Originally Posted by Faceprint

Hi i was told to PM you about some mage theorycrafting help i needed. I was trying to do some math... and i just started out with what was easy. My base damage. I took my talents, 0/52/19... and with that i have an increased 34% damage. frostfire bolts lowest coefficient is 808 damage. I have 1403 spell power. plus 34% incrased damage from talents, my frostfire bolt should hit ~2962. my MAXIMUM hit, over a span on 500 shots, with no spell power affecting abilities, was 2784... Explain pls?... Is there something im missing? is there a partial resistance on every mob maybe? (this was tested on level 80 target dummy) i cant think of any reason that the numbers dont match up.

what i was hoping to get at before this roadblock, i wanted to know when haste outweighs spell power. because i have NO idea what i should gem for now that wotlk has come. pre-wotlk i knew the numbers... but idk if they have changed now, and since im using a different nuke, im positive that they have changed. please help >.<...

If it helps, these are my stats...
19.93% crit
5.25% haste
Maxed hit
1403 spell power