I agree with pretty much everything you wrote.
If you take the top 10 parses on Gorathi Worldbreaker and look at the stat weights of those hunters, they are all different, some even by 15% crit.
I think that simming is so simple and will guarantee better results than guessing. Following someone’s stat weights might be better than guessing but there are too many variables to consider. Lengendaries, talents, set-bonuses, main stats, sec stats, warforging, soft caps. It’s a lot easier and much more accurate to sim. You have certainty of results.
There are however some general truths that I’ve willing to agree on.
This is the BM hunter stat chart from AMR https://ibb.co/hBNmVG
You can infer that:
lots of vers is bad (left of the chart)
lots of mast is good (right of the chart)
haste and crit are somewhat interchangeable (case by case basis)
Chart explanation : Stat Goals and Graphs - Tutorials - Ask Mr. Robot
You can try and do the math and go hit the dummy for a few hours if that floats your boat.
By contrast, this is all you need to do to sim and be certain you have the best in bags on your hunter (not to mention what you should roll on when people are giving away gear).
1.install:
- simcraft addon
- pawn addon
- Sim yourself
- in game type: /simc
- copy/paste this text into : Stat Weights - Raidbots
- press generate stat weights
- write down your DPS (this is your maximum potential dps in 1 target + no movement fight)
- copy your pawn string
- paste pawn string into /pawn addon
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Equip items marked as upgrades
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Repeat 2-4 until you have the optimal equipment, your simmed DPS should be higher than before.