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Kalaghan · 04/21/08, 1:57 PM

Oh, and on another unrelated note, I recently had to choose a meta-gem (went from the CE rep one, to Gruul's, to ZA, to T6, so I'd somehow managed to never use a meta-gem in like 8 months of raiding). I decided to go with IED because I realized as long as I'm matching some blue sockets (I tend to do the 0 or 1 non-red socket go for +heal socket bonus theory), I would have to go for IED to be consistent in my itemization priorities. That said, I find I'm in a bit of a grey area for mana. In many fights I can get by just fine without my innervate, however I still do need it at times.

With 2.4, our innervates have become far more useful to some damage dealing classes. Namely, there's a fellow druid (feral) who proposed the idea that innervates might be best used on arcane mages . Now, I have to basically guarantee them my innervate before the fight or else they're done for since they change cast priorities to be less mana effecient. I don't think I can guarantee giving away my innervate unless I invest very substantially in regen over +heal. Has anyone been doing this, or looked at doing this? Is the status quo to use your own innervate still, and is it fair to say that's justified? My instinct is that the healing lost from re-gemming would be more significant than the damage gained from someone else getting my innervate, but I'd like to see some discussion on it if it's worthwhile (I hope I didn't just miss this when 2.4 came out somehow). What are others doing with their innervates, and has anyone experimented with this?

04/21/08, 1:57 PM	#814 (permalink)
Kalaghan Von Kaiser Kalaghan Night Elf Druid <Fatum> Nathrezim	Oh, and on another unrelated note, I recently had to choose a meta-gem (went from the CE rep one, to Gruul's, to ZA, to T6, so I'd somehow managed to never use a meta-gem in like 8 months of raiding). I decided to go with IED because I realized as long as I'm matching some blue sockets (I tend to do the 0 or 1 non-red socket go for +heal socket bonus theory), I would have to go for IED to be consistent in my itemization priorities. That said, I find I'm in a bit of a grey area for mana. In many fights I can get by just fine without my innervate, however I still do need it at times. With 2.4, our innervates have become far more useful to some damage dealing classes. Namely, there's a fellow druid (feral) who proposed the idea that innervates might be best used on arcane mages . Now, I have to basically guarantee them my innervate before the fight or else they're done for since they change cast priorities to be less mana effecient. I don't think I can guarantee giving away my innervate unless I invest very substantially in regen over +heal. Has anyone been doing this, or looked at doing this? Is the status quo to use your own innervate still, and is it fair to say that's justified? My instinct is that the healing lost from re-gemming would be more significant than the damage gained from someone else getting my innervate, but I'd like to see some discussion on it if it's worthwhile (I hope I didn't just miss this when 2.4 came out somehow). What are others doing with their innervates, and has anyone experimented with this? Last edited by Kalaghan : 04/21/08 at 2:02 PM.