Infraction for Efigenio: Useless Post

• Aldriana · 09/01/08, 3:45 AM

Post: Shadow Priest 101: How to Melt Faces Effectively
User: Efigenio
Infraction: Useless Post
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

But, alas, it's still a "this item, or this item" post, except padded with lots of unnecessary backstory; hence, it violates not only http://elitistjerks.com/f31/a34-forum_rules/ rule 4, but also rule 8 as well.

Original Post:

Okay, please forgive me for not sifting through the 54 pages of discussion, i have a quick and simple question.

My shadow priest is fairly new, and is currently using this item:
Frozen Shadoweave Robe - Thottbot: World of Warcraft
Its socketed with a +12spell damage and +9spell damage gems.

I just did a ZA run with my guild and won the robe off lynx:
Robe of Departed Spirits - Thottbot: World of Warcraft

My guild basically forced it on me, telling me it was a massive upgrade. It has 39 less spell damage than my robe does, and i cant help but wonder how this thing can be an upgrade for me? How exactly does spell haste effect shadow priests? i can assume maybe faster mind flays make them do so much more damage that you can get more MF in between refreshing and MB/SWD cooldowns. Is this true? and if so then how much would it take?

Thanks in advance! And i tried my best to keep it from being a "this item, or this item" type post... sorry if it came across that way.