Quote Originally Posted by HikariKurosawa View Post
You mean the most popular hunter spec is the one that only has instant cast abilities and is the most mobile class in the entire game? I get it, I played BM hunter too. The pets were fun, but the reason I played the spec was because it had the simplest rotation and had the most mobility by far.

Thanks for making my point for me, as it's been a while since I played WoW.
And yet, you hop on the forums or check anonymous polls, and the most cited reason for playing Beast Mastery is... the pets. Granted, maybe some, even when anonymous, aren't quite so brazen in just wanting the greatest reward for least effort, but we simply have no evidence beyond that by which to differentiate between ease and pets as the primary attractor since they're both on the same spec.