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First, I think you're getting ebonweave and moonshroud confused? Moonshroud has spirit, not hit. IIRC, it's the ebonweave stuff that has hit and spellweave has haste.

With the corresponding BC specializations, the traditional route was mooncloth for healers, shadowcloth for warlocks and spriests, and spellcloth for mages. Now the distinctions aren't quite so clear; some healing specs don't make as much use of spirit, for example, and the fire/arcane damage and shadow/frost damage stats aren't there anymore.

Bottom line, you can mix the pieces as you see fit, since there are no set bonuses to worry about. Specialize in whichever one you think you'll use most. But bear in mind that all your specialty means is you get two pieces at a time for one set of mats. You can always make all three kinds.

Edited to add: also worth noting that the cooldown on cloth is not shared, so you can be working on several pieces at a time.


Edited, Sep 17th 2009 1:05pm by teacake

Gawd, you are SO HIGH MAINTENANCE! There you go wanting me to answer the question you asked again. You make me pout.

IOW, I dunno. But! If your needs change over time, you can also always respecialize for a fee (150g?). Back in BC if you changed specializations or dropped tailoring, it was bye bye primal mooncloth set, but that's all changed now. The pieces are all BOE and can be worn by anyone, regardless of whether they're tailors or what their specialization is, so you can just engage in all the tailoring anarchy you want.

But TBH, the crafted epics you start with are not that impressive. By the time you don't need the hit anymore you'll probably have better gear anyway.