I would just like to say that in my experience BM are much better for pve and MM are better for PVP
as MM i was only able to push around 650-700 DPS during raids, while as a BM i easily push 850-900 dps.
There's a mod out there called quartz, if you're a BM, it is a must have. It shows you the time on your shot rotations, since steady shot is a 1.5 cast time, and your autoshot should be around 2.1 (2.7 shot speed on a ranged weapon is optimal). It allows you to get in both shots without clipping shot times.
The shot rotation as a BM is steady shot, auto shot, steady shot auto shot... with kill command every time it pops and arcane if you can fit it in without cutting your autoshot. If you are fighting lots of mobs (like the gauntlet in ZA) you can sometimes throw in multishot as well.
This is why a BM is strong in raids, you virtually have no dead time since the autoshot and steady shot over lap and your pet is strong and tough (for those of you that can't keep your pet alive during a whole raid, well...thats just sad).
MM is awesome for pvp tho, pets are almost useless except for distractions in PVP. The burst dps and crit numbers are wicked.
as MM i was only able to push around 650-700 DPS during raids, while as a BM i easily push 850-900 dps.
There's a mod out there called quartz, if you're a BM, it is a must have. It shows you the time on your shot rotations, since steady shot is a 1.5 cast time, and your autoshot should be around 2.1 (2.7 shot speed on a ranged weapon is optimal). It allows you to get in both shots without clipping shot times.
The shot rotation as a BM is steady shot, auto shot, steady shot auto shot... with kill command every time it pops and arcane if you can fit it in without cutting your autoshot. If you are fighting lots of mobs (like the gauntlet in ZA) you can sometimes throw in multishot as well.
This is why a BM is strong in raids, you virtually have no dead time since the autoshot and steady shot over lap and your pet is strong and tough (for those of you that can't keep your pet alive during a whole raid, well...thats just sad).
MM is awesome for pvp tho, pets are almost useless except for distractions in PVP. The burst dps and crit numbers are wicked.