New Hunter talent trees

[kandrathe]

Its an opener.

Sometimes you want the slow speed. In pvp, if you have someone freeze trapped, you tend to aim shot.
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I could see it for PvP when you have the luxury of 4 unmolested seconds to stand back and carefully aim and shoot, but you still have variable results, and can miss. Unless your Hunter is your tank, I wouldn't recommend AS in any other circumstance, because if it hits and crits it will be hard for any thing to pull the mob from you, and since you are standing back with the squishies, once you die the priest is next.

Slow delayed attacks are better for aggro management, and opening...

I open with low threat attacks like a sting, then autoshot, then arcane so I don't have to worry about pulling the mob off the tank. In groups it's a team effort, so as long as the enemy goes down, we all win and its not a contest to see who did the most damage. No drama. I would never do as you suggest, wind up with AS as an opener giving the tank 4 sec to attempt to build enough hate to keep my imminent hit from making the mob run 40 yds to me. What if the tank misses a few swings? Yeah, it's cool to see that big yellow "2250" over the mobs head once in a blue moon, but in reality I think for that same investment of time and mana I could consistently have 2 or 3 750's and make decisions in between hits without the risks of pulling aggro.

The real question I'm wrestling with is "Is Aimed Shots limited utility better than one additional talent point in Improved Hunter's Mark (+3% to my base RAP)?"