Autoshot

[JeZuZz]

I noticed that you guys are looking for an autoshot timer, as i started my first hunter with a later expansion, i just wanted to ask, what's the deal?

Does arcane shot etc. reset the timer? Should i get my shots off when the autoshot just fired?

[keil]

all the timer addons dont work with autoshot. Sorrens, zhunter etc. Autoshot doesn't trigger a timer. Other addons only trigger when the shot hits the enemy.

[JeZuZz]

Good to know, but that doesen't answer my question. I wanted to know why you would want to know the exact time of your autoshots !?

[Youfie]

Good to know, but that doesen't answer my question. I wanted to know why you would want to know the exact time of your autoshots !?

I'm no hunter expert, but I think it has something to do with Aimed Shot.

[JeZuZz]

But that's a 3sec cast. I guess you'd want to time it, that you only loose one autoshot, not two. Correct?

[Youfie]

But that's a 3sec cast. I guess you'd want to time it, that you only loose one autoshot, not two. Correct?

Yeah, I guess this is something like that . Or maybe you can even lose 0 auto-shot if your weapon is slow enough ( > 3.00).

[gunzbngbng]

Math time! Let's say your auto shot is 3 seconds. At 2.5s, your bow will draw/gun will aim and at 3s, the auto will release. Aimed shot is a 3 second cast so starting the aimed as close to the auto as possible without interrupting is important. However specific rw speeds also line up better with the cooldown of aimed. 2.8 and 2.9 work well for this.

However, there are also very slow weapons. Xbow of smiting has a 3.4. After quiver, it is very close to 3.0. However, you still clip a minimum half a second. But the cd doesn't line up as well iirc.

Sorrens hunter timers calculates for your lag so with some timing, you know exactly when to start your aimed in order to clip the least. This is of great importance to a player with any significant ping or an avoid min maxed. Sadly it and every other mod like it is broken currently. I did get it put into the bug tracker and the cause has been identified, but not yet fixed.

Note: in PvP and kiting, assuming a 3s shot, you can move for 2.5s, then stop for .5s, release the shot, then continue running. Hunters are a very easy class to derp with, but are a very difficult class to skill cap.