Originally Posted by Leshya
As my guild moves up further into Black Temple, I'm curious as to how I can keep my 40/0/21 spec aloft without access to Sunwell tier pieces. Is it not worth it to go for the 4 piece T6 bonus as this spec? What are the most optimal pieces of T5 to use to keep the two set bonus when in T6 content?
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I agree with Forestie. I use T5 Shoulders and gloves myself. The gap between T6 gear and the other T5 pieces is bigger. I would suggest still going for some T6 where you can. But 4 piece T6 is not necessarily the holy grail you absolutely must have. If you are truely spamming AB most of the time, then the 4 piece bonus gives much less benefit to you because your filler spells which benefit from that will make up only a small percentage of your total damage.
However, having said that T6 is still nice to get if only because they are itemized very well for an arcane mage. They have high int, spirit, plus +dmg and stuff. Furthermore, the 2 piece bonus gives you more mana to spam AB with.
The only problem is they often have quite a bit of +hit as well. I purposely take one less point in my arcane talents for +hit (so they only give me +8% hit) because its so easy to get +hit in T6 gear. Plus, it closes the gap in +hit a bit between my filler spells, my POM pyroblast and my arcane spells.
Besides, if you eventually do Sunwell, you will be getting 4 pc T6 combined with 2 pc T5 soon enough.