Why do you roll BM (And don't say for the pretty pets, pretty please)

[Warhunt]

I generally use BM all the time, as I am so used to it I actually do more dps than higher specs (nowdays that is very hard to do with teh internal balance issues).

In Wrath:
Mr. Average Him - You are BM? GTFO.... I'm gonna ruin you with Surv...
Me - OK give me chance
Mr. Average Him - Jesus......how......my life is overrrrrrrrrrrr.

(Of course if there was a similarly skilled Surv, then I got owned. But not by much.

The suprise from other hunters is why I stuck with BM

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Incidentally BM is very useful in some kiting. The basic skills you are given as a hunter allow you to kite mobs effectively anyway, so leaving a static 50% of your damage DOt on the boss is cool.

Last boss BRC is a good example. No point damaging the adds, yet you need to attack them fairly often to keep them on you (in the average group). Your pet stays on boss. Win.

[Madwolf]

Have our pug tank whipe three times on trash in the Stonecore. Whip out crab tank, tank through a few adds waiting on guild tank to come join us. Guild healer is lulzing about how it's easier to heal my pet than the baddie tank.

[redsunrising15]

Duo-ing cata heroics is why i play BM. That, and it totally wrecks in pvp.

PvE I used Survival in raids and heroic fights with lots of aoe. BM I used mostly for in 5 mans for the stun, heal, pet tank in case MT goes down.

[Luphy]

Pets... Yeah, that's right. I said it.

[Herecius]

For OP soloing with Spirit Beasts, that's the only reason I have a BM spec. I don't enjoy BM all that much, really. Survival in Cataclysm is one of the most enjoyable DPS specs I've ever played.