Best in-game for hunter, any spec.

I JUST GOT IT 2 DAYS AGO, IT DROPS FROM TRASH MOBS AND IT OWNS

i saw a retadin with it the other day and then i saw a hunter the day after lol this thing must have an insane drop rate...

OK im sorry....this goes to hunters first no matter what. After that, a warrior and pally can roll because it does have hardcore DPS and can pwn in melee.

Best hunter weapon in game atm.

But why do i have a srange feeling when i look at the stats? Damn, what's the heck's wrong with its damage? 140.4 DPS for hunter who doesn't do melee?

How about other classes and the raid utility of this baby? Let's take an example of retribution pally with BoK and Divine strength talents with Cataclism's Edge and compare it with Shivering Felspine in terms of pure DPS contribution from stats (i took an example of one of the classic weapons for retribution. it has the same speed too, so it's easier to compare):

Cataclism's Edge
138 DPS
75 str
+10% from Divine strength
+10% from BoK
means +21% str combined
means 90.75 str, let's say 91
91 str=182 ap
14 ap=1 DPS
182/14=13
138+13=151
151 DPS from Cataclism's Edge. 335 armor ignore is useless against heavy armored targets and have limited contribution unless it's stacked with other pieces of gear and a warrior is keeping stacked sunder armor against a cloth wearer.

Shivering Felspine:
140.4 DPS
52 agi
53 haste
120 ap
yellow socket bonus: 5 ap
let's say: Inscribed Pyrestone with 5 str and 5 crit  (6 str with talents=12 ap)
total ap: 120+5+12=137
137/14=9.78 let's say 9.8
140.4+9.8=150.2
150.2 DPS is 0.8 less than Cataclism Edge, BUT!!!
Crit: Pallys need 35 agi for 1% crit at lvl 70, means 52/35=1.48 % crit +5/22.1 from gem=1.7% crit (the same as Torch of the damned)
Haste: 53 haste rating. Well about haste i'm not really sure. Different sourses give me different info about speed and dps modifications. It's either 5% dps increase or 3.2% dps increase. So just pick the one that you judge correct. Anyway, it's either 157.7 or 155 DPS.

Now what was that?!! Is this weapon "hunter only"?
Every1 see agility, haste and ap on any sword or polearm and scream "HUNTER WEAPON!". Think again.
Best hunter weapon? Yes! But does the hunter have the priority to take this weapon first? My opinion, it's THE best retro pally weapon as well. Good thing this weapon drops from trash mobs, so every1 could get it (not only hunters).

And couple of last things.
I analysed this weapon from RAID DPS point of view, where sta doesn't have much importance for dps classes (except warlocks who life tap to replenish their mana).
Personally, i'll leave this weapon to hunter if he/she doesn't have Hallberd of Desolation, if hunter has it, than i'll roll without hesitation.
For PvP the situation it's a bit different.
I also analysed it from retribution paladin's point of view only. Would be great if some1 could do the math for warriors and hunters, cause the stats and weapon type contribution is different for those classes. I could do it, but i'm already too tired to type.

EDIT: i made a little mistake with crit calculations. Actually it's  25 agi per 1% crit for pally, so the actual crit is 52/25=2.08%. With BoK its 57/25=2.28%. And a little sweet bonus of dodge. It's the same agility per 1% of dodge.

BTW we took a night off from BT to check out the Sunwell since we didnt have the group for bloodboil.  This dropped off the first Arcane Protector thing.  I got lucky over the other hunter and now its mine.

This is the top DPS weapon for hunters by far (www.maxdps.com) 99.78 dps on this compared to 67.74 halberd of desolation (BT) and 57 on vengeful waraxe - to say this isn't a hunter weapon makes you a complete fool, it is their very best weapon - also, I play a priest by the way, so I really don't care who gets this in the end

why is it that people always fight ovewr who should get weapons here i mean its not like you win something if you prove your point. if you have this weapon post what you like about but stop all the fighting over who deserves this weapon!

Ok, i know both the arguments by heart, "ZOMG HUNTER", or "ZOMG RETADIN", but honestly.... this IS for hunters
I play a ret pally and i got no problem with handing this to a hunter, they need the agi more, retadins need str more. Priority for this goes to hunts.

Yup, hunter all the way, those retadins and arms warrs who need this over a hunter, you got plenty of other weps way better 4 ur class, this is arguably the best hunter non-ranged wep in game. my 2cents. 2 every1 who gets it enjoy i play a hunter and i love it.

Rawr spreadsheet lists this as the second best weapon in the game for Ret Paladins. It's pointless to get into an argument though over who should get this first. Odds are that you'll see quite a few drop over time anyway and the point will become moot.

Check out this quest http://thottbot.com/q9710 . Its the last part of the chain for the BE palys thats reward is a polearm. If youve ever done it, its a pain in the ass, but it leads me to believe that polearms are most definently a ret paly weapon.  This weapon is really good if you dont care about how much hp you have, ie. you arent a noob and you wont pull agro dpsing.  I personally believe the halabard of destruction dropped by the high warlord in BT, cataclysm's edge dropped from archimonde in hyjal, or the soul reaver dropped by teron gorefiend in BT are all better choices for a paladin.  As posts above said, pug raids can kill the trash in the sunwell, which in the end might mean this is the easiest of the four to get.

>_> as much as it is a hunter weapon other class has the right to roll for it too if they feel the need for it and if u say a class or spec sucks maybe its because u dunno how do use it right and from ur childish tantrum u resort too call this class/spec for noobs