Is the goal now to get a 4th spec for hunters in 10.0? It won’t happen for SL or any of the patches in SL.
That means that all this energy could be devoted towards discussing how to make the current melee version work and then revisiting this discussion again at the end of SL.
Regarding the ‘can we go back to MOP’ style hunter. I don’t think we are unique in wanting that and a lot of specs would claim that their hay day was during the MOP era. Locks casting while moving / snapshotting anyone?