Scattered Shots: Musings on hunter haste design

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3-31-2011 @ 10:21AM

Frostheim said...

Not exactly, no.

First of all, your instant shot triggers the global cooldown, so you only have 5 seconds of active time, not 6.

Secondly, you get haste effects from various sources -- haste on gear, raid buff, talents, etc. Those don't stack additively -- so if you have 10% from gear and 10% from a raid buff, that's not the same as having 20% haste.

And thirdly, here's the complicated part: if you can fit 3 fillers between signatures, your next plateau *isn't* when you can fit in 4 between -- it's actually the point that you fire four, but push your signature back *just* enough that you're still getting a net gain (this is usually as much as a second of delay) -- but that point is different for everyone depending on your gear. Calculating that plateau is pretty annoying, and not something that vast majority of players are ever going to do. And it's certainly complicated as all heck : (

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