"Misdirect was to add utility to the hunter class due to its complete lack of. "

complete lack of utility? I love my utility in groups! Scorpid Stings to debuff bosses to help tank damage mitigation. Ferocious Inspiration (on BMs) for extra party-wide damage, the soon-to-be-nerfed Expose Weakness (on Surv) for buffing raidwide physical damage, Trueshot Aura (for MM) for minor party-wide physical damage buff, the soon-to-be-changed/nerfed Improved Hunter's Mark for buffing raidwide physical damage a bit. Silencing Shot (on MM) for caster mobs. Pets that can make emergency off tanks (especially for BMs). Distracting Shot to help save our squishies. our ALMIGHTY FREEZING TRAP, one of the few dependable crowd controls in the game that isn't limited by mob race (just bosses and occasional specific immunities). Chain Trapping FTW! And even before Misdirection, we still have the best threat management in the entire game, allowing us to, in many cases, keep up our DPS at a longer-term, higher-sustained rate (is MQoSRDPS still trademarked and copyrighted? :P ).

So yeah. I love my hunter's utility.