Date with a training dummy

I'll be doing some testing with the heroic training dummy with at least two different specs (not _THAT_ different to each other, just few points shifted here and there). To begin with, first I'm not going to use cooldowns like Rapid Fire or trinkets here - just firing out the basic rotation and draining my mana three times. So let's see how the results look, shall we!

SESSION ONE (Rotation: Serpent Sting, Explosive Shot, Aimed Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Explosive Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot)

Test #1 - Spec used 2/18/51 - initial parse.

Duration: 301.03 seconds (mana drain, viper up, mana drain, viper up, mana drain)
Me: 2119.05
Wahlu: 338.9
Total: 2458.4 DPS

Test #2 - same spec, control parse

Duration: 288.30 seconds (mana drain, viper up, mana drain, viper up, mana drain)
Me: 2061.1DPS
Wahlu: 360.8DPS
Total: 2423.9DPS

Conclusions:

In this rotation I'll be introducing Aimed Shot every time it's up _after_ Explosive Shot and I'm _NOT_ trap-dancing. The result is encouraging... unbuffed DPS 2.5k, that ain't bad. That ain't bad at all! And that doesn't even have the 5% DPS increase from Imp. Tracking, as the training dummies are untrackable.


SESSION TWO (Rotation: Serpent Sting, Explosive Shot, Aimed Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Explosive Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot, Steady Shot)

Test #1 - initial parse.

Spec used 2/17/52 - initial parse.

Duration: 317.32 seconds (mana drain, viper up, mana drain, viper up, mana drain)
Me: 2079.6
Wahlu: 350.5
Total: 2430.1

Test #2 - control parse.

Duration: 306.04 seconds (mana drain, viper up, mana drain, viper up, mana drain)
Me: 2171.7
Wahlu: 315.9
Total: 2487.6

So, two specs are pretty much the same - ~2.4-2.5k DPS being the standard here. Also, pet seems to be doing pretty much same DPS with one or two points in GftT, so I'm going to respec _AGAIN_, removing one point from GftT and putting it somewhere else. I'm not sure yet what's the exact build is going to be, most likely 2/17/52, where one point from Go for the Throat is moved to 2/2 Rapid Fire or the original build I used, where there is 1/2 in GftT and RK, 2/3 in ST and 2/3 in Imp. Stings. I'm not sure yet which I'm going to choose.