Originally Posted by
delnadris
I'll tell you this: itemization is shit. You have no real options when it comes to choosing stats. The people saying that modable items offer itemization options are just deluding themselves. Once you get into lvl 56 and 58 epics (from either pve, or pvp) you have no choice on stats. You just buy the piece of gear you can get with your tokens, and for your spec (dps/tank/heal) and that's it.
Case in point: when i dinged battlemaster, i was lucky to get plenty of tokens from the bags. The gear i am offered only has crit+alacrity on it as secondary stats, which is, in fact, SHIT for a balance sage and for any sage with mostly instant casts (as alacrity doesnt affect dots, or the gcd). There are just 3 pieces with crit+surge (implants+focus) and none with power. So i actually had to stick with some of my champion gear, that has either crit+surge, or alacrity+power (which is still better than crit+alacrity) because i had no options. To clarify, alacrity+crit is a shit combo because crit needs to go with surge (if you're stacking) and alacrity is just simply insanely useless (maybe SLIGHTLY more useful for healer, but doubt it, crit+surge is still better, and pure power is the best sec stat).
Now, ofcourse people could argue that you can change the mods and enhancements on your battlemaster/champion/rakata/columni gear. You can, however you will never find equivalent mods. No one sells lvl 56 or 58 mods on the AH, and if they do, they cost half a mil creds each. Besides, the stats are mostly random on those, and you still won't be able to find what you're looking for.
So to conclude, don't worry about stats, just take the gear for your spec, and use the stats you get on it as best you can. Try to tweak it as much as possible to get secondary stats in this order: POWER > CRIT+SURGE >>>>>>>>>>>>>> alacrity, but dont expect to have much success; sometimes you just can't do anything but wear the piece with the most primary stats (willpower/endurance) with whatever secondary stats it has. A little bit of accuracy is also good for pvp to dimish resists of certain tank classes.