well in finding out your observations concerning Rapid Recuperation. I don’t believe anyone has ever tested its full potential.
May I suggest Improved Arcane Shot for your extra talent points? Arcane Shot seems to be the preferred shot to weave into the Steady Shot rotation based on recent studies.
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