Sorry if this may sound like a silly question but I just started playing my Hunter again after some time and I see that now we have an Aspect of the Viper which is a great way to regain mana while leveling. I also notice that using Aspect of the Hawk we do great damage but run out of mana fairly quickly. So with that in mind, how do you guys handle the different aspects for a typical ICC raid boss?
Do you start off with Aspect of the Hawk and do as much burst damage as possible until you're out of mana, then switch to aspect of the viper, then back? Do you gear for mana regen or some other stat instead? Do you just use aspect of the viper until the boss gets below 35% or something then switch to Hawk?
I'm curious how does this work exactly. Thanks for taking the time to answer. My only other mana-using toon is my lock and we just life-tap for mana, so I'm really curious to hear how hunters do it.