Question

[fenagis]

I have heard and read that as a feral druid in cat I need strength over agility till i hit 10k ap? That i can understand and with the new bear tanking mechanic with crits giving us a shield a portion of our ap whats better for a bear tank (986 agility unbuffed currently) when i upgrade should i go for agility for the dodge and crit chance or go for more str for a higher ap (for my shield)?
Thanks in advance i would get on the ptr and check myself but forsome reason I cant seemt o get my toon transfered over to the ptr this time.

[Lionhearte0]

First of all, as of 3.1, you'll likely be wanting agility over strength. SR is going to flat damage and Gore is too sexy to pass up.

As for a bear, I would still go for agility. Savage Defense is meh imo, and focusing on buffing that is less valuable than Agility would provide (crit, dodge, armor).

[fenagis]

Thank you, thats what i was thinking but good to have someone esle thinking the same way :P

[Elchampion]

I am sticking with st right now because i tested how my stats would look on http://chardev.org if i changed all my gems to agi and all i saw is i got a bit more crit but lost a ton more ap for doing it so i don't think its worth getting agi over st right now.

[baseball]

in 3.1, agility once again becomes the preferred stat for both bears and cats, for the reasons lionhearte mentioned.

I disagree with his review of SD, but he is right that even though agility doesn't give AP in bear form, it's by far the best tanking stat.

[enigmaran]

Savage defense is not meh - it's borderline OP on the PTR atm - it mroe than compensates for the armor and stam losses.

However with all the changes - as long as you're in naxx 25 level gear and higher - it seems that agi will be at minimum on par with str. for dps and a healthy mix of stam and agi will be nice for tanking.
(for tanking: agi in red slots, agi stam in blue since shifting opals are being added, and in yellow I'd say agi/hit or expertise or even stam/defense if you want the bonus depending on your other stats)

for dps - agi in red, likely agi stam in blue depending on socket bonus and agi/hit,crit or expertise in yellow

[fenagis]

thanks again for all the responses.
(as i am only in naxx 10 gear small guild) I likely wont see the 25 man gear anytime soon.