Originally Posted by
Sondrelk
Marksman is essentially playing as Legolas from the later Lotr movies, possibly even the Hobbit. Realism is left by the wayside when you have abilities such as Rapid Fire and Trick Shots.
Whether it is realistic or even necessarily fair to other ranged specs it used to be common knowledge that Hunters were able to cast on the move, which was part of their standard toolkit. Marksman later had this part nerfed so it could have a more distinct niche as the Sniper Spec, but that doesnt mean it shouldnt be allowed to cast on the move necessarily, just that it should have a significant penalty for doing so, and in that regard I found the WoD model ideal, you had to stand still if you wanted to do proper damage, but you could also move unhindered if that was needed.
The Hellfire Citadel 4-piece set isnt exactly a good example to use against it as well. For one it is not at all part of the base spec, not to mention that most of the strength of that 4-set came with the Legion revamp that forced MM hunters to stand still for Aimed Shot, which the set bonus allowed you ot circumvent.