So I was using the BM M+ AOE spec for dungeons but thought I’d give ST spec a try from icy veins, It said Hunter lose a LOT of ST DPS to do aoe, and so on, I copied their pure ST spec and gave it a try on the dummy.
AOE spec in a 2 min rotation did 16.6 million dmg
ST spec in 2 min rotation 15 million dmg
That doesn’t seem like a decent increase over 2 mins and I’m literally losing ALL aoe ability int he dungeons or raids? I also used Hekili on both rotations. Where is this major dps loss its talking about? or the major st dps gain? all I see different really is a few talents mostly bloodshed and killer command
I noticed this the other day - I have noticed very little difference for ST damage between my ST build and my AoE builds. Perhaps the fact I do far more M+ than raiding has made me very good with this build and my ST play is far behind but I don’t think so. And my character is quite pimped out. But I have had concerns that there is something wrong with my ST rotation even though there really isn’t anything to go wrong - no multishot, bloodshed on cooldown…that’s pretty much the only difference
Well first off AoE dps vs ST dps there will always be a difference. Example on heroic magmorax i take that boss because lets be honest he is a living Dummy. My ST as 506 bm hunter is between 290 k dps - 320k dps whole fight. Then lets say brackenhide hollow lots of thrash there. U can almost have ofc in cooldowns its way more. 500k Aoe dps - 750k AoE dps. All i can say is SIM YOUR CHARACTER an try to be as close as possible.
Going from 15m to 16.6m is a big increase. That’s an increase of ~11-12%. A dummy test is insanely unreliable though, the actual number should be something around 13-14%, which is an absolutely huge single target increase.
In dungeons you wouldn’t really want to play full single target for obvious reasons (Although the optimal play in S1 df was pure ST in CoS/SMBG). In raids though, almost all AoE on any fight is completely meaningless especially this season, so it’s not worth sacrificing 13-14% boss damage for pointless AoE other classes can deal with better anyway.
A rework will sort that issue for you. Shame the games servers will retire before ever seeing something like that. Just enjoy all the wonderful reworks and updates to other classes and get your monies worth matey.
