He is definitely out of touch when it comes to hunter class, and probably shouldn't be doing the guides. I don't care what guild he is in, his take on BM especially is just pure satire and off base. Rogerbrown half and halved MM and BM was was on top of logs all through SoD. If you know what you are doing it's still top tier, and sadly I'm shocked this guy doesn't know more about what he is talking about with hunters.
S-D list with no spec being either S or D is completely pointless.Also as mentioned by others, what's the deal with the + and -? Just use the full scale you have available and extend it to E or F if needed...
LMAO, these writters are 'trying' to get people off some specs, just by 'minimizing' them. I read ALL of them, and Survival is still the less looked upon (even more between all 3 hunter specs).MM has a high 'burst' damage, but it seems those writters don't even check ALL 3 specs to compare, or are picked just 'because they excel at that specific spec'. Okay, MM one keeps pointing out to Wild Spirits, when speaking of 'High AoE' bursts, as if SV hunters can't use it already (I bet most haven't switched off to Kyrian yet), because if we compare their 'bursts', while MM drops WS, and then ES and then MS and then AS and so on, there are more globals than SV's WS, spread 'some' SS, then throw in their best AoE stuff, the bobs for even, more damage. Both specs 'need stacked mobs' for effectiveness, but SV can deal a lot more easily with 'spread mobs', with his dots, while turning back for ST. And the time MM takes to get MS+AS+ES off, SV threw his bombs and some SS. In a raid environment, MM's AoE might top at first but, once WS drops, SV's keeps up more time. In M+ and shorter AoE in general, SV takes the lead with more 'frequent and high bursts' (can reduce bombs' CD too). And of all 3 specs, MM's ST is higher, more even on 'bursts', that I don't even see where that writer sees it as 'low', since their only 'hit' (which 'hit' their AoE too) came from 'bugged' double dips people 'shushed' untill Blizz notice (and dealt with) it. SV also has less 'AoE-cap', on bombs, than MM and even BM (Beast Cleave), in their bombs, even more if they bring Wildfire Cluster leggo. Wildifre Bombs is amazing as it is (and I hope if Blizz eventually 'nerfs' it, it just 'nerfs', and not blankly 'cut it' down). WfB hits more than the average 5-capped in AoE, and you can reduce it's CD by up to 5 with Carve/Butcher, having even more chances at it's damage than MM's Explosive Shot for example (which was, back in Legion, a SV skill, one of many Blizz 'gutted' from the spec in favor of the other 2).SV, differently with most Melee specs, can still use WS in a far away pack and ST (thus aoeing them with WS) with KC+spreading SSting (this resembles, although inversely, UHDK's standing in their DnD and AoEing far stacked mobs with talented Crawling Shadows).Each 'spec' writter should TEST throughly each other spec of same class, in their 'roles' to have more in-depth scope of each differences.But it's all too 'fresh' of these rankings, that I agree, and I'd advise people to 'wait' more, specially for higher renowns, and their soulbind unlocks to get a better understanding.Should name these 'tier list', 'WF/RF tier lists' :P And as for Mage's Ice Block, it 'might' deal with more 'mechanics' than other 'imunities', but, for example, Hunter's turtle and Rogue's Cloak can be used ON THE MOVE, and as such, can be more 'useful' than a mage that might only use IB for 'self safety', more than 'raid safety'. A cloaked rogue can 'walk thru' more ground spots than a mage who has to stand still with their IB, same for Hunters.
Regardless of whether I agree with this ranking and analysis (I don't), I think it's fine if simpler (or inherently more survivable) specs do a bit less overall damage. The issue is that, in many cases it's precisely the other way around: for the same ilevel, the one-button class/spec that doesn't require any skill will consistently out-DPS the more complex and skill-dependent ones. And that's just poor design.
Who cares? Game sucks.
Depending if you have hands is your tier , this list is a bull%^&*!im fury and im #$%^ing dh in raid so...