Eye of Gruul vs. Pendant of the Violet Eye vs. Seaspray Albatross
I hit revered with the SSO folks recently and picked up the recipe for a pretty nice-looking mp5 trinket. Is it better than either of mine though? I decided to take a look…
Passives
EoG: 44 +healing
PotVE: +40 Intellect
SA: 18 mp5
Extras
EoG: Equip: 2% chance on heal spell cast to reduce the mana cost of next heal spell by 450 (note: does not work for healing with Holy Shock, near as I can tell).
PotVE: Use: Each spell cast within 20 seconds stacks a 21 mp5 buff. 2-minute cooldown.
SA: Use: Restores 900 mana over 12 seconds. 3-minute cooldown.
Comparison on a numbers level
1 Item Point: 18 +healing, 8 intellect, 3 mp5
Passives
Eye of Gruul passive: 2.444
PotVE passive: 5 points (default); 5.5 (5/5 Divine Intellect); 7.625 (5/5 Divine Intellect and 5/5 Holy Guidance)
Seaspray passive: 6 points
Extras
Eye of Gruul extra: Depends on how often you’re casting spells, and how much they cost! Difficult to quantify. Especially considering that as a paladin, it makes a Flash of Light free, but reduces the cost of a max-rank Holy Light by a little more than half…and depends on what class you are, etc. I rate this at about 10 points for me. Would be more for a paladin that downranks and spams Holy Light instead of Flash of Light. Or more still if I would notice when it was up and cast HL instead of FoL.
PotVE extra: Depends entirely on how much you cast during that time. This is a trinket for those casters that can and benefit from constantly casting spells. Holy paladins, resto shaman, and dps casters in particular such as elemental shamans or balance druids. Also difficult to quantify! But I like this better than the Eye of Gruul. If you use it in conjunction with Bloodlust (which now lowers your global cooldown) you can rack this up pretty high. 8-9 points for standard FoL spam with no haste buffs.
Seaspray Albatross extra: Ah, finally something straightforward. 900 mana every 3 minutes. 25 mp5, 8.333 points.
Totals
Eye of Gruul: About 15.5 points About 13.05 points
PotVE: About 16-17 points
Seaspray Albatross: 14.33 points exactly
Old text: So, I guess not! Unless I’m weighing the EoG too heavily, which is a possibility. I kinda guestimated how much mp5 it would equate to based on the percentages I think I cast FoL vs. HL. And it ended up seeming like a lot, so I toned it down from 12 to 10. It is only a minor difference, and the SA trinket is potentially more reliable as far as mana regen/conservation/efficiency goes. Plus, I’d have to buy two Seaspray Emeralds with my precious badges. I was hoping to save up for the 100-badge paladin tank chestpiece to replace that old piece of Righteousness that I’ve had for forever.
So, um, whoops. I rescind that, I will be making a Seaspray Albatross. Yay mana.
May 9, 2008 at 7:39 pm
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