Question: Do I stand to upgrade from Weapon DPS?

Aside from more Agility, my easiest upgrade if I pursued it would be Heroic Eldritch Bow.

Does Weapon DPS scale up Ability Damage? Pardon me if I sound uninformed.

im not 100% sure, but i believe weapon damage only determines your auto attacks. And you want agility which provides attack power, and increases the damage your abilities.

The short answer is yes. Getting a better weapon is always going to increase the damage you do.

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Bit late, but this is incorrect. As of BfA, every single ability used by non-caster classes/specs deals damage as a percentage of effective attack power. Effective attack power is defined as Agility + WeaponDPS*6. In other words, 1 point of agility on your weapon provides the same benefit as 6 Agility. However, for BM, I believe pets do not scale with weapon DPS like your abilities do, only from agility directly. As a result, weapon upgrades aren’t as strong for BM as they are for MM, but they are still generally your strongest damage upgrade. Sim it using Raidbots to be sure, though.

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Thank you for answering my question.