I would prefer [Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers]

Long time reader first time poster, big fan of Aldriana and Mavanas postings. I have a simple noob request: What are the current weights after the Arpen nerf, and where or how can i find and keep up with weights in the future?

I compared [Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers] with [Black Chitin Bracers] because both items are craftable and have the same itemlvl.
[Wristwraps of Cloudy Omen] is definetly bis 258lvl.
Too bad there is no haste/crit/spp item ;(

oh! my bad then! :P
anyways, I still think that [Black Chitin Bracers] is better because you get 17 MP5 vs 42 Crit and yellow socket vs blue socket on [Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers]...

Hi guys,
1st: Sorry for my bad English. I'm doing my best. ;-)

So, here is my question:

How good is intelligence for Restro Druids ?

In raids I normally wear [Pandora's Plea] and [Illustration of the Dragon Soul] (because I don't get a 'better' trinket) For Hardmodes I'm wearing [Pandora's Plea] and [Spark of Hope] / [Binding Light] (I'm not sure about the 2nd trinket...)

So, is Pandora's Plea really so good ? Is spirit as good as INT ? Is a bigger manapool better than more mp5 ? At which point is INT better than spirit ? *confused*


I would be happy about some answers.
Imuen

I'll bite...

Your gear isn't really at the point where arpen starts to shine as is now. The correct answer is as always is to use the spreadsheet. Since haste is a pretty bad stat for us you want to go hit until capped and then stack crit and ArPen for marks, once you hit the 450-550 ArPen without gemming for it I would start looking into if full ArPen would be good for you. With 3.2.2 coming soon you'd probably need even more than that.
If I were you I'd try to get my gems/enchants sorted and go 2pts in focused aim, that would give you a ton of stats. You have 32 excess hit rating so you can drop some of your agi/hit gems for pure agi (preferrably +20 agi ones of course)

Ever since Druids got Primal Gore Feral has been my main DPS spec. This is my armory link

And now I've got a question, actually there is a bunch of questions:

1. Currently i am using [Journey's End] With Berserking Enchant. Is [Marrowstrike] better than that with same enchant?. I lose about 150 AP But gained 19 AGI~ and 80 ArP if i gem it with [Fractured Cardinal Ruby]

2. Is [Shoulderpads of the Snow Bandit] better than [Valorous Dreamwalker Shoulderpads]?. I lose 30 ArP but gain haste and a bit of agi.

3. I am thinking about replace [Mirror of Truth] with [Banner of Victory]. Will it be a good choice?

4. Is executioner enchant a good alternative to berserk with my gear?

I hope i've put my questions in proper format . Thanks in advance.

PS: I seriously need to get rid of Those gloves

Good morning,

First time poster, long time reader.

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I happen to be lucky enough to be running with a meta lock in all raids (minus 10's of course). While my DPS is fair (as in competitive in my guild) i had a few questions.

Is there a calculation now for what SP cap makes ToW less dps then Lava? I have heard 3200 (which would mean i should change), but I've also heard 4k sp. (Current casting SP /w lightweave and tow 3674. 3379 w/o lightweave).

With the impending 3.2.2, how will this change the way we look at when to switch to T9. I should be in 4 set T9 by Tuesday, but do the changes make the whole of t8 lessened? The bonus is being essentially given to us, so is it worth it to ditch 4pc faster once this change occurs?

More generally, what are our BiS trinkets looking like now-a-days. RoTD is obviously way in the lead for single trinket. But the decending order that follows is rather different. What i see is, the secondary trinket slot BiS seems to change according to fights over 6-7 minutes and those under. Is this a product of rawr calculation? should it be trusted? Seems like FoTH is the way to go (once vezax decides to drop it and all the other casters hop on it.

Sorry for the elementary post.

Very informative posts. I have switched from playing frostfire to arcane although I am specced in both. I do not have the hit yet for fire.

Arcane is an absolute blast, the burst damage is insane and mega fun. Clearcasting is awesome, sometimes it procs after 2 or 3 ABs and I just keep fishing for MB when that happens. If you time this well the mana issue will not be as pronounced.

My regular rotation is 3xAB followed by AM. I barely use ABarr since the dps per mana consumed is not efficient. If I get Clearcasting and I do not have the proc for AM then I will do another AB. Sometimes I get 2 Clearcasting in a row and I use them both for AB if no proc yet. The crits are absolutely huge.

Evocating on the last few seconds of IV is an awesome idea, thanks guys for posting that here.

On boss fights I open with all my CDs, since mirror image is up I go all out, then evocate before IV expires and then go to a regular 3xAB + AM rotation. This gives a huge initial dps output and then I keep a lower profile to conserve mana. The exceptions for this strategy would be needing the CDs for a specific time in the fight such as XT or the last phase of the Knight boss in H-ToC. I pulled 3k dps in 10 man VoA with a gear score of 2000.

My toon's name is Alphonzo, I am on Bronzebeard.

ice shards and piercing ice make FFB blizzard more powerful than fire. And it's a relavent topic as the anub encounter is pretty tightly tuned AOE wise... definetly don't want two sets of adds up.

For the heroic version of this encounter, is it worth it to spec into blast wave and dragon's breath for a couple more instants? Or is it better to stick to LB and blizzard? Are any of you mages asked to CS the adds? If so, how are you dealing with the 1 second cast (if your using the strat where they are all grouped together)?

Unfortunately I'm missing that trinket on my druid but seems a good choice for 4set bonus. Would like to have a crit/sp trinket asap!