Quote Originally Posted by BrothelMeister View Post
Only looking for PvP thoughts, as the title explains: Haste vs Crit?

I've been wondering what a difference it would make If I took all the pvp gear I have with crit on it and converted to haste.

The since crits hit for double, a 1% increase in crit chance would equate to a 1% increase in overall damage; in the same sense a 1% increase in haste increases casting speed by 1%, and thus overall damage output by 1%.

Since 32.79 rating is required for 1% haste, and 45.91rating is required for 1% spell crit, which one is actually better?

One thing I see as important is clearcasting. After a crit, the next 2 spellcasts do 10% more damage (from talents), so critting more means that more spells (especially the Lava Bursts) will hit that much harder, but only up to a certain point before getting diminishing returns. Not sure If anyone else has done the math for when spell crit becomes less ideal to aim for, even tho I still see nearly all the 2K+ multi boxers still aim for crit rating on their gear. (with the exception of the pieces that they get hit rating on).

Thoughts?
I dont think the bold part can be stated that simple, that said, the only crit pieces you can replace with haste pieces are cloak and neck, so besides that you rely on or pve gear on gemslots. The totem from frost badges gives quite some haste aswel on LB casts.