Fellow WHMs: Hive Cane or Eso?

As the title reads.

What will you be doing??

What I mean is, should we stick with the Hive cane for Det and SS, or Eso cane for Pie and Crit?

I went with the chest. Gonna get ring this week, then save for cane.

I'm only saving for the weapon because it is the most expensive item on the list. I would prefer to get it out of the way first. 990 Esoterics, will you want to grind this later? :p

I guess my question really boils down to what stats are better for WHM? SS and Det, or Crit and Pie?

I'm really leaning toward SS and Det.

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Originally Posted by BushWookie

As the title reads.

What will you be doing??

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In the end it won't really matter whether you go to chest/weapon first or which staff you'll keep - it's all personal preference. I feel healing gear is not as critical as it is for a tank/dps. You can comfortability heal content and getting a slight stats up grade, won't be noticeable (but the accumulative effect is noticeable).

I think the only time I've really ever worried about stats on gear was when I was having trouble managing my mana during progression and prioritized piety gear over other non-pie gear. Having a bit more SS or Crit won't make or break a healer that it may do a DPS (who completely prioritizes the wrong stat).

Generally speaking, I'll probably prioritize chest as I'll be working on my relic in 3.1.

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Originally Posted by BushWookie

I guess my question really boils down to what stats are better for WHM? SS and Det, or Crit and Pie?

I'm really leaning toward SS and Det.

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I think the 80 det on the Hive cane makes it pretty much equal to the Eso cane. If I bought the Eso cane it would be for the piety upgrade. You're not gonna see much of a difference in healing with 2 weapon damage upgrade.

Hive cane. While the eso weapon is the best first upgrade for dps, a healer can do chest first, and i would recommend it if they already have a hive weapon.

I am sticking with hive weapon until relic is released.

If you have any intention of really improving your performance in Alexander Savage, grabbing the esoteric staff is going to give you a marginally better impact than getting any other piece of esoteric gear.