I'll be on vacation till next thursday-ish. I'll hardly be on WoW

So for the end of the year, not to Jan 2nd, steam is having 10%-75% off all titles. This means Gamespy 2008 Multiplayer game of the Year Left for Dead is $37.49. (Damn I want this but its not in my budget). The amazing Portal game for $5, if you have not played this that is a worth it price. So if you still owe B-day presents steam has that gift program you can use, or if you want to treat yourself to some games go for it. I'm blown away by these prices and wish I didn't already own almost everygame on steam. Doom, Doom2, bejeweled, and some other random arcade game are all 99 cents each. (which I think most of those you can get for free though). Looks like Bioshock is $5 too, another game I've yet to get to play thats supposed to be awesome. Also if you're planning on getting into the half-life universe for the first time some of those prices are pretty cheap. Heads up though, be careful if you go buy a package. While strolling through the catalogue I noticed some of that packages aren't priced correctly. IE: packageA has all games of packageB and more for a cheaper price.

So, When I first started raiding in Wrath, I figured that I had found a good 0/17/54 spec to work with(http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZceV0oZe00iocIhxuAhcd).  After a couple weeks of raiding, I'm finding that this spec has been alright, but I'm trying to push for better.  Reading the EJ forums, I've been keeping up with the latest in SV theorycraft, and this is what I'm finding:  The modern SV hunter should be as close to melee distance as possible, while still being able to loose arrows.  What I'm speaking of, is called Trap Dancing.  The idea that dropping a trap on a boss will proc LnL(http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=56344), causing you to use your highest damage ability, Explosive Shot (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60053) more often.

Before I had thought about trap dancing, I respecced into a 0/19/52 build (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZ0eVbohZe00iocIhxuAhcz) due to my very high hit rating, which netted me ~20,000 extra damage on the Archavon kill from this past week.  I'm thinking with all the synergy of the stings, LnL, and Explosive Shot, the idea of adding another wrinkle to the list of accents could be really good for extra dps.

The process of a trap dance involves standing close enough to the boss(right behind the melee), in order to drop an immolation trap, proc LnL, step back with a tap, then unload 3 Explosive Shots.  With Serpent Sting up, more chances to proc LnL exist, for more triple explosive shot damage.  A typical rotation would be as follows:

1.  Serpent Sting
2.  Explosive Shot
3.  (If you aren't in position yet, Aimed Shot, if you are, move on to step 4)
4.  Immolation Trap
5.  tap your back button to get back to range
6.  Blast away with Explosive Shot
7.  Steady Shot until Explosive Shot is off CD or Serpent sting falls off(if it falls off, replace your next Steady Shot with a Serpent Sting.)

Working with that, I've compiled a new spec that I'd like to try out.  0/18/53 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZ0eVoohZe00i0cIhedAhod).  This spec has the improved stings, and improved trap abilities for shorter CDs and improved Immolation trap damage.  Considering that most of the fights in current end game are close and clustered, it seems like Sniper Training (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53304) is wasted.  Putting those points into Resourcefulness adds shorter CDs, and makes the traps less of a drain on mana.  Also gives the SV 41 point talent a use, with 30% increased immolation damage, which has been reported from the 3.08 test realm to be upwards of 5k damage alone.

I'm not a fan of being close to the melee, it doesn't feel like something a hunter should be doing.  But if the DPS is higher, there is no reason why I shouldn't be able to try it on for size and see how it goes.  The different specs are below for reviewing pleasure.

1. 0/17/54(http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZceV0oZe00iocIhxuAhcd)  Notables:  3% more to hit, Scatter Shot, slightly higher Expose Weakness uptime

2. 0/19/52(http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZ0eVbohZe00iocIhxuAhcz)  Notables:  30% more Sting damage, Scatter Shot, 50 more pet focus per crit, slightly higher Expose Weakness uptime. NO REPLENISHMENT BUFF.

3.  0/18/53(http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZ0eVoohZe00i0cIhedAhod) Notables: 30% more Sting damage, 30% more immolation trap damage, 6 second shorter trap CD, 25 more pet focus per crit.

Last minute thoughts:  Being in close range, if might be better to toss two points from Hawk Eye into Savage Strikes, for a quick melee swing while I'm setting the immolation trap.

Froehliche Weinachten & Happy Hols!

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So with the gear that I saved up in TBC, i'm going to try and roll it feral (tanking) for Wrath. Thankfully i havent started leveling my druid yet. Figured i would roll tank since there seems to be a serious lack of them and to prevent guildies from having to PUG it  *nudges Ewiges* ^_^

As soon as the servers back up i want to respec.

Any help, tips, suggestions, builds would be appreciated.

Oh and ive got alot of TBC enchanting mats so I dunno if using those for some old cheap enchants would help me or not, if theres any enchanters available.

i know is not the day but i wanna say this cuz i ll be busy around this days and i wanna say:

Best Wishes for u Downfall and all my Friends, all ur ppl take care, be carefull. Peace and love. Miss ya all

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PD: cya in the next best MMORPG =P