I think about re-speccing my mage to arcane in the same way I think about re-rolling as a shadow priest or warlock. Sorry, but I'm a FrostMage, not a mage who happens to be Frost-specced. http://bit.ly/fR1aVQ

I agree, although I'm really enjoying survival in 4.0.1 (and focus in general). BM is still the symbolic spec for hunters: having the exotic pets who can have incredible raid buffs is what its all about. I'm not seeing the numbers for BM right now, but I really really hope that we have a new expansion where BM stands up as it did in its BC glory days
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Personally, I'm BM and MM right now, rolling as MM for most fights. The SV rotation is extremely focus starved and clunky at the moment, though its aoe brings happy numbers. BM, in it's own right, suffers on movement fights or switches, where it can be difficult to time your kill commands with pet movement. :( I'm really enjoying the MM rotation though.

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Blizzard has had the attitude that all specs do not need to perform equally, and this is the problem. Especially in most raiding guilds where you are expected to spec the most optimal way, hell many guilds will not take you if they think you have enchanted or gemed wrong.
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