I am running a group of one paladin, three hunters, and one shaman. Until level 74 (when the group caught up to the paladin) I was running four hunters and the shaman. You want to see damage, go survival with them. I previously had one BM (tank pet), one MM (for TS aura) and two survival, but I had messed up the talents and did not have Explosive Shot. I dropped the BM hunter for the paladin, but hadn't respec'ed the survival hunters until last week or so, when the group was 76 or 77. After getting them Explosive Shot, I bound that attack to the same key as Chimera Shot on the MM hunter. Until this time, I'd mostly just been sending in the pets and doing auto-shot. I had three keys set up so that one hunter would use Arcane Shot, one would use Aimed Shot, and one would use Concussive, and rotated those.
Anyway... I was questing and started using the 2xExplosive/1xChimera key and... BOOM. I didn't even have to bother with the pets, as most of the time the mob died before the pets got in more than a token swipe at them. And if any of the ES ticks crit, the group gets a short +mana regen boost. Even without a sting on the target, my level 77 MM hunter in quest gear (we're talking 2400 AP and 20% crit) is landing Chimera Shots for ~3800 damage when it crits. It's pretty awesome.
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