Post by Aldones
Your first problem is in your talent spec. To be honest, it is absolutely horrid. As a holy priest, you NEED
these from the disc tree with a possible point in
IF.
As far as the holy tree goes, you have to ask yourself a few questions. Do I plan on using
GHeal? Do I plan on using
FHeal? Do I plan on using
Renew? Your spec/glyphs should reflect which spells you plan on using the most. 95% of the time I raid disc/shadow, but the few times I do go holy, I prefer to keep it to FHeal and my AoE healing spells, with the occasional Renew. Thus
my spec tends to reflect those spells.
Moving on to the question you asked, what gems you should use, I would use a
Purified Dreadstone in blue sockets and a
Reckless or
Luminous Ametrine in your yellow sockets (go with intellect until you feel ooming isn't a problem). Your red sockets should have one of the 3 previous gems--whatever stat you lack most.
Whenever I have a question in such, I generally look at the top 5-10 priests (or w/e class/spec I'm playing) on the server; generally they all have fairly similar stat proportions.
Edit: The biggest thing you could do for your mana regen is picking up
Meditation. Shy of a leveling priest, this talent is mandatory for whatever you plan on doing as a priest, all 3 specs, pvp and pve.
Post by Aldones
I would use a Purified Dreadstone in blue sockets and a Reckless or Luminous Ametrine in your yellow sockets (go with intellect until you feel ooming isn't a problem). Your red sockets should have one of the 3 previous gems--whatever stat you lack most.
Red, Yellow and Blue should be any of the above except purified. Only use one of thise and that one slot should be in yoru helm. The regen you get from it just isn't that great any more.
Spirit vs Mp5- Spirit gives more regen for a holy priest as long as you keep Holy Concentration up (once you get around 21-22k mana I believe; don't care to redo the math right now).
- You get 5% bonus spirit.
- 25% of your spirit is converted into sp.
With that in mind I find it hard to believe that it wouldn't be more bennificial for a holy priest to use a purified dreadstone to activate a socket bonus; though, like I said, I roll as disc for healing most of the time.
Post by Crysania
Once you get around 1100 Int/1000 Spirit, spirit and intellect will give you about the same amount of regen point for point (with replenishment, before talents and buffs).
As far as gemming for spirit, you should only gem hybrids like Purifieds in blue sockets with bonuses that are worth it to you. A
Purified Dreadstone in a blue socket with a +7 sp bonus will get you 21 sp (22 sp with
SoR and
BoK), only 1-2 sp less than a
Runed but you gain some regen. A blue socket with a +9 sp bonus will yield 23 - 24 sp, as much as the Runed, but with the regen as a bonus. This is only for holy, so if you play disc a fair amount as well it may not be worth it for you. You could also gem
Reckless in those sockets, but you lose some sp and the regen in favor of haste.