Originally Posted by Adoriele

No, you don't. You dream of a day where you can use all of the stats on a piece of gear, regardless of their name. The problem with Spirit isn't that it's not good, it's that it's not as good for us as other stats. Unfortunately, Resto druids still very much need Spirit, and it would be a step backward for Blizzard to itemize caster leather without spirit, for the same reasons that it's not a good idea to itemize caster leather with hit. You'd end up needing two full sets of gear able to drop off of bosses, where one would suffice, which leads to loot table bloat, and people cursing when Moonkin leather drops because only one person in the raid can wear it. So, either guilds would end up sharding a lot of excess gear, or the Moonkin leather would be so rare as to be non-existent for a lot of people.

The current situation, where both Trees and Moonkin can use the same gear (ignoring, for the moment, set pieces which allow more tailoring to specific needs), is much more preferable. Guilds aren't disappointed when Moonkin leather drops, and it drops frequently enough that it's not impossible to get. The issue we have now is that we need to get more out of spirit. Intensity is one way, Improved Moonkin another, and if it's not enough to balance us, Blizzard will find another way. They did it with Mages, they can figure out something for us as well.