being evil isnt having its regular kickback

[Salarius]

Short Version of this post: is how do I max my dps to the numbers all the other casters are putting out?

TLR Version... I've been doing tons of pugs and all of my gear is 316ilevel or higher. I tend to be the only hit capped person in my randoms yet some how I am only doing half the damage I did in wrath. For example on the 2nd boss in Stonecore there are quite a few arial phases where I am the only one who can dps. Some how the all melee group I was in all pulled 5-7k+ in thier non hit capped 292 greens while I working my ass off and only seeing my hits move the boss bar any did a measly 3.5.
WTH is my toon broken this way.....!!! and if it's the whole class please say so. The only fault i can gather would be in my spec because my rotation is obvious (SW:P, DP, VT, MFx3, then MB when proced) feel free to point out my spec is silly, i was thinking the more damage bonuses the better but evangelism is only helpful when not consumed according to my drdamage. http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...alarius/simple

[Malvision]

Is everyone in your PuG level 83?

Maybe you should try to increase spell power for more punch. But to be honest, I would just get to 85 first then worry about your max dps.

Don't compare to WOTLK.

[ariatas]

as shadowpriest you are quite gear dependant so until 85 your dps will probably suck till you got some decent gear and while lvling i shouldn't worry to much about hit cap either

[Kewi]

^^ What that person said...

Levels 81, 82, and 83 just utterly destroy your %'s... you should avoid 'hit cap' and go for 'mostly hit capped' and use those extra points to bump up other stats.

Hitting a +3 mob is not *that* important while leveling, especially if you're doing stonecore at 83 -- I don't think any mobs are 86+ on normal stonecore.

[Salarius]

Yea I just dumped a good precentage of haste items in favor for hit ><, but I think i was going by an old model of haste not affecting the ticks of my dots which has been changed so it's possible I just nerffed myself

[jtkohl]

I don't play a priest (never really liked them)
I do play a mage, and one word of advice i can give you - as others have said, is do not go for hit cap.
I didn't worry about reaching cap until I was ready to raid. Just watch your percent to make sure you can hit a mob two levels higher than you without problems. That is like 7% as a caster or something (it might be more I do remember)
So there really is no point in hit cap until you start on raids. at that point, you want the hit, because you will see a difference in those hit capped and those not hit capped. until that point, dont worry about it.

[zenkai]

You only need 6% hit for heroics (anything 2 lvls higher than you) and is quiet easy to get with spirit converting to hit. Once you get 6% hit convert all your spirit into haste (pref) or crit (if only choice) Once your haste starts getting up there combine with getting more INT/SP you will do really good dps on most boss fights, pending you do our priority rotation right.