Thanks for pointing that out about my lock's spec, Walexia. He doesn't have a lot of "survivability talents". Almost none, actually. I'll work on the spell pen asap. I'm at like 75 or something. All the info given here has been a help as far as what to gem and what pieces to get, but something is rather confusing.
I was wondering about my choice of main Relentless pieces. I have been told to go both ways. The crit pieces and the spi pieces. I believe the max crit % reduction you can have is 12.5%. I see that Mew has more crit pieces than I would have after I got my gear and he is still only at 16.6% crit. Now with the Mind Melt talent that puts his crit chance of Mind Blast, Mind Flay and Mind Sear at 8.1% and DP, SW:Pain and VT at 10.1% (assuming the 12.5% reduction is correct). That's not much of a crit chance (and mine will be even lower), and the crit dmg reduction would also be a drag.
Now with that said, would my points in Mind Melt and Shadow Power be better spent somewhere else and just forgo the crit pieces for spi pieces?
If I took the spi pieces I would respec to this
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?prie...P,RdwRO-,11403
If I took the crit pieces I would just shift a few points around from my current spec to this
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?prie...1,RdwRO-,11403.
I know Mew said crit was better, but again, I am being told two different things and am wondering what I should do. I am going to pick up my first Relentless main piece (the chestpiece) Tuesday and I want to know if it should be spi or crit. Thanks in advance.