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Merlin's Robe, pure sp socket?
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Post by
Badguy
Always gem for the socket bonus, no matter what it takes.
Post by
Porcell
Always gem for the socket bonus, no matter what it takes.
Badguy giving bad advice. Interesting...
Post by
PureGold
Always gem for the socket bonus, no matter what it takes.
Ignore people like this.
Post by
Porcell
So, I finally bought Merlin's Robe, and ive noticed that everyone on my server doesnt just stack pure sp, but actually goes with the color choice. Should I be doing that?
Merlin's Robe is a RYB sockets with +9 spellpower socket bonus.
Straight SP gems would be 69 Spellpower
Matching Sockets would be 56 Spellpower, 10 Haste/Crit, and 10 Spirit.
The rest depends on your class, as priorities are different for each. For a warlock, stat weights are roughly in the range of spirit = 0.74, crit rating = 1.04, spell power = 1.55, haste rating = 1.55. So for a destro warlock, it would be comparing 69*1.55 = 107 vs 56*1.55 + 10*1.55 + 10*0.74 = 110.
So for a Destruction Warlock, matching the socket bonuses can be considered slightly better.
I don't know about other classes, ones that don't necessarily weigh Haste or Crit as high as Spell Power, or those classes which don't like Spirit as much as Warlocks do.
However, to say always, no matter what, go for socket bonuses is bad advice. Always look at what you are gaining and weigh it against what you are giving up. If something has a blue socket and a +4 crit bonus, forget about it.
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Badguy
I wasn't being serious lol.
But I'm sure you've seen the lengths some people go to fulfill socket bonuses.
I've seen mages in top notch gear, only for it to be ruined with 5 or 6 spirit gems.
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Post by
Pens1566
I wasn't being serious lol.
But I'm sure you've seen the lengths some people go to fulfill socket bonuses.
I've seen mages in top notch gear, only for it to be ruined with 5 or 6 spirit gems.
Nothing wrong with mages using the sp/spirit gems ... epic version is 12 sp/10 spirit/7 crit if you've got the tier bonus.
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