Areli,
You haven’t gotten replies because… to be honest… right now we don’t know what the state of our macros will be in WoD. Currently between Beta/PTR they haven’t enabled scripts (what our macros, in their current state, rely on). Over the next few weeks, we’ll find out more.
That being said, I’ll attempt to answer your questions as best I can.
This depends on the player, their macro, and their latency/lag.
If the player is using a true lazy macro (1 button for all) the numbers will be somewhere in the 75-80% range of non-macro users. If you’re breaking up the macro (I’d suggest this) and managing cooldowns separately (not having pvp skills, md, etc in the main macro as well), you can easily push 93-97% of non-macro using dps (would be 100% because the spells will fire off at correct times, but you’re likely to have more focus than you need at times).
Short answer: yes. Long answer: depends completely on if WoD allows scripts and how much of that works for us.
Again, depends on which “this one” you’re referring to, and if WoD allows scripts.
That’s comparing apples to oranges. If you’re talking about from a dps standpoint, we can look at MoP to guess how they’ll do in WoD… To be on the safe side… Assume that warlocks, mages, and priests will be slightly above us… but at the cost of movement.
Way to early to tell which will have highest dps parse ability… Remember though, highest parse spec != highest dps macro spec. I hate to say it again, but… it all depends on WoD’s use of scripts in macros as to how well the macros will perform. Though as a typical rule… The spec with the least spells will perform the best in a macro.
Typically right behind lock and well-played ww monks, but with much less complicated rotation and the ability to run around like a champ.
Probably because, like everyone else who makes these macros, he’s not sure of the state of macros going into WoD. The next few weeks should clear all that up.
Not really a question, but… There are pros and cons to both classes… If you like soloing things and having high survivability with a forgiving rotation, go hunter. Like running around while dps’ing, hunter. Your raid needs a buff that no other class can bring, hunter. If you like having a pet with you to bite things, hunter…
If you think you may enjoy healing, at all, go priest… Even being able to heal 5man dungeons will garner much quicker queues and allow you to fill pick up spots when a group needs a healer. Spriest can be very fun, they burst well and are fun for pvp, but require more monitoring than a hunter.