Hello,
In truth, I've never been good at tuning my character so it's optimal. In TBC I left out some very important enchants, and I bought green gems. In WotLK, I was slightly better, but still not good enough. In Cata, I was better, but I PvPed throughout the expansion and when it came to enchanting, gemming and reforging my gear I looked up famous Warriors and copied from them. I'm trying PvE now, and I want to change this.
I've been having a look at the Icy Veins Arms Warrior Guide. There it states that:
The stat priority for an Arms Warrior is:
Expertise Rating (until 7.5%);
Hit Rating (until 7.5%);
Strength;
Critical Strike Rating;
Haste Rating;
Mastery Rating.
I understand that, for the most part. But how do I achieve that?
Gemming: I'm not sure if I should gem to max out Exp, Hit, or just stack strenght gems, if you see what I mean. What is the common thing to do and why? Is gemming for that purpose? Is it better to gem for a primary stat or a secondary?
Enchanting: I'm guessing this one is a little easier, since there is only a few things you can actually choose. Bracers for example, there only seems to be enchants for strength. Though I'm probably incorrect on that.
Reforging: This one seems to make more sense to me. I find that it makes sense to change mastery to either exp or hit. Is that the correct thing to do?
Now let's say I've capped my hit and exp. It says that strength is next, followed by crit. Again, how should I go about this? It all comes down to what method I use to achieve the caps, isn't it? If it turns out the correct way is to get capped via gemming, should I then gem some of my gear with hit and then when I'm capped just put strength gems on everything?
Also, I find the concept of going for strength over crit is odd. How do I know when I should be going for crit? When am I finished strength, if you know what I mean.
As you can probably tell, I'm most likely over complicating it a bit and probably missing something crucial. I'd be VERY grateful if someone could explain all of this to me, perhaps starting with the basics. :S
Thanks for your time.