Are sands THAT much important?

If you are not running coil, who cares about your ilvl? A bad player will remain a bad player, no matter the gear.

Coil is fun, hunts are not.

Ilvl is just a number, and even if you care about epeen you have to understand that it's a non-factor currently, since every baddie and his mother can get ilvl 110 stuff. So..who cares? Just do what's most fun for you.