I'm a MM hunter, but I prefer Survival spec. When it comes to pvp'ing(which i'll be honest, i mostly only do in halaa) i like Survival because i can pretty much stunlock rouge with all the chance to stun buffs in the survival tree. you're right that you don't need the extra points in improved traps, but i take it anyway just for the extra comfort zone. EW is an awesome buff that will benefits your whole raid, so don't be selfish and spread the dps love. my problem with MM is only that i forget to watch my threat meter and pull aggro sometimes...my bad. but everyone is MM so i like to be different. i only used BM to level and a couple times in raids. it was not good and it wasn't because my pet died alot, but there are many bosses that do a "chain lightning" type of attack that requires the melee to spread out around the boss. however you can't control where your pet goes so he ends up to close to a real player and the chain attack jumps from him to someone else. lastly, readiness is like a "get outta jail free" car...shit i screwed up and my trap didn't work or put the wrong target to sleep...oh yeah readiness, lemme try again...sweet whatever, be different play survival