Just recently, my guild was doing a fresh clear of DS, hoping that the momentum would allow us to down Spine of Deathwing on 10N as well as get some gear for everybody. Right from the start, I knew that the raid was missing Heroism/Time Warp/Ancient Hysteria because of my addon Raid Checklist (this is rare because one of the other core raiders is a shaman, but they couldn't make it that day). Some of the other raiders wanted me to switch to BM but since I had never, ever played BM before in my 3 years of playing WoW, I had no clue what I should do. Plus, I would have to research what spec and glyphs I should have, my rotation, and I'd need to tame a Corehound. Seeing as the raid was already starting later than scheduled, the raid leader decided that the gain of Ancient Hysteria wouldn't outweigh the loss (effectively) of one of their top DPS. We cleared all the way from Morchok to Ultraxion easily. So what I want to ask my fellow hunters here is what I should do to prepare for a similar situation? Should I switch my offspec (MM for PvP) to BM, even though the guild is preparing to start a RBG team? Or should I just stick to SV and hope that our shaman shows up?