My hunter raiding specs.

[Aradriad]

I don't want to sell my soul and go BM (easyplay), so I'll post Survival and MM specs. (these may be standard, but I made them myself)

Marksmanship:
Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

Talents unneeded:
Combat Experience (Isn't that useful, might change it for more mana efficiency)
Silence Shot (PvP purposes)
Imp. Hunter's mark should only be picked if another hunter doesn't have it, because of MM's bad mana efficiency.

Survival:
Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

Talents unneeded:
Survival seldom go OOM, so I pick Imp. hunter's mark instead.
Imp. AotH is better than MT, in my opinion and according to my gear.

[issuesbunny]

BM might be easyplay but it's still the best raiding spec. Survival for the loss and Marksmanship for the pvpz. :P

[Aradriad]

Actually no, every raid needs one survival hunter for the AP buff, and survival can reach the top 3 if you have skills.

And MM too, especially if you have haste gear.

[chyld]

BM 4TW in Pve/Pvp

Cant think of any other specc to level up with and its also very nice in Pvp since pets cant charge > Stun > Restun > Beast Wrath

All you have to do is simple watch ur pet stunlocking the enemy and maybe sting him every once and a while..

[Bogy]

Firs of all my opiniom about getting to the top of in dmg in raids is possible using all 3 main specs. BM, Marks and Survival. It just depends on you and your guildmates.
BM maybe easyplay as said before but if you put 2 or even more BM hunters in a group they will pwn everything and of course the can buff all other party members damage too.
You wont really have mana problems using the BM spec.
Whats important is to watch for the pat and keep it alive.

Marks spec needs a bit more skill cause its sensitive for shoot rotations.
There can be really huge differences in your dps just because shooting in a different order.
Mana can be a problem however, but not that serious.

I dont have that much experience with survival but thats great for buffing the whole raid if you have full agility gear.

[Tryon]

Survival gets incredible with imba high agi, look at Ahoq (Well, he's MM atm cause all frigging guild is on a PvP week) the ''best'' hunter of Nihilum, with his 40% crit and like 400 white dps in survival

[keitarokun]

Your MM spec isn't bad, but taking Imp hunters mark over Efficiency is a poor choice. You'll actually so more damage with Efficiency as you won't run out of mana as quick. If you switch those two spots, you'll pretty much have my exact MM raiding spec. Also, BM IS easymode, but it also does the most damage and isn't as gear reliant as MM or SV. If you have around 700 unbuffed AGI, look into SV. But before that, it's not really worth it.

[Smeems]

I really laugh at people saying Efficiency > Imp HM. They're obviously the people who want to top damage meters rather than having a successful instance/raid.

What do you think is better? Reduced cost and a bit more DPS for 1 player, yourself? Or 100% more damage for all melee classes, possibly half the raid group?

Simple one to make.

[keitarokun]

110 ATK power is hardly justification for reduced mana costs for yourself. While the extra attack power is nice it's completely pointless to have if more than one hunter has IMP hunters mark. What's the point of 2 hunters having it if it doesn't stack? Plus, if you run caster heavy, it's actually a complete waste since it only applies to the melee. In the long run, it's situational, but saying that imp mark > efficiency is just silly.

[henrik1105]

yey now i can play hunter beter i rly LOVE hunters ...... ( CAT IS BEST)

[aflacattack]

ok ok ok..
i said this in another thread too...
you only need 2 hunters... a BM hunter and a GOOD survival hunter
a good surival hunter means that over 750 agility(unbuffed), anything less, switch to BM...
if you have less then 750 agility unbuffed you are not doing anything for your raid that you couldnt do as a BM or MM hunter... you will also do more damage as BM or MM....

also survival hunters do go oom, ALOT! lol so pick up the mana one, it will help alot in long fights, dont get imp HM, your BM/MM hunter should get it...
this is one of the best survival spec's, depending on what your other hunter(s) spec's look like.
here

[Knezovic]

If I wanna get high AP and agility shoud I specc survival then ?