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Gearing revisited!
At every possible level of gear and experience, there are some rules that will help you choose where to go next. This post will go over some of them. Assuming you are interested in doing as much DPS as...
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Marksmanship Gemming and Enchanting!
So as I’m digesting the changes from survival to marksmanship, one of the things I took for granted was that I’d have to re-gem and re-enchant. Agility used to be king, but surely attack power would be...
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Agility vs. Armor Penetration!
[edit 25 Sept 2009: this was written before the last patch, and I have a new version that covers it after the update] I’m sure you’ve read that all the cool hunters are gemming for armor pen, and...
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The Hunting Party Podcast, Episode 5!
Episode 5 of The Hunting Party was done without Darkbrew, who is on vacation (lucky blighter), but we got Brigwyn to fill in. We started with the interview, and then went over the news. Today’s show...
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The Hunting Party Podcast, Episode 6!
This week, we cover the news: faction changes, the armor penetration nerf, 3.2.2, bestial wrath nerfbuff, trial of the grand crusader difficulty, the tier 9 set bonus bug fixes, and Darkbrew’s theories...
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A Short Analysis of Armor Penetration!
We all know that patch 3.2.2 is going to see a reduction in effectiveness of armor penetration, but how much will this affect you? Well, the best answer is to load your character into a calculator...
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Armor Penetration vs. Agility, Redux!
Armor penetration or agility? I’m going to give you the rules of thumb. Never go ArP if you’re not MM. If your gear has less than about 350 ArP from gear (not including gems or a trinket proc), then...
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End Game Marksmanship!
There’s no doubt about it, right now, the best hunter DPS in the game is done by marks hunters. Marksmanship is the end game raiding spec, if you have the gear. There are presently two styles of marks...
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Episode 26!
Hi folks, this is one of those slightly aged episodes we’ve been meaning to get out the door for a while. In it, we talk about some patch 3.3.3 changes, tier bonuses, and ArP. Here’s the site where we...
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How to Choose Your Set Pieces!
I realized I’ve never written up a guide about set pieces for marks hunters. This is a common question: “Should I stick with 2T9, or get my 4T10 bonus?”. This also has a very simple response: “Do...
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