02-04-2005, 07:25 AM
Well, while we're talking... or not really doing much talking at all, I guess, about talents, I would like to ask a question.
I likes mah hunter. He is level 28. He's a big cow. It's all good.
But in my current Marksmanship build I am having a single problem.
What adds more to the average DPS? Improved Hunter's Mark, or Improved Arcane Shot?
Hunter's Mark, of course, adds straight damage per shot, of course, but it does that even eithout the talent.
Arcane Shot is my ticket to the high DPS, I've found. Once I got Aimed Shot, I tried to use that, but it just didn't seem worth it. It'd be nice to take out a running enemy with more then a sliver of life, but otherwise it seems about double the damage of a normal shot, with two to three times the attack rate, thus, actually reducing the overall DPS. Arcane shot, however, instantly adds a certain amount of damage without interrupting any other attacks, which is, by definition, a damage increase.
So, is a 15 percent increase to a (at my level) 45 point attack power bonus beat out the ability to add in 59 damage every five seconds, instead of every six seconds?
... looking at the numbers, I'm thinking Improved Arcane Shot. It's just too bad that, going by my friend's advice, I've already got three points in Improved Hunter's Mark.
I likes mah hunter. He is level 28. He's a big cow. It's all good.
But in my current Marksmanship build I am having a single problem.
What adds more to the average DPS? Improved Hunter's Mark, or Improved Arcane Shot?
Hunter's Mark, of course, adds straight damage per shot, of course, but it does that even eithout the talent.
Arcane Shot is my ticket to the high DPS, I've found. Once I got Aimed Shot, I tried to use that, but it just didn't seem worth it. It'd be nice to take out a running enemy with more then a sliver of life, but otherwise it seems about double the damage of a normal shot, with two to three times the attack rate, thus, actually reducing the overall DPS. Arcane shot, however, instantly adds a certain amount of damage without interrupting any other attacks, which is, by definition, a damage increase.
So, is a 15 percent increase to a (at my level) 45 point attack power bonus beat out the ability to add in 59 damage every five seconds, instead of every six seconds?
... looking at the numbers, I'm thinking Improved Arcane Shot. It's just too bad that, going by my friend's advice, I've already got three points in Improved Hunter's Mark.