I'd say with ZA gear you might have something like:

23% spell crit before talents/totems
930 spell damage
50 spell haste

I went with a semi low end and a semi high end I figure if you already have ZA gear you can't really be looking to upgrade all that much unless you run BT. Feel free to import a copy of my spread sheet for your own purposes if you want truely customized stat conversions. The sheet was made for my own use though not for any type of public guide to anything.

Note: These conversions are only for LB. No lag time is assumed.

Kara /heroics level Stats:
spell dmg: 800 base +55 relic +101 totem = 956 total spell dmg
crit: 21.02% + 5 talent +6talent +3 totem = 35.02 total crit%
hit: 4.04% (51 rating) + 6 talent + 3 talent + 3 totem = 16.04

1 crit % -> 12.70dmg : 22.1 crit rating = 12.70 dmg : 1 crit rating = .574dmg

1 Haste % -> 17.15dmg : 15.75 haste rating = 17.15 dmg : 1 haste rating = 1.08dmg

Mid-High level stats:
spell dmg: 1050 base +85relic +101 totem = 1236
crit : 23.01% +5 +6 +3 = 37.01%
haste: 53 rating = 3.37%
hit: 4.04% (51 rating) + 6 talent + 3 talent + 3 totem = 16.04

1 crit % -> 14.56spell dmg : 22.1 crit rating = 14.56 spell dmg : 1 crit rating = .6588 spell dmg
1 Haste % -> 19.30spell dmg : 15.75 haste rating = 19.30 spell dmg : 1 haste rating = 1.225 spell dmg

You should really figure in raid buffs I think Daid. I know you have totems down there, but I think 42+23+80 from consumables needs to be there, which will change the numbers. And if you can stick in a middle number. 800 to 1050 is quite the difference. Thanks for the number crunching though.

I put it as MID-HIGH end cause if you're more around 900 and add in the extra flasks n such you can just pretend you have a 1050 base :-p.

I'll make a super high end even though at this level you don't have much choice in gear...

High level stats:
spell dmg: 1200 base +85relic +101 totem +80 flask +23 food + 43 oil = 1531
crit : 23.01% +5 +6 +3 = 37.01%
haste: 53 rating = 3.37%
hit: 4.04% (51 rating) + 6 talent + 3 talent + 3 totem = 16.04

1crit % -> 16.72 spell dmg
1Haste % -> 22.16 spell dmg

Yeah, once you get some stats together I'll ninja them (I'm a little busy at the moment, otherwise I'd get my own done)

I assume these are your stat conversions? I'll edit them in sometime soon.

Yeah I posted alot so if you only want to use some of this thats fine or if you have a certain range you feel really needs to go in it takes like 30 secs to enter new stats and look at the conversion so its not a big deal. I'm not sure if people really need the break down of rating / dmg and so forth and break down for the different level of stats but I'm never sure at what point just keeping it simple is better than huge walls of text :-0

If anyone wants to double check my numbers feel free. I updated it earlier today and the numbers look right but I haven't done any testing in game for verification or anything. Also I know my LB12 avg is a little low it should be 611ish base but eh should not really affect this. Here is some additional info so you can look at dps numbers n such and verify my numbers look right.

From my high end example:
spell dmg: 1200 base +85relic +101 totem +80 flask +23 food + 43 oil = 1531
crit : 23.01% +5 +6 +3 = 37.01%
haste: 53 rating = 3.37%
hit: 4.04% (51 rating) + 6 talent + 3 talent + 3 totem = 16.04

We should try to get some WWS up of raid dps though with the changes and see what happened. Not raiding tonight so I can't really tell. Am raiding tomorrow and hopefully the WWS will give me some insight to if anything changes. Going to keep the exact same gear for now as well.

New version of ShamStats finished.

Also having some funky problems with lag, at least if heroic ramparts tonight was an indicator. Was going at 10-14 fps in there, which annoyed me. Not sure if the issue was on Blizzard's end or was because of mods or what. But it was really damn annoying. Also the new casting mechanism is taking a bit to get used to. Spamming it gets me tons of this spell is not ready messages, so I need to either not spam or suppress that message somehow.

How is Omen working? Has a way to filter out Lightning Overload from Lightning Bolts been implemented? Or do I just need to assume I'm around 10% behind where Omen says I am?

Math is no forte of mine, but here's a little feedback after a day of instances, solo grinding, and pvp regarding mana usage.

The new Water Shield is of course very nice, and the combo of it ticking off every minute plus an improved Clearcasting and an extra 25/5 regen leaves you feeling much less mana starved in a raid or instance when there's not a shadowpriest around. I've done no super long raid boss fight, but chugging mana pots does not seem necessary any more.

In pvp and solo grinding, however, the abilities truly shine. With a respectable crit rate Clearcasting is up more often than not, especially when more than one target is present (not to mention a 20% LO chance). Enemies actually triggering Water Shield combined with the Clearcasts, and you'll find yourself finishing BG skirmishes with 60% mana where you previously would be run dry. It sounds like an exaggeration, but that's about where I'd end up after each fight where I'd normally be looking for a combat mana pot. It's quite a welcome change.

I am still waiting for the EU servers to be up again but I will gladly post any valuable info on the new elemental pvp behaviour once season 3 has started and i had some time testing the changes on live servers.

But I already Changed my spec, going from 5/5 Unrelenting Storms & 2/5 Reverberation to
3/3 Elemental Warding, 3/3 Elemental Shields 1/5 Unrelenting Storms.

Mana efficiency should still be better as in 2.2 with this changes, but you gain a lot more pvp survivability.

I did Najentus through Mother last night, and I really don't have any complaints. I have combat logs for half the fights, I was slacking and forgot to turn it on for a couple fights. Ive only got 2 pieces of haste, trash ring and flashfire. For the most part Ive been right where I was in 2.2 on the DM's, I should have WWS's up tonight after Illidan and Hyjal. The new meta is huge albeit its annoying exact 2 Blue Gem req.

Where does Intellect and MP5 fit into the new stat weighting values?

Also, to make sure I'm concluding the same thing as this thread: haste > damage > crit rating?

I paid close attention to my Charges buff while doing ZA last night. I distinctly saw myself cast 2 LBs in a row that crit and I got charges. I was at 1 charge and when the 2nd one crit the LC fired off bolt. CL was also still giving multiple charges with crits at the same time.

The numbers I posted were only for LB spam. Obviously CL gains no real benefit from haste so stacking haste over dmg seems a pretty bad idea.

Anyone figured a way to get rid of the annoying "this spell is not ready yet" when spamming the key for LB? I was trying this and it was pissing me off. Also for the new casting system, that is what we are supposed to do? Just spam our spell and not worry about timing it correct? Just a bit confused since in Ramparts last night it seemed to be a bit hiccupy at times, but that might have been because of this bongos lag issue people are talking about.

According to Slouken's posts about this, we are still supposed to time the casts as if we would use our old /stopcasting solutions. We just would not lose the current spell if we try to start a new one too early anymore.

Yeah that is what I started to figure out too by the end of my run. If I started spamming my spell when there was like a quarter of the cast left it would work and I would get a new spell off before my old one was supposed to be finished casting. Still would be nice to get rid of that message though.

I just button mashed my Lightning Bolt key last night in ZA and noticed no casting lag at all.

On that point, I wish to give some anecdotal evidence:

1) ZA is an Elemental Shaman paradise, especially if grouped with a Protection Paladin as I was. Chain Lightning every 6 seconds really was excellent fun (and was insane DPS) just because LO seemed to proc every time (I'm assuming a 60% ish proc rate from 2 jumps). Combined with Fire Nova Totem, and running through the gauntlet to the eagle boss was just hysterical.

2) Water Shield really, really owns. From a WWS parse from last night, it restored as much mana over the entire night as improved mana spring totem. I didnt have a Shadow Priest, only Mana Tide from a fellow Resto Shaman, but I never even went below 50% mana on the bear boss, and was plenty of mana to cast Chain Lightning over and over again during the gauntlet event to eagle, as well as handling multiple scout pulls to Dragonhawk while normally casting Lightning Bolts (3/1 Rotation). Clearcasting was pretty much in a permanent on state.

3) Lightning Overload definately makes a difference. At one point, I even had 5 LO procs in a row, not only dealing huge damage, but not pulling aggro. Everyone in ZA with me was simply astounded at how often it proc'd now. To me, the proc rate definately seemed on par at 20%, or even more (although randomness could dictate that I was just lucky on procs).

Get LoggerHead. It's an ace addon that automatically turns on combatlogging.

I am assuming you've turned off the audio portion of the "spell not ready" message, which I find far more annoying than the on-screen message. If not, it's in the audio-video interface. And if you figure out how to turn of the visual warning, please post... (may be in the config file)