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Disc priest haste.
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Post by
ande9249
It basically comes down to a question of how efficient you are with Borrowed Time. The more you are able to keep of a pattern of "PW:S >instant>instant> cast> PW:S>...." the less you will need above 154 haste, but if for example you have huge amounts of damage coming in....and cant afford the GCD to PW:S a dps for the BT effect, then having the base haste would be better.
P.S. often in the panic situation I try to go without procing BT for the sake of BT, but that is probably just a fail on my part, also in panic situations, having Pain Suppresion as one of the instants in the chain can do wonders :) also consider Dispells alongside the renews and PoM,
hehehe, and if haste must be your ally while BT is not an option,
Power infusion
can bridge the gap :)
Post by
turkey
Lol I'm bumping this because the thread
Paolo linked earlier
from the WoW site regarding the 2 piece tier 9 bonus has a little debate raging on it now, and it totally mirrors what Karlus and I were discussing earlier about playstyle affecting the bonus.
Money quote imo:
"Prom is 20% of your healing in a fight? What are you doing, hitting prom and standing there staring at the ground?"
Of course it then devolved into the usual name-calling we all know and love. Cheers to the Wowhead priest forums for remaining civil and informative.
Post by
karlusdavius
"Prom is 20% of your healing in a fight? What are you doing, hitting prom and standing there staring at the ground?"
i lol'ed IRL, literally!
Its a good 2 and 4 set bonus for both healing spec's this time, which is nice. Im looking forward to the testing!
Post by
Paolo
All the heat that a question like this brings up -- how useful is PoM? how much uptime do I get on the t8 4-piece? -- only points to how well Blizzard has done its job IMO. If every piece were a perfect linear upgrade from the previous piece, this game would be utterly boring. "Oh great, +20sp, +5int, +10crit, I'll take it!" The fact that they've bobbed & weaved makes the gearup decision wonderfully interesting. And they have been very explicit that this is indeed their goal.
Look at the dilemma facing shadow priests: the T8.25 shadow helm remains one of the best options even now, behind only the T9.245 and T9.258
healing
helms and a 75-emblem offset piece. Heck, I even use the T8.25 shadow helm for healing (with Umbral Brute) when I'm feeling spunky and am willing to give up my T8 4-piece bonus in favor of the overwhelming haste I get from those offset pieces. Bravo for confusing choices. (Although the T9 shadow helms I think were more of a mistake than a viable choice, but that's just me.)
Ok, back on topic: I agree with your general point that playstyle choices are a real consideration when looking at the set bonuses. It's why the thread on the WoW forums actually got LESS interesting: it devolved into the usual chest thumping of "I've done this hardmode so my opinion counts and yours doesn't." That's all fine, but if you're listening to a hardcore raider's advice when your guild is still working on Thorim normal mode, you're seriously confused. Context is everything: advice from players more hardcore than you isn't necessarily useful at all. If you're using PoM to its fullest, that doesn't mean you're a Bad. Well, it might, but it might not.
As for me, I'm not wedded to the T8 4-piece bonus any more. It's awesome, and I'll keep it as long as I reasonably can. But I'm fine to follow the planned upgrade path and see where that leads. WotLK is not a min-max world, so even if I do lose a scrap of spellpower I will surely survive.
Post by
turkey
All the heat that a question like this brings up -- how useful is PoM? how much uptime do I get on the t8 4-piece? -- only points to how well Blizzard has done its job IMO. If every piece were a perfect linear upgrade from the previous piece, this game would be utterly boring.
Agreed. I sincerely hope Blizz can keep the gear chase interesting even after they dramatically simplify the stats in Cataclysm.
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Post by
Paolo
Some high-end disc priests:
This one
has
42% crit
, 2158 SP, 6% haste, and 1277 intellect (22.7k mana) from gear (i.e., unbuffed).
This one
has 26% crit,
2441 SP
,
18% haste
, and 1410 intellect (24.7k mana).
This one
has 27% crit, 2282 SP, 13% haste, and
1576 intellect
(27.2k mana).
You
figure it out!
Edit
: sorry, forgot to add my direct response:
so most of my gems are straight spell power and the ones that arent are sp haste/crit hybrids. Don't forget that the amount of mitigation that your shield provides is directly related to spellpower only. It can't crit (although the glyph's heal can, but pfft). Straight spellpower is a perfectly legitimate gemming style for disc because of this.
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