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Post by
dsk1984an
Howdy all, last night I nabbed myself the t7.5 leg token and I'm torn on whether to upgrade my Ret or Prot set, or if the Ret legs are even that big of an upgrade. My main spec is Ret and is also my prefered spec, but an upgrade to either is still an upgrade.
My current Ret legs
Staggering Legplates
compared to the
t7.5 legs
OR
My current Prot legs
Bolstered Legplates
compared to the
t7.5 legs
The Ret legs would give me the 2pc bonus, and the Prot legs would give me the 4pc bonus.
I guess the real question for me right now is whether or not the Ret t7.5 legs are an upgrade at all. I just don't know if haste is worth it or not since they buffed it for us and changed our seals to do more dmg on hits rather than the judgements.
Post by
allsensesfailed
going with the ret set would that put you below the hit cap? beings how staggering legplats have a +80 to hit rating
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Post by
dsk1984an
Sorry about that, forgot to mention it. My main spec at the moment is either or to be honest, really just do what is needed, though I prefer Ret by a hair.
If I go with the Ret legs, I will drop about 65 hit below the cap and have to fill in some of my gems with hit (currently all my gems are str).
If I go with the Prot legs, I will drop just below the def minimum, but a 8def/12stam gem will get it back to 540.
I'm still not sure how haste is for Ret pallies now with the changes in the last few patches.
Thanks for the help so far, greatly appreciate it.
Post by
allsensesfailed
would never gem hit always gem str. not sure about the prot part, havent had much expirence with it.... 65 is quite a bit of hit to sacrifice. alli or horde hit cap? i wouldnt take the ret upgrade just because you dont gain that much in str.
Post by
00bender00
would never gem hit always gem str
You
have to
gem for HIT if you're below the cap.
Did you patch the game to 3.1? :P
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Post by
Lorkin
Well according to Wowhead's weighting system we have the following:
Ret DPS Leg Compare :
Ret Paladin Legs
The T7.5 Legs are weighted at 39.78 and the Staggering Legs are at 32.77 = (7.01 difference)
The Prot Leg Compare:
Prot Paladin Legs
The T7.5 Legs are weighted at 65.41 and the Bolstered Legplates are at 55.64 = (9.77 difference)
Pre Ulduar, the T7.5 tanking legs are 2nd Best in Slot (BiS). It's up to you what your priority is, but I'd go with the tanking legs.
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