WotLK was all about unhealable damage. TBC was far better balanced in terms of survivability, healing, and damage output. Far from perfect, but it's the closest Blizzard had come. 5s being an actual bracket was evidence of this.
IIRC, Explosive shot/survival was much better in 2s in early WotLK. BM in 3s was superior due to the fact that the damage was coming from sources that were unable to be locked down. Whereas with survival, you could lock down the primary source of the damage (the hunter).
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