RDM BiS?

[Eliniell]

What's the mindset behind wanting 1300 spell speed when the stat has zero benefit for our biggest amount of burst damage? The stat is completely wasted on our Melee combo. Stat priority should be DH -> Det -> Crit -> SpS. This will shift as higher tiers of gear become available and will likely end up with Crit -> Det -> DH -> SpS. Not likely viable until 2700+ crit is obtained though.

[PrismaticDaybreak]

What's the mindset behind wanting 1300 spell speed when the stat has zero benefit for our biggest amount of burst damage? The stat is completely wasted on our Melee combo. Stat priority should be DH -> Det -> Crit -> SpS. This will shift as higher tiers of gear become available and will likely end up with Crit -> Det -> DH -> SpS. Not likely viable until 2700+ crit is obtained though.

That's only half true, it doesn't affect the melee combo itself, but with more and more spell speed you'd get to your melee combo faster, although I don't see it having a big enough impact until we can garner enough spell speed to reduce our short cast spells to around 1.7 seconds or so.

[Claire_Pendragon]

That's only half true, it doesn't affect the melee combo itself, but with more and more spell speed you'd get to your melee combo faster, although I don't see it having a big enough impact until we can garner enough spell speed to reduce our short cast spells to around 1.7 seconds or so.

Except it makes you either waste manification or makes you wait to use it.
Currently, Im using what ever gear I can get, until I have the ability to pick and choose which gear pieces I can get.
Which has pretty much left me with pure spell speed.
Im almost always somewhere around 60/60 or 70/70 when manification is ready.
which now means i need to waste multiple GCDs in either direction.
Those GCDs would have not been wasted if I was between 40-50 like I used to be, when I didnt have so much spell speed.
And if I had crit/DH/DET instead, I would be doing more dps.

[PrismaticDaybreak]

Except it makes you either waste manification or makes you wait to use it.
Currently, Im using what ever gear I can get, until I have the ability to pick and choose which gear pieces I can get.
Which has pretty much left me with pure spell speed.
Im almost always somewhere around 60/60 or 70/70 when manification is ready.
which now means i need to waste multiple GCDs in either direction.
Those GCDs would have not been wasted if I was between 40-50 like I used to be, when I didnt have so much spell speed.
And if I had crit/DH/DET instead, I would be doing more dps.

Oh my god I know, the amount of spell speed on the 340 gear i've been getting is causing me physical pain

[YanderePrincess]

That's only half true, it doesn't affect the melee combo itself, but with more and more spell speed you'd get to your melee combo faster, although I don't see it having a big enough impact until we can garner enough spell speed to reduce our short cast spells to around 1.7 seconds or so.

It's not just the melee combo SS isn't benefiting us on. It also doesn't affect any of our 4 OGCD abilities that do damage (with Fleche and Contre Sixte being the key ones here, of course).