Gripe of the Week: Spirit
by Sunfyre on Mar.17, 2010, under Gripe of the Week
I hate how it seems all the caster drops we’ve had for us lately in hardmode ICC are crit/spirit, and that no one else wants them. Since they’re 277 they’re generally more DPS for me when you look at the spirit -> spellpower conversion, given Kings/Imp GotW, but I really hate seeing my spirit push 700 raidbuffed.
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Latest on Thu, 09:38 pm: They just updated the 4pc T13 again. 10% Bonus damage and 5 seconds reduced CD.
: Btw, it's not worth it to acctually refresh your dot when it proc...just play as if it's a normal weap... The 2,5 sec you loose refreshing your dot could have been used to get more eclipse utpime and thus benefiting from Nature's grace, which is more important.
: It pretty much averages out to 300 haste all the time, which isnt bad, but you're right it's hard to predict when it'll proc and casting dots accordingly. I feel the extra haste to the raid is worth it though.
: our 4 set bonus has been changed to 10% increased starsurge dmg
: Buffing T13 4 piece set bonus! Yay we can finally use our new tier set.
March 17th, 2010 on 1:02 pm
This could be a great thing when they convert our gear to the new Cataclysm system (assuming they do it before they release Cataclysm).
I tend to take spirit over haste at the moment. In my 10 man group we run with 2 healers, and I always need to cut over to off healing at a moments’ notice. Spirit+dreamstate becomes really important for my mana longevity.
I don’t care about the DPS loss because the fact that we’re able to run with 2 healers instead of 3 pretty much more than makes up for it.
Trading personal DPS for raid dps is an easy choice for me, though, since I still wind up with “good enough” dps with spirit. I don’t have a single piece of ICC25 gear equipped and I easily pull more than my share.
Of course, my runs are at Putricide/Pricncess so I may sing a different tune before long.
March 17th, 2010 on 3:46 pm
We really shouldn’t be pushing this “hey we can adequately fulfill two roles without switching specs”. We should NOT be able to. This belief is part of why there is a hybrid tax.
March 17th, 2010 on 5:55 pm
Maybe, but this is really fun for me, and I can really notice the contribution I bring to the raid.
To each his own, but I personally love stance dancing.
March 17th, 2010 on 1:39 pm
Get wrecked Sun!