Silencing Shot QuestionFollow

I think it affects some skills, but not all, I'm not really sure. But silencing shot isn't about damage, just like freezing trap isn't. It's about keeping the enemy from doing things. Think about it this way: a priest's greater heal can heal for roughly 2200 before +heal. If the target priest has 1000 +heal, then it will do approximately 3000 healing. So we are assuming 1000 health per second. Silence the priest, and that decreases the healing by 1000 HPS, sort of like doing 1000 DPS for 3 seconds. It's a utility, not a damage thing.

My plans was to pick this up. I was going to apply what I call the "condom rule", better to have and not need than to need and not have. :) My question about damage wasnt a determining factor, I was just curious how much 50% Weapon Damage was. How do I calculate it? I do have an additional question concering the silence effect. Does it interupt spells being cast, i.e. Priest/Pally healing themself or Pyroblast from a Mage? Also, will it go through Pally Bubble to interrupt healing? I know I have tried Arcant Torrent against Pally Healing while bubble was up, but they have been uneffected it seemed.

I use this talent quite often in PvE and PvP. When in either environment I tend to watch the enemy castbar. If I notice that a mob starts casting a heal spell I will usually launch a silencing shot to interrupt the casting. Usually the 3 seconds gives me enough time to pile on the last bit of damage and drop the mob before it can attempt to heal again. I also find a fair deal of utility in pulling 5 man instances. You know those pesky casting mobs that always have to be LOS pulled to get them to run to the group? Well with silencing shot they will immediately try to close with you rather than stand there and cast. In the PvP environment I tend to use it to interrupt crucial castings such as that last desperate heal or a mage who is about to toss a 3k fireball my way. The place where the use of this shot really falls off is in the Raiding environment as the majority of mobs encountered will be immune to this ability as are the bosses.

Our pleasure, but that rateup will have to wait until the day you earn your own scholar. Enjoy your Hunter.

I thought about going 41 pt marksman 17 BM and 3 Survival just to see how it works once i hit lvl 70. But I am really fond of my BM spec. Beastial wraith has saved my life more times than I can count.