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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-31-2008 @ 2:59PM
Salty said...
#showtooltip Steady Shot
/cast Steady Shot
/cast [target=pettarget,exists] Rabid
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear();
I actually only use this with a 50/11/0 build. The rake/claw thing
isn’t necessary if you have at least 1 talent point in Go For The
Throat, which generates more than enough focus for abundant usage of
both. The problem with the 51-pt BM talent right now is that GFTT is
an 11-pt talent in MM and thus it is mutually exclusive to Exotic
pets until LV71. This leaves pets majorly focus starved. With a 51+
BM talent spec you have the following options:
1) Leave them both on auto-cast, and the results are fairly random.
Bite/Claw/Smack will eat up as much focus as they can every 1.25s
(pet GCD), often leaving the specials without fuel, and they may take
a very long time to re-apply. This hurts stacking effects and
DOT/debuff uptime significantly. Specials aren’t presently
prioritized over focus dumps for pet AI ‘focus budgeting.’ This
is being fixed next patch when specials are 20 focus, and focus dumps
are 25.
2) Disable auto-cast of Bite/Claw/Smack, allowing your pet specials
exclusive use of pet focus. This guarantees specials happen, but
hurts pet DPS since Bite/Claw/Smack is a major component of its
damage.
3) Use the original macro I posted above, which prioritizes special,
focus dump, and attempts to proc rabid on cooldown (it has no focus
cost, but must be manually triggered).