In a way you are right, I could see MM being strong DPS when played correctly. However, the difference is MM does not offer as much potential in increasing the rest of the raid's DPS. Trueshot Aura is useful, but a geared/well played BM or Survival hunter will increase raid damage exponentially. I believe I have some experience in the area as I have played a hunter in SWP content. (Still on the Twins, so I may not see this bow for a week or two :( assuming it drops, hehe)
I hate to break it to you, but any intelligent, end-game raid leader will ask you to please respec, with TBC MM is just not a viable raid spec. The funny part is it used to be the opposite pre-BC, MM was prefered over BM. Who knows, maybe MM will get a nice buff when WotLK comes out. :)
I hate to break it to you, but any intelligent, end-game raid leader will ask you to please respec, with TBC MM is just not a viable raid spec. The funny part is it used to be the opposite pre-BC, MM was prefered over BM. Who knows, maybe MM will get a nice buff when WotLK comes out. :)
Well, you're presuming a lot. First, a raid only needs one SV hunter and if the guild has a full time SV hunter, the other hunters should go for max DPS.
Second, BM hunters (and SV hunters) take a lot of grief from DPS meter-monkeys. While educated players understand that a BM hunter trades some personal DPS for group DPS and shifts a significant portion of his DPS to his pet, when I'm BM specced, I can't tell you how much grief I take from raids on the order of "Your not in the top 5 DPS with your gear!!! WTF?" And it is just a lot easier to run MM than educate the DPS meter-monkeys - who don't really want to be educated, and will give a BM hunter even more grief for "making excuses".