How to roll on Spirit gear - a discussion

[Texaporte]

Okay, so that confirms my surface research.

Cloth spirit = priest (spec independent)
Cloth no-spirit = mage, lock (spec independent)

That's one clarification, at least.

The gray area is those weapons/etc, and I think that the best idea for those slots is to say "hit is for DPS." Beyond that, still inviting more opinions.

[Saerra]

I'd agree with that.

If it has hit, dps only
If it doesn't, up for grabs.

Which would mean healers would have the same prioriety on gear with no spirit.

I still dislike blizzards itemization, the same annoying stuff from LK, but that seems to work the best for our needs.

[Fiddletwix]

Does this include armor that has a subtype like Cloth, Leather and Mail or are we only talking about the shared items like rings, necklaces, backs, and weapons?

[Texaporte]

Tangential to this discussion - there's a lot of overlap between DPS plate and tanking plate now, due to Mastery. Here's a breakdown:

Dodge rating: Tank stat
Parry rating: Tank stat
Hit rating: Shared
Expertise rating: Shared
Mastery rating: Shared
Crit rating: DPS stat
Haste rating: DPS stat

So if it has a DPS stat, it goes to DPS, and if it has a tank stat, it goes to tanks, and if it has two Shared stats, then it goes open - does that sound fair?

[Pocky]

Tangential to this discussion - there's a lot of overlap between DPS plate and tanking plate now, due to Mastery. Here's a breakdown:

Dodge rating: Tank stat
Parry rating: Tank stat
Hit rating: Shared
Expertise rating: Shared
Mastery rating: Shared
Crit rating: DPS stat
Haste rating: DPS stat

So if it has a DPS stat, it goes to DPS, and if it has a tank stat, it goes to tanks, and if it has two Shared stats, then it goes open - does that sound fair?

This looks fine to me.

[Akane]

I'm not sure where the Hit Cap is at for boomkins nowadays, but I know I usually don't roll on spirit gear and DO roll on Hit gear. I'm cool with letting healers roll on the spirit gear first.

I also find myself rountinely running out of mana, so, I have to wonder if I need to re-route some of my points into mana conservation/regen talents UNTIL my mana regenerates sufficiently enough for my spellcasting rotation.

Right now, I've been concentrating on just replacing any old LK gear I still have to get to the point I can DPS in Heroics. It would be great if someone could point me to a spot where I can see where I need to be as a boomkin raid wise, so I can accurately roll/reforge items that I obtain, so I can be most effective.

Tsukiki is still going to be my main and DPS spec. I am slowly leveling up Mamoru to have a tank to do normals/heroics to get people geared up on their mains.

Anyway, any enlightenment would be nice with a new expansion....new caps, new everything.

Thanks!

[Pocky]

I'm not sure where the Hit Cap is at for boomkins nowadays, but I know I usually don't roll on spirit gear and DO roll on Hit gear. I'm cool with letting healers roll on the spirit gear first.

I also find myself rountinely running out of mana, so, I have to wonder if I need to re-route some of my points into mana conservation/regen talents UNTIL my mana regenerates sufficiently enough for my spellcasting rotation.

Right now, I've been concentrating on just replacing any old LK gear I still have to get to the point I can DPS in Heroics. It would be great if someone could point me to a spot where I can see where I need to be as a boomkin raid wise, so I can accurately roll/reforge items that I obtain, so I can be most effective.

Tsukiki is still going to be my main and DPS spec. I am slowly leveling up Mamoru to have a tank to do normals/heroics to get people geared up on their mains.

Anyway, any enlightenment would be nice with a new expansion....new caps, new everything. :)

Thanks!

There is currently no +hit/+int leather armor in the game, and very few other items in general that are +hit/+int.

[Akane]

So basically, I am having to roll on "resto" gear. ^^;; Greeeat.

[Dengeki]

So basically, I am having to roll on "resto" gear. ^^;; Greeeat.

It was Blizzard's design goal to eliminate the difference between dps/heal caster gear. They want a larger pool of people to roll on each item that drops. So there really is not such a clearly defined thing as "resto" gear anymore.

[Texaporte]

Yeah - it's not "boomkin gear" and "resto druid gear" anymore. Now they have "Leather int gear" and the same piece can be rolled on by two specs instead of being used by 1 spec of 30 in the game.