Comments on: The Hunter Hit Cap

By: Drotara

Drotara — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:15:24 +0000

Anything over the cap of 263 has no effect on anything. At the cap you will never miss a raid boss. Sometimes you do get excess hit, as I currently have, but don’t go out of your way to go over the cap.

By: foulmood

foulmood — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:15:45 +0000

is 392 hit rating any good

By: Drotara

Drotara — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:22:48 +0000

What Shmii said is correct. Anything that’s not hit rating on gear itself is not reflected on your character sheet. Any buffs or talents you have to adjust your hit rating will have to be factored in manually.

By: Shmii

Shmii — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:44 +0000

The hit rating (and percentage it shows) is dependent on the hit rating you have. So any talents or buffs that increase your hit as a percentage won’t be shown in your character window. That means the infamous space-goat buff and Focused Aim in the MM tree won’t have an impact on that number you’re seeing, but it actually does make an impact on “real world” implementation.

By: Aiyana

Aiyana — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:26:04 +0000

I’m confused about this – I just got my hunter to 80, dual-specced MM/BM (solo is a lot easier bm, btw) I have focused aim as MM, not as BM. Yet when I switch over, my hit rating/% stays the same. I must be missing something, but why isn’t it higher as MM?

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:18:41 +0000

How about the thing i hear more often as soft hit cap and hard hit cap.(i heard it makes wonders for mm hunters)

By: Drotara

Drotara — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:51:38 +0000

Well, we know that 1% hit is equal to 32.78. So if the hit cap with 3/3 Focus Aim is 163.90, we can subtract 32.78 from that and we get 131.12 for a Draenai Hunter with 3/3 Focus Aim with their Aura.

By: Karen Gregorski

Karen Gregorski — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:52:05 +0000

So if you are a Draenei hunter with 3/3 Focused Aim, how much hit rating would you need to be hit capped? I’ve read a few different answers and I’d really like to have it clarified. Thanks!

By: Beastmaster hunter in 3.1 « steady shot

Beastmaster hunter in 3.1 « steady shot — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:02:17 +0000

[...] amount of hit you need to face a level 83 boss (in Nax) is huge. Here are the numbers (thanks to Less QQ, more PewPewfor [...]

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:48:20 +0000

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By: Drotara

Drotara — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:41:00 +0000

Well don’t forget everything you know. But yes, Focused Aim affecting pets is big. :)

By: Cassador

Cassador — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:59:25 +0000

Ok, forget all that that you know about hit capping. With the new 3.1 patch the Focused Aim DO change your pet hitcap too (of course if they don’t change it before the patch). So i’m pretty sure that it worth it now.

By: Frostheim

Frostheim — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:16:55 +0000

Yes, as a Draenei hunter you would need 7% now :)Frostheim’s last blog post..Reviewed and Accurate

By: Nesingwary

Nesingwary — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:29:31 +0000

if im a draenei hunter would i have to shoot for 7% still?

By: Oh god is that lint on my armor? « Snake in the Grass

Oh god is that lint on my armor? « Snake in the Grass — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:02:30 +0000

[...] up on hit caps: For a straight forward hunter hit guide check out Drotara’s post (which discusses the 8% vs 9% cap business). Chain Trap takes into account things like being a [...]

By: Pre-raiding level 80 Hunter Gear - Part 1 « steady shot

Pre-raiding level 80 Hunter Gear - Part 1 « steady shot — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:07:20 +0000

[...] amount of hit you need to face a level 83 boss (in Nax) is huge. Here are the numbers (thanks to Less QQ, more PewPew for [...]

By: Xepharious

Xepharious — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:56:30 +0000

It should also be noted that given an alliance raid environment, there will almost always be a Draneai there to add 1% hit.

By: Re-introduction « Crowd Control

Re-introduction « Crowd Control — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:50:25 +0000

[...] affect pet hit, so I need to be going overboard on hit in the first place. Not to mention the whole 8% or 9% mystery is still not completely [...]

By: Pama

Pama — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:07:14 +0000

For pvp its required 6%,for pve its required 9%…so..if u get carefull aim..u need only 6%

By: corryl

corryl — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:07:20 +0000

Soromir: It does not show on your hit rating on your character screen, but you know with the talent you have 3% so you just have to make sure that the hit rating showing on your character screen is 5%

Focused Aim is a great way to beef up your stats, however after testing for a bit I have noticed that when I had 250hr and 1/3 focused aim, my pet was still missing 8.8% of the time. As BM that is gross! Just keep in mind hr on gear is ALWAYS better if you can still keep up the other stats try not to rely on focused aim (if you are beast master that is – I have no idea about marksman’s pets effect on their overall dps when they are missing that much)