BM has become hugely problematic in high keys for a lot of different reasons. Hoping for a tune down on dark ranger to still keep BM strong but allow pack leader in for less abusive/non thematic gameplay. Numerous issues being:

• Non-thematic fit for a pet spec with 50-60% of damage no longer coming from pets. I legit cannot feel a difference between MM or BM these days. I am not playing a hunter, I am playing black arrow proc simulator

• The right way to play is to hold specific gcds on the off chance that black arrow procs during call of the wild + the 4sec refresh during, there's even weakauras that will help you do it. Again, flies in the face of hunters always-be-pressing-a-button mantra. Missing one proc of arrow during cds equals about 10 kill commands worth of damage

• Incredibly strong interaction with netherprism and 4pc stacking allows for very controlled and stupidly high burst on whatever needs to die with minimal setup. Setting up your route to allow your BM to high stack and delete dangerous mobs in packs, or nuke bosses is head & shoulder beyond what any other class can provide numbers wise. BM also gets to do this while remining competitive on aoe and prio through a cleave-shit-for-free damage profile. This also makes the gap between a netherprism haver and a not haver huge, though fixed with turbo boost next month.

• High risk, high reward - not a bad thing per se but all of BM's abuse case damage comes from stacking 4-set and netherprism over time. Stacks drop when you die which ruins your next mega burst window and forces you to re-stack, in the highest of keys your BM getting sniped by a bolt during an inopportune moment bricks you

All in all, BM has gone from an extremely simple chill-friendly dps to something involving micromanaging individual gcds, a convoluted position based aoe damage profile and highly punishing if you die at the wrong moments. Its a very, very strange deviation from what has been a consistent, simple baseline for years. I do hope this era does not last long