For PvE, I'd say your GM is full of crap. 10k Stamina isn't necessary for a hunter, especially at the expense of AP, Agi, and/or Crit. When I started fine tuning, it was Stam that went by the wayside. I started at like 9.5k Stam and shifted some gems to more AP/Agi/Crit and ended up with 8.7k or so Stam. But,
in the process, my Crit bumped up to about 21 and my RAP jumped up so that with True Shot Aura and Aspect of the Hawk up, I'm right about 2k RAP. There's probably a couple more tweaks I should do to sacrifice a little more Stam for AP, Agi, Crit, too.
Explain to your GM that a hunter's
job is to deal out ranged dps, not take hits. Sacrificing AP for Stam isn't the way to go. I'd focus on gear/gems that are +AP, +Agi, or +Crit. You need enough Stam to take some hits, but you don't need to be in the tank range for Stam.
The Felstalker set is close stat-wise to the
gear you have. The one area where it exceeds your current gear is the gems. They would give you more flexibility to tweak your stats a bit. Base stats of the Felstalker set would add AP and Int to you, but sacrifice some Stam and Agi.
Quick comparison of your vs. Felstalker would be -25 Agi, +14 Int, +35 AP, -10 Stam, -6 mp5. The Agi and Stam can be made up with gems. For example, the gems I have in my Felstalker set total up to +20 Agi, +36 Stam, and +8 AP. So just for comparison sake, combined my Felstalker set is -5 Agi, +14 Int, +42 AP, +26 Stam, and -6 mp5 compared
to your current combo (not considering enchants).
The Felstalker set can be expensive/hard to make, but it would be an upgrade, in my opinion. I'd also suggest a +6 All Stats enchant to your chest, instead of the +8 Stam.
Edited, Aug 1st 2007 12:37pm by azwingAs the title says, I'd really like some input into what I can do to fine-tune my toon. I've read the pre-raid gear list, and I know the general rule of thumb for a MM hunter going into Kara is around 20 crit, 7500 health, and 2k RAP.
I'm finding that I'm falling short on the RAP a bit, and though I feel good about my agi/stam, my guild leader was trying to tell me I need 10k HP unbuffed (I thought this would be for PVP, but he insists on this for PVE. He also tried to tell me 1500 RAP was acceptible LOL). He's an IRL friend, so I'm trying to be nice about it and look into this a bit more.
I could probably use another 50-100 agi, which I'm trying to work on, as well.
I know I need new shoulders and bracers (currently working on my beast lord shoulders, but my 'bandit' bracers seem better than the Felstalkers if you ask me). I guess I'm just wondering when I start getting socketed items where I
should put my $? My guild leader seems to think it's stamina, but I'd tend to lean towards more agi/ap. Thoughts?
PS, my armory link is in the sig. Thanks in advance for the help!-Zulfrieze (70 troll Hunter, blackrock) SV
--Penance (70 Blackwind Sabrecat)
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