Originally Posted by
Bullshot
Yes, Readiness is removed in the upcoming patch. Probably for a combination of balance and reducing button bloat. We haven't fully received compensation to the loss of DPS that will be a result of not having Readiness, other than Stampede being changed so that the pets now do 100% damage in PvE (still don't cast their abilities though). At this point, with the patch coming next week, unless there are a couple more builds this week that contain more buffs, hunters are looking at a dps decrease in the next tier compared to where we are now.