Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat , bear , restoration and balance druids. Welcome to our feral cat edition, brought to you by Chase Hasbrouck, aka Alaron of The Fluid Druid blog. Let the face clawing begin!

Gear, gear, everybody wants gear! Happily, we get our first piece of visible progression gear in, well, forever. A flaming kitty is a raiding kitty … awesome.

This update to my gear list focuses on items from new 4.2 content and bottoms out with ZA gear. If you’re just starting out, the list compiled a few months ago is still quite good.

A few notes before we get to the items:

One of my most common questions is «Which secondary stat is best?» Well, the small Rip nerf, plus the eventual loss of the two-piece T11 bonus once you upgrade into tier 12, knocks mastery down a peg. The buff to Savage Roar boosts haste up a peg. Unfortunately, this means our secondary stats are pretty much even. I’ve tested this extensively, and at the 359 to 378 gear levels, reforging to different stats affects simulated DPS by less than 1%. Personally, I’d recommend sticking with mastery until you break two-piece T11, then try a hit/expertise cap setup; see how it works for you. As always, any fight with little to no off-boss time will favor haste, while fights with large interruptions in DPS time will favor mastery.Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: Firelands gear for the feral catFiled under: Druid, (Druid) Shifting PerspectivesShifting Perspectives: Firelands gear for the feral cat originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat , bear , restoration and balance druids. Welcome to our feral cat edition, brought to you by Chase Hasbrouck, aka Alaron of The Fluid Druid blog. Let the face clawing begin!

Gear, gear, everybody wants gear! Happily, we get our first piece of visible progression gear in, well, forever. A flaming kitty is a raiding kitty … awesome.

This update to my gear list focuses on items from new 4.2 content and bottoms out with ZA gear. If you’re just starting out, the list compiled a few months ago is still quite good.

A few notes before we get to the items:

One of my most common questions is «Which secondary stat is best?» Well, the small Rip nerf, plus the eventual loss of the two-piece T11 bonus once you upgrade into tier 12, knocks mastery down a peg. The buff to Savage Roar boosts haste up a peg. Unfortunately, this means our secondary stats are pretty much even. I’ve tested this extensively, and at the 359 to 378 gear levels, reforging to different stats affects simulated DPS by less than 1%. Personally, I’d recommend sticking with mastery until you break two-piece T11, then try a hit/expertise cap setup; see how it works for you. As always, any fight with little to no off-boss time will favor haste, while fights with large interruptions in DPS time will favor mastery.Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: Firelands gear for the feral catFiled under: Druid, (Druid) Shifting PerspectivesShifting Perspectives: Firelands gear for the feral cat originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments