Hello!
I’m leveling a hunter as Beast Mastery (currently level 26), and trying to figure out whether I should be going for slow or fast ranged weapons. My thinking is that I should go for fast weapons, due to Improved Aspect of the Hawk.
Improved Aspect of the Hawk gives a 5% chance per normal shot fired to increase attack speed by 30% for 12 seconds. That’s a significant boost to white damage. If I have, say, a 1.7 attack speed bow versus 2.6, I’m getting 35 shots per minute instead of 23, so about 50% more shots – aka 50% more opportunities to proc. And if I can maintain better uptime on Improved Aspect of the Hawk, then it’s likely that I’ll get quite a lot more than 50% additional shots in, which means my procs per minute go up quite a lot.
Also, to a lesser degree, scopes are a flat increase in ranged weapon damage, so the faster your weapon, the more benefit you get from a scope.
Am I on the right track, or is there something in the mechanics that I’m missing? Thanks!