Hunter 6.1 Changes

[Ashaiya 1]

I'm curious as to where 680 4th stage Skull of War will stand against 680 H BRF trinkets, specifically H Humming Blackiron Trigger. Haven't been able to find 4th stage crafted stats anywhere yet. Thoughts?

[Orthios 271]

Beast Mastery is topping single target simulations for patch 6.1.

By how much? If the difference between the best and worst of the three is < 3% then I probably won't bother switching.

[f0nZi3 7]

Here's Bendak's post over on Eyes of the Beast about the sims he has run:

 

http://eyesofthebeast.com/2015/02/patch-6-1-shrinking-gap-specs/#more-3892

 

It really doesn't look like the differences are all that great between specs - depending on the amount of adds and the type of fight that is. I am also really vested in SV with all the Multistrike gear I have, but with a lot of BRF gear having Mastery & Multistrike on it, the switch back to BM for me will be pretty painless.

[Ulgratron 4]

By how much? If the difference between the best and worst of the three is < 3% then I probably won't bother switching.

 

 

Eyes of the Beast sims have been extremely sketchy and inconsistent this expansion.  Most of the trusted simcrafters are showing a 3-4k+ DPS difference in single target between BM and SV with preliminary sims for BiS gear.  Azor himself already stated that he will be switching to BM if the current PTR state goes live.

 

3-4k dps is just too much to ignore on single target, and when you take into account that BM is vastly superior in most AoE situations as well, we aren't going to have much of a choice.

 

We obviously need to wait to see what the live patch accually brings and what the updated simcraft results will show before doing anything.  But if the disparity is really that large.... rest in peace my beloved SV.

Edited February 19, 2015 by Ulgratron

[Azortharion 60]

The guy's sims are pretty useless because his methodology seems flawed (and he does not explain it).

 

I guess it doesn't matter when he's reaching the right conclusion.