Comments on: Hit Rating Question: What Should I Do?

By: Kheldul

Kheldul — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:07:23 +0000

I currently use Grim Toll and Mirror of Truth. So, I didn't even consider it a choice between the two. That will of course change if I get the Fury or Nobles trinkets. And of course last night I got the Leggings of Failed Escape with 28 more hit... so I personally have a whole bunch of hit to reduce and re-arrange. Kheldul’s last blog post..Maximum Camera Distance in Wow

By: Brajana

Brajana — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:51:15 +0000

In my opinion, Grim Toll is very situational. It’s really great if you need the hit, otherwise I’d go with Mirror of Truth.

I decided to just regem my chest and replace my 16 crit with 16 hit, putting me at 260 hit. I know, I know, it’s below the cap… but I don’t have to sacrifice a huge amount of 44 or 80 AP for it.

By: Euripides

Euripides — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:35:17 +0000

Rilgon, most people agree that the grim toll is considerably more dps than the mirror of truth. And eating hit food means you can’t be eating 80AP or 40 AGI food.

By: Davlin

Davlin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:41:23 +0000

Replace your Attack power enchant with a Titansteel weapon chain or whatever its called. It gives something like +28 hit. Of course you lose the attack power. That choice is up to you. --Dav Davlin’s last blog post..Culling of Time Achievement!

By: Rilgon Arcsinh

Rilgon Arcsinh — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:00:21 +0000

Why in the blue ethereal earth would someone replace Mirror of Truth with Grim Toll? Grim Toll is terrible unless you need the hit. Ick. There is the alternative of using Hit Rating food in raids, and since you only need like 19, you can get away with el-cheapo food. Rilgon Arcsinh’s last blog post..Someone shed some light on this for me.

By: Kheldul

Kheldul — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:12:25 +0000

I've had many back-and-forths with hit rating. I replaced good enchants and good gems weekly. I finally went for Grim Toll and was able to replace a whole bunch of +hit gems. Being 1 over the hit cap sounds great. Redo the enchant and go for it. Or... get the grim toll and regem. Hmmm. Your armory page shows you over 8% already. Kheldul’s last blog post..Tranq Shot Macro

By: Euripides

Euripides — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:06:02 +0000

One hit rating is itemized about 2 AP. As long as you keep that ratio, you’re golden. If you lose more than 2 AP for 1 hit, it might not be worth it. This math goes out the window when you’re talking about going over hit cap, of course. Raid food will cost you more in the long run as you need one for every wipe and it only lasts an hour if you don’t wipe.

Lastly, after your meta gem requirement is fulfilled and unless you have some really nice socket bonuses, you probably want to gem pure AP into all color slots that aren’t being used for hit

By: Negathle

Negathle — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:34:36 +0000

Hit food is a last resort - your most important stat should be your most inherent. If you have the gold, get the glove enchant, then change it back later when the gear comes back around. Negathle’s last blog post..Talk about a nice welcome back present!

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:13:47 +0000

LOL...neither do I, and I use 2-hour Flasks of the Frost Wyrm exclusively. :p Okay, so now with that added info, I agree: Get the hit cap. If there's nothing else BRK taught me, he taught me that it is unforgivable for a hunter to miss on a boss. Kestrel’s last blog post..Gettin’ My Ku On

By: Brajana

Brajana — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:10:42 +0000

Boss fights are what matter to me. I spend a good portion of trash distracted by the loot council anyway, and I’m sure that causes me to lose a lot more DPS than a 44 AP difference does. Trash is generally NOT a DPS race, so as long as we have the control, we can get it down. Heck, I usually don’t use my flasks/elixirs until we reach a boss.