2.1.0 Patch Notes

[Lissa]

Ok, all great, all knowing of hunters god Lissa, you have me convinced that I don't know anything at all about hunters. So, tell me what I'm doing wrong.

On a good night/fight, I consider it well done if I am able to maintain 750-800dps (with pet). That generally means I've been buffing well and am well potted, too. So, what can I bring to a raid that'll boost my teammates by 300-400dps so you, as RL, will feel I'm worth my spot. Hell, if I could boost folks by 300-400dps, I'd feel I was contributing too, though I'd not call myself a "dps class" but a support class.

Here's me in the Armory, in my usual Instance/Raid set: http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#charact...rmrage&n=Mirajj

Here's a special tag with my spiffy stats: http://wow.tachyonsix.com.nyud.net:8080/ar.../53626HFsEm.png
So please tell me and guide me. What am I missing here? What could I change so that you, as RL, would view my 750 or so dps as valuable to the raid? What would, other than MD, make you want to bring me over a class (any of them) that can do 1300 dps without too much trouble? I really am truely curious.

I do admit that I'm also curious why you have no problem with turning a class that was once a dps class into a support class. Which is another problem hunters feel. If we can't do dps to keep up, why can't we help more and be called a 'support' class?

Because every last class in the raiding group is supporting each other Mirajj! Do I have to beat you over the head with a baseball bat to get you to understand this?! In tBC it's not about the damage that you do, it is about the damage the TEAM does. Hunters have ways to synergize and boost the raid's DPS, if you are willing to make those changes to benefit the TEAM instead of yourself, then you'd be welcomed and a lot of hunters are hung up on this very aspect. The whole point of tBC raiding has changed drastically from what it was prior to tBC.

As to your character, you need to look at getting some better gear. I realize that not everything is going to drop, but there are alternatives like getting BoE craftables and the like. You also are not taking advantage of all the gems you have available to you as you stick to Shifting mostly and have very little of other gem types, like Delicate, Bright, Lustrous, Smooth, Glinting, and Dazzling. On Monday when I get back to work, I'll be able to look at the spreadsheet I did up for Lissanna given access to level 70 gear. A couple pieces there are from SSC and The Eye which we're not near yet, but most of the items are from Kara, Gruul, Mags, and 5 mans.