Originally Posted by Boevis
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....sid=1&pageNo=1
I think Emmerald and others have covered this topic extensively with the exception of the value of t4(5/6~) set bonus's. His base values make his AP Equivalency a bit off as you get further away from the base, but they serve their purpose well enough. Except for his values of +skill which he got completely wrong.
Personal Bias: I run with Clefthoof Hide Leggings and Shapeshifters Signet (+9 Feral Skill) and I'm working on reducing my +hit from it's previous 8.6+ values to the 4.7% I actually need (9 Feral Skill adds .9% for a total 5.6% hit, which is what we need for bosses) I hate missing, but it's very easy for me to never miss.
Malorne 2/5 is listed as a 4% proc rate on Thottbot. Being rather conservative and simply counting it as "half a mangle" puts it at a 4% chance to do another 500-700 damage depending on armor. Or simply, 25-40 DPS scaling with gear quite nicely. Off hand, I'd say it's worth at least 150 AP.
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5.6 to hit? i was under the impression on boss mobs (lev 73) that we needed 8.6%.
also i have read in various places that the value of straight ap diminishies as you reach higer levels of ap where as the valuation of agi rises. Like for example im currently sitting at 2600 ap only self buffed with 8.31 to hit and 33% crit. I can easilty add in about another 100 ap sacrificing some hit, or would it be worthwhile to add in more agility to buff my crit since crit scales better with raid buffs.
i think my main question is about socketing. I know in the dps gear lists on the forums and also on the druid wiki it lists the 8str gem as the best (non meta non pvp etc etc) gem fors sustained dps.
for example i am using terrorweave tunic.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30730 currently socketed with 1 8 str gem and 2 4 agi 6 hit rating (see my comment above on what i thought we needed to get for + hit) if i accept tha tyou only really need 5.6 to hit then would i be better off socketing str into those and foregoing the socket bonus?