[Guardian] Loot specialization question

[Donkald]

I've recently switched my spec from feral to guardian and I'm unsure what spec to set for loot specialization. It seems feral is the better choice for the dps stats (crit)...but...am I missing something here? I mostly do LFR and Flex, if that helps guide the answer.

[Ciacco75]

It should only affect trinkets.

[Trubo]

I've recently switched my spec from feral to guardian and I'm unsure what spec to set for loot specialization. It seems feral is the better choice for the dps stats (crit)...but...am I missing something here? I mostly do LFR and Flex, if that helps guide the answer.

The only possible differences between Guardian and Feral loot specializations are Trinkets and Tier (Sha of Anger/Nalak/Celestials onlysince they drop specific pieces and not tokens). Otherwise they are the exact same choices.

[Donkald]

So you're saying if I set my specialization to "Guardian" the loot I get won't have a bunch undesirable of dodge/etc on it? Actually...come to think of it...does leather armor with passive mitigation stats exist? I can't think of actually ever seeing it..... (affects Guardians and Brewmasters) .....?

Edit: Nevermind. I finally got Google to give me what I was looking for and found a battle.net post explaining the history of leather tanking gear. Bottom line: No passive mitigation stats (dodge/parry) exist on leather tanking gear since WotLK.

[Arielle]

If you have it set to Guardian you have a chance to receive: Vial, Hubris, Rook's, and Jugg. Plus tier pieces off of world bosses.

Feral gets you: AoC plus tier pieces off of world bosses.

Everything else is shared.