Like it’s a cast, costs 5% mana, and does 60% ranged weapon damage…why wouldn’t I just autoattack? This seems like a joke of an ability.
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well I dont play hunter, but i’m assuming auto, steady, auto steady. Like other versions of wow.
Why wouldn’t I just…auto…auto…auto…auto though?
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because there is time between autoshots, steady can be used between the autoshots
GCD is shorter than 1.5 seconds I thought…maybe I’m wrong. And I feel like bow autos are faster than the 1.5 sec cast time of steady.
I think the reason steady was good in TBC because it was more damage than an auto and also did even more + damage to targets who were dazed. This version of steady is like 60% of the damage of a ranged autoattack.
the cast time is independent of your autoattacks, so you can shoot, steady, and you’ll still shoot at the normal AA rate. Only time it’ll be worse is if you cast steady shot and interrupt your autoattack timing
I guess I’ll need to do some testing. Seems like it would be worse than melee weaving by a long shot.
not sure about melee weaving, definitely worth a test. But if you dont want to melee weave, think of it as range-weaving I guess. Not sure how itd compare dps wise
Yea, I can almost guarantee though it would be a DPS loss compared to Expose Weakness Rune
“Your melee and ranged criticals increase your attack power by 40% of your current Agility for 7 sec.”
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Judging from the Wowhead page the damage isn’t normalized. Goes well with a slow weapon while expose weakness procs more with a fast weapon.
if youve got a good melee weapon, I think melee-weaving would be better. An option for not melee-weaving at least. Especially on fights where it’s not practical
EDIT: Or if you’re feeling lazy and dont want to constantly leap between melee and ranged
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Yea and with the introduction of trap launcher it could be good if weaved right
I believe with a slow ranged weapon you can weave in the faster 1.5 sec cast of steady. On my lock I currently can’t melee weapon in meta cause my dagger is 1.5 speed so it ties with my GCD, but this phase gnomer drops an epic armor dagger that’s 1.2 speed so I’ll get to auto in between spell globals like dots or searing pain. Just gotta desync the ability your pressing with the attack speed of your weapon.