Elemental 4pc T10 is not worth getting :(

#0 - Dec. 27, 2009, 2:50 a.m.

Attn to the devs about some of the math going on in the Elemental Elitist Jerks forums regarding our T10 4 pc bonus.
http://elitistjerks.com/f79/t57116-elemental_optimal_gear_item_discussion/p18/

Seems pretty solid math and considering what my alts' t10 bonuses are (amazing) think this might need some attention.
Cheers

Bornakk

#110 - Dec. 31, 2009, 6:21 p.m.

Just a couple of things I want to touch on for this subject:

We do want to and try to use all available stats for gear. If every Elemental piece was haste and crit, then every piece would look the same and get very boring.
We feel it is okay for certain stats to be more valuable than others, but on the class side things have gotten too lopsided, usually because of over-generous talents that convert stats or give e.g. too much haste. No stat should ever be worth twice the value of another. We are aware of these issues and this is a big part of the talent tree redo we have planned for Cataclysm.
Generally speaking, combat ratings are too high right now. This is partly because of the above but also because item levels ended up being higher than we initially designed in order to embrace the heroic model we started using in Ulduar and in all the raid dungeon since then. Players should not ideally be worried about hitting the haste and crit caps ever, and certainly not at the very beginning of Icecrown Citadel. In return, the ratings in Cataclysm should be much harder to cap.