The Honorable Thoromin wrote:
With my gems and enchants on gear I have gone with AP, Stam or Agility because that is what is advised, but I cannot really fit in anything Hit Rating wise, their does not appear to be many hit rating + other stat combo Gems around.
Well, you have 5 gem spots. You don't have to match the colors. You can put a yellow gem in a blue socket- you just won't get the socket bonus. Take your belt for example. You can put 16 hit rating on that thing, and it will raise your DPS by 1%- if you're doing 900 DPS (where you should be at T5 content), that would by 9 DPS. If you keep that 16 ap + 3 Agi, you're getting about a 2-3 dps increase. And since you don't have a meta slot, you don't have to worry about getting the right color combo. And now that you're planning on raiding, NEVER ever ever ever EVER gem for AP. It's wasted. You will get more DPS out of an 8 agi gem than you will out of a 16 AP gem. That's because with Agi, you also get crit, and when you're in a raid, Agi scales with buffs, but AP does not.
Also, I would strongly suggest replacing that helm with the Season 2 helm. A few hours of BGs on an AV weekend, and you'll get a FAR superior helm.
I'm just in complete awe of how much money you must have spent on your gear. And this is coming from a girl who just put 3 epic gems and Nethercobra leg armor on her new pants.
Edited, Aug 30th 2008 1:38am by ProjectMidnight