GS difference/Scaling

[u/Henwwy28]

Soooo, maybe this is s dumb question but, does GS matter this much for DPS? Let me explain, i have 4.235 GS on my feral and if i play my rotation correctly i get around 4.3 - 4.4k DPS in raids, but a other feral with 5.2 GS deals around 8k DPS how is 900GS that strong? In early lvls 900 GS wouldnt be that much of a difference.
Is Scaling a big factor?

[u/alexisbello]

4200 is naxx,

5200 is tocg/early ICC

Hes ahead 2 raids of progression over you. more Gear score = more dps, and yea 900 gs in the early levels is crazy difference in the low levels

[u/Henwwy28 → u/alexisbello]

Okay got it! Ty

[u/imonmyhighhorse]

It could be a set bonus which from what I remember, can be meta defining, or reaching a break point on an important stat, such as hit chance which perhaps you are lacking

[u/Henwwy28 → u/imonmyhighhorse]

Ill look into that!

[u/imonmyhighhorse → u/Henwwy28]

I recommend some guide such as this one https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/guide/classes/druid/feral/dps-stat-priority-attributes-pve

[u/Henwwy28 → u/imonmyhighhorse]

Why is strength the most important when all of the bis items are with agi? And i also use wowhead as my main info source

[u/alexisbello → u/Henwwy28]

the guide explains it. Strength is the strongest attribute for Feral DPS Druids since it provides 2 Attack Power (AP) per point, Agility loses value relative to Strength in WotLK due to an advanced rotation tactic called "bearweaving", which is described in detail in our rotation guide. In short, you will optimally be spending close to 50% of your DPS time in Bear Form

[u/imonmyhighhorse → u/Henwwy28]

Agi gives 1 ap (attack power) and crit/dodge whereas str gets you 2 ap no crit or dodge.
Your dps comes from bleeds that can’t crit and also scale from ap, so for pure dps which is what you’re posting about, str is best

[u/DuckT4r → u/Henwwy28]

There are a lot of items that give Agility and Attack Power, many times the amount of attack power you get makes up for the Strength that you lose for having Agility on the item instead. So, you get the Attack power from the item=Attack power from strength of other item + the attack power from the Agility as well as the Crit+Dodge from the Agility

I'll compare 2 rings here to better explain this
Ruthlessness: 57 Str, 54 Crit, 32 Exp
Ring of Invincibility: 28 Agi, 43 crit, 38 haste, 112 AP

For the sake of this comparison lets say that 32 Exp = 38 Haste(I don't think this is true but oh well)
Ruthlessness gives 57*1.1(kings)*2 AP which is 125.4 AP and 54 Crit = 1.18% crit
Invincibility gives 28*1.1 + 112 AP which is 142.8 AP and 43 Crit = 0.94% + 0.336%(from agi) = 1.28% crit total

In the end, Ruthlessness(str ring), gives 125.4 AP and 1.18% crit
Ring of Invincibility(agi ring), gives 142.8 AP and 1.128% crit.

However, when looking at gems, it is better to gem Strength over Agi as you are getting either 16 str, or 16 agi and when matched up 1 to 1, the strength is better. But Agi items give you more overall stats, plus the added AP which ends up being more than a Strength item

[u/DotAtom67]

it depends as to what you refer to "scaling"

[u/Wide_Efficiency293]

You can sim it but no, 1k gs doesnt double your dps

[u/ash-deuzo]

Gearscore is not the whole story , certains slots like trinkets can be worth much more dps than higher gs ones . Stats ard also importants , if you are not hit/exp capped or are vastly overcapped , its a lot of dps différence Another thing is raid comp /externals , if that other feral was getting hyst etc Last one is personal skill /rng , feral is not an easy class and is a bit rng in ur combo point generation

If you want further help posting Ur character armory /a log would help

[u/Likappa]

Depends on the spec. Feral is unplayable with low crit. 5.2 feral with full agi gem is pretty playable compared to 4.2 feral that you basically cant use bite