Originally Posted by
Cutsman
If this raider is truly concerned with button bloat, there is still a solution he can use which will not bloat buttons.
He could just use a simple cast sequence macro, and use glaive toss always. While barrage is better on certain fights, I'd argue that using glaive toss with 0 extra effort or keybinds is better than not using any level 90 talent at all. This raider could use the following macro, bind it to his arcane shot key bind, and incorporate glaive toss with NO added effort:
#show
/castsequence reset=15 glaive toss, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot, arcane shot
I believe this to be an acceptable compromise for all parties involved. Aside from making the macro and binding it to his arcane shot bind, this will require zero extra effort on the raiding hunter's part. He will be making use of glaive toss, which as has been explained previously in the thread, is essentially the same as arcane shot but hits harder. The guild leader will be at ease knowing that his prized hunter will not be encumbered with extra responsibility. It will essentially be a dps increase with no cost (unless if somehow all your macro slots are full).
For anyone who already is used to using separate binds for glaive toss and arcane shot and may think this macro would be good to use, don't bother. You will lose glaive toss uses around readiness. You will also lose the ability to use barrage, which is useful on several fights as has been pointed out.