Originally Posted by
Aion
Is it really all that advisable to gem with a focus on secondary stats over primary? The reason I'm asking is, first of all, it's all variable. The more secondary stats you have the higher the value of the primary, and vice versa. For my Ele shaman right now, in ilvl 536 gear, int is 1, haste is 0.51, and mastery is 0.50, which would indicate it doesn't really matter if I gem 320 haste, mastery, or 160 int. However, if I push all sockets with a focus on say haste, if I re-run Simcraft, it's gonna suggest that now more haste is not as strong of a boost as going with int instead. Same thing in the other direction, if I push int, the simcraft will suggest at that point more secondary stats is better.
With that said, keeping things balanced seems better overall? So right now I put 160 int in red, 80 int / 160 haste in yellow, and 320 haste in the blank sockets or whatever they're called, I forget now. Seems to keep things fairly balanced.