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Comment by 64199

As a BM hunter i can get 0.78 Attack Speed on this, so a good, fast weapon.

But a question, should I use this or http://www.wowhead.com/?item=17753#M0z ( Verdant Keeper's Aim)?

Comment by 68342

This is a horrible ranged weapon for pretty much any class. Hunters will find their ammo running out quickly because the gun is just way too fast for us, while warriors and rogues get almost zero use of the ranged attack power bonus.

Greed it, shard it, vendor it.

Comment by Scarredangel

Ok, let me tell you why this is not the best weapon for hunters.

Aside from the ammo usage (which is no big deal, imo) look at the max damage. It's only 77. So that means when you crit, you are going to have small (albeit, probably more frequent) crits. Initially you may think it evens out...but ahh, it does not. More frequent crits means that you will, in PVE settings, be pulling more aggro, meaning you have to Feign more - which means you use more mana. Furthermore, the fast shot speed would make it very difficult to keep your shot rotations up (if you use them).

In the PvP world this would have positive and negative aspects. The positive being that the fast shot speed would absolutlely decimate casters, not allowing them to get spells off. So that's good. But with PvP you want max damage in minimal time, so that means you need to go with a slower bow/gun with higher max damage so that you can maximize the aimed shot crits and crits in general.

This gun would be optimal for a prot spec warrior - contrary to what the above poster said. Reason being, is that the AP that they would get from this weapon would be a nice DPS boos for them, in a slot that they rarely get to supplement with something of this caliber. Furthermore the added RAP will help the warrior a bit when pulling.

As a BM hunter I, personally, would pass on this. There are better weapons for us. The Verdant Keeper's Aim is better due to the higher max damage (like 127).

Comment by 92208

Too fast gun. Otherwise it would be nice.

Comment by 86344

Wonder how this holds up come 2.3 with the addition of hit rating O_o. Not much gear at this level with hit rating, even with the changes of 2.3

Comment by 6032

Some warrior/rogue keeps needing on this even though its quite obviously a hunter weapon.

Comment by BlackEnd

i'm level 46 hunter i guess its time to switch my Galgann Fireblaster for this but like someone said above i cant decide between this or the Verdant Keeper's Aim

Comment by 64199

With 2.3 this is good for any melee class as well for the +hit. You shouldnt really need on it if a hunter in your group needs but tbh Verdant Keeper's Aim, from the instance main quest is way better imo.

Comment by Rach3l

The verdant bow is more of a MM weapon. For BM you just want fast auto shots to complement serpent's swiftness and imp AOTH.

Comment by 117034

I have a 70 BM hunter and got this while taking a break from nagrand meat farming. Used it to get my gun skill maxed. Hits decent considering it's level and speed. Add a scope and it'll get the job done.

Comment by Raous

This weapon is KING. I picked it up at 53, and I like it BIG time. It's all BM hunter's dream. Mark the target being shoot and go afk. It owns my heartseeking crossbow.

Comment by Sokur

The speed is great, perfect for BM, not to mention +hit rating at this level, it's rare. Plus CoH (chance on hit) is worthless compared to stats. Remember, "chance", there's a chance it could proc, theres an even higher chance it wont.

Comment by marklartank

Yes, 5 hit isn't much

actually, it is quite decent:

(0.65% @ L48)

0.65% more damage is good at any level. if you're lucky, you'll get the hit ring off princess on the same run.

Comment by 217095

I stumbled upon this gun in Maraudon, said what the heck, and hit need. After doing some more research, I saw the awesome speed on this thing. I ran over to Thunder Bluff to train guns and started using this thing.

People are saying that this is a BM gun, but I'm MM and this gun rocks my world. The quick speed on it means I'm shooting off a round every ~1 second.*

This easily replaced my other bow due to the quick shots on it.

I've been using it since so don't get discouraged when people say it's a BM gun only.

-Good hunting :D

*Not including Aimed Shot

Comment by 182061

This baby helped my 49 BM huntertwink snipe 5000 horde heads with its accuracy and speed. Highly recommended. Saw alot of twinks with hurricane and other more expensive guns, but I was still outdps'ing all of them. Combine with Legguards of the vault and blackstone ring + rune of the guard captain if ur horde and u'll be laughing all the way to the ammo vendor.

Comment by 397420

y dont they change the ranged attack power in attack power for every class =I ?
thought they got rid of the ranged part in some patch ago?

Comment by 438285

as a hunter i know that marksman hunters want to go for the slower ranged weapons for the spells they have and if you are BM a faster weapon should be taken over a slower one any time

Edit: spelling errors

Comment by 788882

As of now, this is a pretty basic speed and DPS=lvl is par for the top blues. But the stats are a nice boost. Since ranged weapons don't need expensive enchants at these levels, it will not be in 25-29 PVP but could ventilate many foes for the full XP-on run of 30-34.

Comment by 1051178

I have yet to see this fire a giant round...

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Megashot Rifle

Item Level 12
Binds when picked up

Ranged	Gun

4 - 9 Damage	Speed 3.00

(2.2 damage per second)
+3 Agility
+5 Stamina
+4 Critical Strike
+2 Haste
Durability 100 / 100

Requires Level 13

Sell Price: 14 15

Dropped by: Tinkerer Gizlock

Drop Chance: 22.11%

Players can win this item when selecting the following class specializations:

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