Quote Originally Posted by 'Aradar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120340#post1 20340
According to WoWHead's weight scale which I believe is directly from Elitist Jerks, elemental shaman should weigh thier stats as follows:

Damage = 100
Crit = 78
Haste = 62
Mana Regen = 30
Int = 25
Hit = 5

Which if my math serves me well means they equate 1.61 haste to 1 damage and therefore your answer is no, you shouldn't give up 60 damage for 50 haste, it would have to be around 97 haste to even be equal.
So is Aradar right then. Only get haste when you get 1.61 per 1 damage? Well if your hit rating isn't that good haste might be a better option.. if you think about it with no haste you can get 20 LB in 1 min and 30 LB with haste. On average you miss on every tenth one, so +spell hits 18 times and +haste hits 27 times. The extra 7 times could be a little more then the spell damage.

But on the other side when you crit, you will get a bitter damage done by the +spell. Dam blizzard making us chose.