Originally Posted by
Expandus
From an affliction point of view there is no reason to think that a lot of the items will change.
You will still need 4 tier items, and there is no reason upgraded ilvs would change the off-piece from being the head.
There is still only 1 real caster ring that drops so that shouldn't change either, and same with offhand only 1 real option.
For trinkets you have 3 options, but because ilev scaling isn't quite linear, and extra ilevs on a high ilev items gives you more extra stats then on a lower ilev item, the cosmos and essence trinkets should get even better compared to the relic then what they are now.
The only reason i can see for a possible change for the feet and neck would be if we suddenly have to much hit and there are better options, can't see that as very likely though.
That leaves the weapon, and this could change to Loshan. Shouldn't be very hard to sim it and find out.
It's also important to note that it's gonna take like half a year to upgrade all your gear, so the next raid tier will probably be released before you have everything upgraded.