It should explode on contact or maybe explode once per second through its duration like it used to, this “press the button and wait 3 seconds before anything happens” is pointless and makes the button feel bad.
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I will agree that lock and load is clunky and explosive shot usage can be better. I’ve gotten A LOT of lock and loads as I hit aimed shot so I can’t react to it and that’s a dps loss.
I think putting the whole effect of lock and load on explosive shot and having that be the glowy button makes more sense. Have glowy lock and load fire two explosive shots and doesn’t explode until you cast aimed shot. We aren’t exactly casting explosive shot outside lock and load. This way we can’t accidentally waste a rare proc without getting the full effect.
No, it’s valuable in PVP because it can hit at the same time as other abilities for burst.
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Could be a glyph then 
Or they could do one of those talents that have a double choice with themselves, where one is casted directly on your target and the other has a targeting reticule, except with and without the timer.
Check out the talent “precision detonation”.
You can queue up explosive shot to cast immediately after aimed shot finishes (like you would an arcane shot) and the aimed shot will detonate it kind of like you want. LnL procs with 4 set also give you an instant explosive shot.
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This is MM exclusive though. The talent could be changed to fire an extra explosive shot under certain circumstances or add the timer itself to the skill.
Yes. You do need to be marks. You probably won’t cast explosive shot as bm and survival doesn’t have a similar mechanic.