A stupid question thanks for the help in advance

[lockish 3]

I have a stupid question so please try not to facepalm too hard when I ask it:

 

Is it dumb to want to stack your top 3 stats for your class... or better yet focus on stacking the same things on all your gear.  For destro rnow I'm going for Intel crit mastery.  I would rather have an I level 360 intel crit stam than a higher level intel crit haste.  I'm playing destro right now building an aff set of mastery haste.  

 

SO the stupidity is this:

 

I don't want to sacrifice my crit mastery 360 for anything of higher I level but not those stats.  I also don't want to do it for secondary spec aff that is mastery haste.

 

So the rub is why would having some crit, some mastery, a sprinkle of multistrike/haste in there be worth it for the more intellect.  Am I thinking to vanilla wow and only wanting to spec peerless (destro) as I would of the eagle back in the day?  

 

I've been playing better and putting out numbers better since I did this but I'm thinking it's just my confidence that is the major stat booster/

[Zagam 1,982]

The difference between your secondary stats is very small.  I hope you'd rather have an item level 630 item over a 360 item.

 

Item Level > secondary stats choice as long as the ilvl gap is 10 or higher.

[lockish 3]

So to be clear:

 

Rotmonger Bracers

 

is better than 

 

Frost-Touched Wristwraps

 

If I'm stacking crit mast.

Edited December 17, 2014 by lockish

[Lockybalboa 618]

I would use the Rotmonger over Wristwraps.

[lockish 3]

Gotcha thanks!

[lockish 3]

I can't wrap my head around this so lets see if I'm not crazy... For aff your money maker is haste=Mastery.  So why is

 Dagger of the Sanguine Emeralds

 

not above 

 

Finkle's Flenser

 

Because in the aff best in slot list it is not.  Typo?

[Liquidsteel 279]

He might not have seen it. Regardless, it's kind of irrelevant now!

[lockish 3]

I'm not trying to call anyone out.  I'm trying to fix my stupid so apologies if it came off wrong.

[taliesin52 3]

I think the confusion here comes from a lack of understanding how stat weights work.  For example a single point of INT is worth (ballpark) two points of Mastery for Affliction.  There was a good post by Ghadda or Zagam I saw a while back that explained it real well, I'll see if I can find it.

[lockish 3]

I'll just follow the rule and stop trying to think (not very good at it anyway):
 

10 i level or more secondary stats care no more.

[Brady84 4]

So to be clear:

 

Rotmonger Bracers

 

is better than 

 

Frost-Touched Wristwraps

 

If I'm stacking crit mast.

 

If that first item was 660 ilvl the 2nd would still be better, look at the INT difference first [X2] Technically The Stamina matters but not by a lot [X1]

 

The top item is therefore better by 9INT & 14 Stamina if anyone thinks that & 2 crap stats make it better than a lower ilvl with ideal stats i worry about them [unless your stat priority is crit = mastery = haste = multistrike > vers

Edited December 19, 2014 by Brady84

[Lockybalboa 618]

The differences in secondary stats are so small that the int is better.

 

Either way, you won't see a difference of much.