Comments on: Rapid Fire – New Trend? http://mmnassira.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/rapid-fire-new-trend/ Size does matter. Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:16:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nassira http://mmnassira.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/rapid-fire-new-trend/#comment-14 Nassira Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:24:54 +0000 http://mmnassira.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-14 Awesome input - it's good to hear from someone who has actually gotten to mess with this stuff. The patch will help me make my decisions easier. Awesome input – it’s good to hear from someone who has actually gotten to mess with this stuff. The patch will help me make my decisions easier.

]]> By: Rilgon Arcsinh http://mmnassira.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/rapid-fire-new-trend/#comment-13 Rilgon Arcsinh Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:20:32 +0000 http://mmnassira.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-13 If you want my honest opinions on it: -3 Improved Arcane. It's weaker than Aimed, and only BARELY cheaper. You gain about 150 DPS if you shift from Steady/Arcane/Chimera to Steady/Aimed/Chimera. -3 Improved Hunter's Mark. Someone else is bound to have it, and you really, REALLY need those points elsewhere as Marksmanship. +3 Improved Stings. This makes Chimera go from "oh wow, that hits hard" to "oh my crap, did I just crit for 5k + 2k?" +2 Survival Instincts. Less dead Hunter = more DPS Hunter, and since you're firing 4 Steadies per 6 shots, 4% more crit on Steady = a good thing. -1 Rapid Recuperation. It's handy, I'm not gonna lie, but I'm already subsisting well enough with 1/2 to not consider 2/2 necessary. +1 Silencing Shot. It has a real interrupt now, meaning it's perfectly acceptable to use in PVE. And yeah, I'm mostly just using Rapid Fire as a tool to get out of Viper faster. I'm already considering using a macro of: /castsequence reset=17.5 Aspect of the Viper, Rapid Fire, Aspect of the Hawk And then hit Hawk early if I really need out before the 15 seconds of Rapid Fire is over (which I usually do). If you want my honest opinions on it:

-3 Improved Arcane. It’s weaker than Aimed, and only BARELY cheaper. You gain about 150 DPS if you shift from Steady/Arcane/Chimera to Steady/Aimed/Chimera.
-3 Improved Hunter’s Mark. Someone else is bound to have it, and you really, REALLY need those points elsewhere as Marksmanship.
+3 Improved Stings. This makes Chimera go from “oh wow, that hits hard” to “oh my crap, did I just crit for 5k + 2k?”
+2 Survival Instincts. Less dead Hunter = more DPS Hunter, and since you’re firing 4 Steadies per 6 shots, 4% more crit on Steady = a good thing.
-1 Rapid Recuperation. It’s handy, I’m not gonna lie, but I’m already subsisting well enough with 1/2 to not consider 2/2 necessary.
+1 Silencing Shot. It has a real interrupt now, meaning it’s perfectly acceptable to use in PVE.

And yeah, I’m mostly just using Rapid Fire as a tool to get out of Viper faster. I’m already considering using a macro of:

/castsequence reset=17.5 Aspect of the Viper, Rapid Fire, Aspect of the Hawk

And then hit Hawk early if I really need out before the 15 seconds of Rapid Fire is over (which I usually do).

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