Okay, so I'm lvl 62, about to hit 63 tonite, so I doubt that my gear matters a WHOLE lot in the grand scheme of things, since I'm going through it so fast (god, I do hope I get new pants, soon, these are so hootchie mama!). Anyway, I am running into conflicts a lot, because I'll have a piece I really like, then I'll get another piece which may be just as good or better, but I'm not sure. First, my armory (please don't yell at me for spending all those points on pvp gear, I really wanted it, so I got it, knowing full well I probably won't use it for too terribly long, and I'll be ready to get a lot when I hit 70, I promise! :)):
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Frostmane&n=Trilliandent
I've been choosing gear with the advice I got from the other thread I made in mind (didn't want to rez it), and have gotten as much spell damage as possible. Is that the course I should continue to take to 70? I didn't have hit rating at all until I got those boots, though, and haven't run across any other gear that has it. I've noticed a lot of talk about hit cap in other threads, and I realize that those are threads about 70s, but I wonder if I should start really keeping an eye on that yet.
Anyway, I run into situations like this. A friend of mine bought me a bunch of stuff when I hit 60, because I "can't hang out in OL wearing THAT!" but her main is not a mage, so...I've returned most of it as I've gotten gear that is better than the stuff she got me, before I could even level into it. But here's a situation that's going to happen tonite. She gave me this: http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=31192
Are the boost in those stats worth trading in my +20 spell damage for? I don't think so, but I don't know if I should work on getting more HP/MP or keep pushing for spell damage.
Another topic I'd like to read about is gems. I got these: http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=24393
Looks like they are for healers, but I have no idea what kind of gems I'll be able to get for them, so I don't know if I should nuke them or work with them. As they are now, without gems, they are inferior to what I have, I think, but...and then there's the chance that I might pick something up that's even better, and soon, so I don't know if I should spend money on gems (not that I would know what kind to get, yet, and is that vendor in Thrall the only place to get them, besides the daily hfp quest? BTW, should I keep doing that daily quest to get more of the gems, even though I got the ring/gem I already got?)
Whew. :) Anyway, if anyone has links they can point me to to read about this stuff more, that'd be appreciated, and, as always, I value your opinions and input, and consider the mages here to be the smartest and best on the internets. :)
TIA,
Trill
P.S. If anyone would like to look at my specs, that'd be cool, too. I was thinking about putting the next 3 points into emp fb and ice shards, but maybe I should work on arcane a bit? Nothing there interests me until deeper in, though, like POM and imp blink. I know I'll probably go fire when I get to 70, because it seems like the Thing To Do, but I honestly hope that the expansion pack comes out before then, and somehow, magically enables me to remain frost. lol.