Originally Posted by
Vulcanasm
When you use your secondary spec, how important is it that you maximize DPS?
On live, Enhancement DPS blows Elemental DPS away -- to the point where, if you have solid access to Agi items, gear sharing isn't worth the trade-off.
The *claim* is that Elemental DPS is increasing in 5.2, but I fear it won't last. Poor scaling is a chronic problem with Elemental, to the point where we find their catch-all talents getting buffed almost every version patch (and they inevitably fall behind at the end of each tier). Historically, Enhancement doesn't have this problem nearly as often or nearly to the same degree. Elemental is "that class that doesn't scale", and my instinct tells me it'll always be this way.
Are you comfortable with that? The good news is it'll be easy to gear...