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Solo Play and CritFollow

#1 Aug 11 2011 at 9:40 AM Rating: Decent
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I do a lot of soloing, and I have noticed that Crit is worth a LOT more to me than Haste. The reason for this is that when I crit, and do double damage, I can end a given encounter faster. The faster I end the encounter the less spells I need to cast. The less spells I cast, the more MP I have to keep going. In addition I am able to take less damage. Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but for solo play, I think Crit trumps Haste.
#2 Aug 20 2011 at 8:05 PM Rating: Decent
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Moonkissed wrote:
I do a lot of soloing, and I have noticed that Crit is worth a LOT more to me than Haste. The reason for this is that when I crit, and do double damage, I can end a given encounter faster. The faster I end the encounter the less spells I need to cast. The less spells I cast, the more MP I have to keep going. In addition I am able to take less damage. Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but for solo play, I think Crit trumps Haste.



I thought haste for shammies died when the Cata changes came out.
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#3 Aug 24 2011 at 4:57 PM Rating: Good
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Crit is before haste on the attribute priority list.

Agility > Hit/Expertise* > Mastery > Crit > Haste
* To spell cap

Shaman benefit very little from haste.
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#4 Aug 25 2011 at 12:34 PM Rating: Decent
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Maz that is for Enhance though, I am Elemental. Agility is worthless to me. Still I can see Int > Mastery > Crit > Haste being the ideal. Not sure though.

Edit: Added in Mastery cause I forgot it...

Edited, Aug 25th 2011 2:35pm by Moonkissed
#5 Aug 25 2011 at 1:09 PM Rating: Good
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ELEMENTAL TRAITOR SCUM!

Edit: According to EJ, the Elemental priority is:

Spirit/Hit (until capped) >> Intellect > Haste = Mastery >> Crit

Of course, this is level capped, so...

Edit2: What I mean by this is that crit would end fights faster. On the other hand, while I was leveling my Shammy as Elemental (don't judge me), I found that a Lava Burst (on Flame Shock) followed by a single Lightning Bolt was enough to kill most stuff. Especially if you could get an Unleash Flame in before the Lava Burst. O-O-O-OVERKILL!

Edited, Aug 25th 2011 9:14pm by Mazra
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#6 Aug 25 2011 at 6:16 PM Rating: Decent
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Good to know. Thanks!
#7 Aug 25 2011 at 11:30 PM Rating: Decent
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I like haste over crit when mastery isn't an option. When leveling you don't really have a choice in your gear though as you pretty much just go with whatever has the most Int.
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#8 Sep 13 2011 at 3:57 PM Rating: Good
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The main reason Crit isn't a priority is because it is useless when it comes to one of our main damage spells - Lava Burst. Lava Burst automatically crits when Flame Shock is on the target (which it should be), so additional crit is wasted a good amount of the time. I suppose if you're not putting up Flame Shock while soloing, Crit would end up being a higher priority than in raids and such.
#9 Sep 14 2011 at 11:09 AM Rating: Decent
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I can dig that Citrus. I do like the extra crit as when I solo I find myself often killing things with a couple of lightning bolts as opposed to setting up a dot. The mobs die so fast that I barely get any ticks out of Flame Shock as is. Now if we are talking an elite that I am soloing I definitely will use Lava Burst and Crit will not be a huge priority.
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