Ok, I searched the forum and I could not find any math on this. I've seen various numbers being thrown out for budget for spell haste:
On shadowpriest.com, someone posts that the spell haste budget is .835 (
shadowpriest.com :: View topic - the patch and spell haste). They do not post their math or what items they used to make this comparison.
I found a blog that claims that the spell haste budget is .934 (
Passive Haste studies.). They are comparing a healing bracer versus a dps bracer, and the math looks ok...
I thought it might be cleaner to compare two healing items. I took the
[Swiftheal Mantle] and the [Amice of Brilliant Light[/item]. I liked these two items because they both use the same slot, they are of the same iLevel and same material, have the same armor and +healing. The only differences are:
The Amice has
+17 Stam
+11 Int
+9 Spirit
-27 Spell Haste
We can then calculate spell haste if we know the correct weights of those other three stats.
17s + 11i + 9t = 27h
Calculating for spell haste h, where s is the weight of stam, i is the weight of int, and t is the wight of spirit. According to
Formulas:Item values - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft, the Spirit and Int are both equal to 1.000 and Stam is equal to .667 on a BC item.
From this, I get that h = 1.16!
So, either my math is way off here, the wowwiki budget is off, or there is something really weird going on with the spell haste budget.
I thought I'd try two different items, so i picked
[Swiftheal Wraps] and
[Wristbands of Divine Influence] and I found that the wristbands have:
+1 Int
+29 Spirit
+2 +healing
-28 Haste
So our formula is:
1i + 28t +2l = 28h
Calculating for spell haste h where i is int weight, t is spirit weight and l is +healing weight. According to wowwiki again, spirit and int are 1 and +healing is .455, we get that h = 1.06.
While these numbers are a little closer, both are pretty far off from the numbers I found on shadowpriest and elsewhere. Is there a more official crunch than this? Is it possible that spell haste has a different budget on healing items than dps items?