The Thrill of the Spreadsheet: Hunter Haste Soft Plateaus

This is part of a series in which we take a technical, more in depth look at huntering and hunter abilities.  If numbers aren't your thing,  you'll likely want to skip this one.  

As we finish this tier, and are approaching our BiS gear for the whole xpac,  I thought it would be fun to look at the upper echelon of haste plateaus and soft caps.   It's generally considered that hunters don't have haste plateaus anymore, because our ranged haste and overall haste will change so much during a fight, and perhaps more importantly because our legendary items continue to benefit from more haste well after we've reached the most possible.  However, there are still some "soft plateaus" we should be interested in.  The Dire Beast numbers are particularly of interest because they'll help us compare DB with Fervor and ToTH.

Note that all of these assume you have a 10% attack speed buff, and that you are not a goblin.

Dire Beast:

At 8990 Dire Beast will be able to get off an 11th attack,  bringing its focus regen up to 110/minute.

At 14141 Dire Beast will be able to get off a 12th attack,  bringing its focus regen up to 120/minute.  

At 19293 Dire Beast will be able to get off a 13th attack,  bringing its focus regen up to 130/minute.  

At 24444 Dire Beast will be able to get off a 14th attack,  bringing its focus regen up to 140/minute.  

At 29596 Dire Beast will be able to get off a 15th attack,  bringing its focus regen up to 150/minute.  

At 34747 Dire Beast will be able to get off a 16th attack,  bringing its focus regen up to 160/minute.

Cobra Shot:

At 12695 your Cobra Shot cast will be 1 second during Rapid Fire.   

At 16940 your Cobra Shot cast will be 1 second during Bloodlust/Heroism.

At 34769 your Cobra Shot cast will be 1 second normally.  

Aimed Shot:

At 26491 your Aimed Shot cast will be 1 second during Rapid Fire.   

At 31797 your Aimed Shot cast will be 1 second during Bloodlust/Heroism.

At 54087 your Aimed Shot cast will be 1 second normally.

Focus Regen:

At 21245 you'll regen 6 focus/second (this is not a plateau)

At 10620 you'll regen 5 focus/second (this is not a plateau).

I realize some of these numbers are quite unobtainable even in Heroic WF gear,  but it's still interesting to think about, for me at least.