Originally Posted by
Yoshimiko
Let's put it into bigger numbers here. Which do you want - 4000 int or 4000 spirit? Maybe a mix between the two? 40 int here, 40 int there, all of a sudden you're looking at THOUSANDS of points difference.(JUST looking at current gear - The difference between fully gemming and enchanting int vs spirit is something like 900, with the added bonus of heart song vs power torrent)
40 int might not matter, but compound that on every.single.piece of gear, and every.single. gem slot, ontop of every.single.enchant - and you have a lot of variation here.