Now it would be wonderful to get a clear answer what to go for, Haste or Mastery?
My current DPS is shit, and while I know elemental isn't in a great shape right now, but me doing 31k DPS on a dummy while a mage in the guild does 60+ feels... wrong, and if changing my reforges will help me increase my numbers then i'm all ears
I'm partially Heroic Geared, 26.5% haste, 50% mastery, 15.5 crit and can't keep up with even alts who are in mostly normal DS gear... Just gonna have to hope 90 is tuned better.
Well, I know it doesn't really anwser you question, but I'm pretty sure if you took the time to enchant your gear you might see a bit of an incress. Maybe not a huge amount but it's something that is going to help
The current state of Elemental is pretty poor, and it will definitely be outplayed by many other specs. I have found that going for 20% Haste (26% with buff) and stacking Mastery/Crit is the better option.
As Hursey said. You realy should just start out by enchanting your gear. And getting some glyphs
Read the 5.0.4 thread Endus made. It got the basic needs.