Smiffy said:
I'm not sure if you're still keeping this up to date.. but I'm liking the guide.
I noticed that in the flag carrying section you have Green Lens of Stamina..
but in the Healing section you don't have Green lens of the Eagle.
Imo Green lens of the Eagle > BoA helm, but not by much.
+7 Stamina + 3 Intellect at the cost of 8 Spirit and 8 Crit rating. (That's if you have a perfect lens, if imperfect just take 1 stat away from stam or int)
Also, would PoD be a better choice than Jackhammer for paladins? I could see Jackhammer being BiS for warriors (Jackhammer proc allowing more white swings = more rage). Where as PoD has higher top end and higher low end, allowing crusader strikes etc to hit for a heap (not to mention the proc it has)
I'm actually interested.. so if ya can answer these questions please do.
I'll answer that when I get to work..running late ;/
For the BoA Helm, your looking at these stats:
Head Leather
252 Armor
+19 Stamina
+13 Intellect
+8 Spirit
Item Level 1
Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 8 (0.96% @ L39).
Equip: Experience gained is increased by 10%.
For Green Lens you have:
112 Armor
+10 Stamina
+15-16 Stamina
+15-16 Intellect
For healing, you should always go Mining/herb. Mining gives the extra +10 Stam and Herb gives the +11.74% Haste for 20 seconds + minor heal.
However, if you take engineering to get the Eagle Lens. now your going to have to either sacrifice the 11.74% haste or the +10 extra Stam.
The Base stats of Eagle lens are better than the base stats of the Casters BoA Helm. However, the BoA Helm also has the +8 spirit, +8 crit, and more than double the amount of armor. By taking the BoA Helm route, you get both the 11.74% haste AND the +10 stam, while with the Lens you only get to pick one or the other.
Now if I was arguing a Disc Priests point of view, that would be very difficult. The 16 Int from Green lens allows a Disc Priest to benefit even more from the extra Int. But still your looking at the same problem that a holy paladin has to do with. If you go engineering for the eagle lens, you have to give up either mining or herb for the engineering slot.
In Most cases, if you have access to the BoA helm, then go Mining/Herb for Healing(unless your a Flag Carrier, then go eng/mining). But if you don't have access to BoA Helm and you just so happen to have access to Eagle Lens, then go Eng/Mining or Eng/herb and use the eagle lens.
Now the quest about Jackhammer vs PoD. First of all, PoD isn't as good as it used to be. They nerfd it and I would use the BoA Axe or Morg Might 2-h Mace over a PoD. But a Jackhammer will always remain BiS for Feral Druids, Ret Paladins, Arms Warrior, and even some enhancement Shamans(lava lash hit's aren't very good). Now Jackhammer gives over 50% haste when it procs, and if you look at the Ret talent tree, The Art of War procs from autoattacks. Increasing the amount of Autoattacks will increase how often your art of war procs. When Jackhammer procs, your art of war will be procing left and right. Not only that, all your casting spell's cast time has been reduced by 50% as well, so Spamming Exorcism will destroy anyone you target. IE: JH-Proc+HoJ+Exorcism spam.
PoD used to be worth well over 1-2kg, but Most people wouldn't even pay over 500g for one now adays. PoD just isn't worth it.
