Originally Posted by
Meiffert
Let's just do some very basic napkin math here:
Let's take a 5 minute encounter (not that it matters, just for simplicity).
The total amount of finishers should be between 70 and 90 (just from some of my logs on Krosus/Star Augur).
Soul of the Highlord
- 20 % more finishers from the talent, means ~16 more
- TV average cast does ~1.2m damage, therefore we gain almost 20m damage
- 1053 secondary stats (ilvl 955, highest that wowhead currently shows)
- at ~10 dps per point of stats and 5 minute fight, we gain about 3m more
Total damage gained: ~23m
Liadrin's
- 3 extra finishers per Crusade, 3 Crusades per fight
- TV during Crusade deals about 1.7m, so we gain about 15m damage
- 4096 secondary stats (ilvl 955)
- at ~10 dps per point and 5 minute fight, we gain ~12m damage
Total damage gained: ~27m
Now, this math is very basic and doesn't take into account various other factors, such as opportunity cost of those GCD that are now spent on the extra finishers (more of them for Highlord's ring, but more during Crusade for Liadrin's) etc.
But at the end of the day, the new ring is likely worse or at the very least not much better than Liadrin's.
Liadrin's isn't even our best legendary, even though one of the rings might end up being best if we have to reserve the cloak and shoulder spots for t19 2p + t20 4p.
The sad thing is that it wouldn't surprise me at all if we actually end up being nerfed because people like you who don't bother to check any numbers, but immediately start losing their minds and spreading the news of how op paladins will be with DP + Crusade.