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I've gone back to Beast Mastery.

For the past week or so, I'd been using my Enhanced Marksman spec, after the Hybrid spec didn't put out the sort of numbers one would expect. But as interesting as the MM spec is to play, it just didn't feel right.

There's just something about the bond between a hunter and their pet that makes them special as a class. Sure, Warlocks have their minions, but they sacrifice them any time the whim strikes them. A hunter, regardless of spec, takes it personally when their pet falls in combat. But none like the BM hunter. I know Marksmen who don't even send their pets into melee, instead regarding them as a walking +2% damage trinket with Focused Fire.

Not me. I love to see my pet charge into combat, unleashing it's fury on a boss. I love the pets, so much so that I named my Black Lion Skin Cat after Nala my real life cat. I figure as long as the 50/21/0 spec is working, I am going to use it.

Yesterday' raid landed me the Rusted-Link Spiked Gauntlets I've been wanting off of Grand Widow Faerlina. I'll be holding on to these for a while. Running the numbers says that the Polished Regimental Hauberk and Rusted-Link Spiked Gauntlets are better damage wise that their Tier 7 counterparts. I'd rather Keep my current chest and gloves, then pick up my T7 2 piece bonus from the shoulders and legs.

Here's hoping I'll see those pieces soon.