Is Haste Useless?
by Santyn on Jan.17, 2009, under Hunter
There has been a lot of discussion going around about Haste, specifically the stacking of it on the T7 Hunter set. These was a particularly interesting post about it at Bre’s blog. Many players consider Haste to be a useless stat for Beast Master Hunters since the combination of Serpents Swiftness and a Quiver already lowers the cast time of Steady Shot to just under 1.5 seconds.
I disagree. Haste is hardly useless for a BM Hunter. Is it an optimal stat? Definitely not. But it still has a use.
What Haste does is it allows our Autoshot and Steady Shot to fire faster. Yes, it is pointless to sacrifice other stats to stack haste to get your Steady Shot under 1.5 second cast time, but it does not hurt you to have your cast time lower. In fact, having it lower might even help you in some situations.
In any kind of movement intensive fight Hunters generally see a decrease in DPS. This includes some boss fights, Battlegrounds, and Arenas. The faster you can fire off shots the better. So the more Haste you have, the less time you have to stand still to fire off an Autoshot and Steady Shot.
Now I am not saying that a Hunter should stack haste over other stats. I’m saying that just because a stat is not optimal does not mean it is useless.
As always, thoughts and comments below.
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January 17th, 2009 on 8:43 pm
Who cares?
January 18th, 2009 on 2:14 am
Believe it or not, some Hunters are masochistic enough to play those.
January 18th, 2009 on 7:59 pm
They need to get the hell off our MMO then.
February 3rd, 2009 on 12:52 am
Some tard pally ninjaed hol epic axe from me saying that “haste is useless for hunters” ffs what a retard.