Wrong. Oh so wrong.

A) Weapon speed normalization has absolutely nothing to do with crits. Crits are a multiple of the normal damage for any shot. Normalaziation affects the base damage done and only affects special shots (aimed and multi) not autoshot, so only half of your shots are affected by normalization. Like you said about top end damage giving you big crits, a slower weapon like Ash has almost exactly the same top end as this and will have similar crits but also has a higher low end.

B) While weapon speed normalization does hurt a slow weapon like Ash, it doesn't help this weapon at all.

C) Plotting damage done absolutely does NOT show that the best weapon speed is between 2.5 and 2.9. This is absolutely false.

Doing the most damage as a hunter is all about your cycle time. Aimed shot is on a 9 second cycle, while Multi is on a 10 sec cycle. The cycle you use depends on the speed of your bow. A slower xbow like Ash will work best with a 9 sec cycle where you do NOT wait for an extra autoshot to fire before starting aimed again. A faster bow like this one is best with a 10 sec cycle where you DO let the auto fire before the aimed. I wish I still had the link to the thread that showed all the numbers. This link starts it out, but only does it for a 9 second cycle:

Of course, many bosses nowadays do not allow you to stand still and cycle DPS them, so the autoshot increase from this weapon probably will make it beat Ash.

Hurricane bad? What's wrong with havin' a quick-hitter/mage-bane bow in your bag? In case you are unaware, it's possible to swap the weapon in your ranged weapon slot (even during combat) as the situation dictates.

Hurricane + rapid fire + quick shots proc + broken tooth and your caster opponents will not get anything but an instant cast off on ya.

Edgemaster's gauntlets aren't the worst Epic in game, in fact they own on lvl 63 or higher mobs and bosses (which are considered lvl 63) not saying they are really good. But far from the worst, the worst is the lion horn of stormwind.


Also learn to not shout and act like an immature brat, please