Solo Play and CritFollow

I do a lot of soloing, and I have noticed that Crit is worth a LOT more to me than Haste. The reason for this is that when I crit, and do double damage, I can end a given encounter faster. The faster I end the encounter the less spells I need to cast. The less spells I cast, the more MP I have to keep going. In addition I am able to take less damage. Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but for solo play, I think Crit trumps Haste.

Crit is before haste on the attribute priority list.

Agility > Hit/Expertise* > Mastery > Crit > Haste
* To spell cap

Shaman benefit very little from haste.

ELEMENTAL TRAITOR SCUM!

Edit: According to EJ, the Elemental priority is:

Spirit/Hit (until capped) >> Intellect > Haste = Mastery >> Crit

Of course, this is level capped, so...

Edit2: What I mean by this is that crit would end fights faster. On the other hand, while I was leveling my Shammy as Elemental (don't judge me), I found that a Lava Burst (on Flame Shock) followed by a single Lightning Bolt was enough to kill most stuff. Especially if you could get an Unleash Flame in before the Lava Burst. O-O-O-OVERKILL!

Edited, Aug 25th 2011 9:14pm by Mazra

I like haste over crit when mastery isn't an option. When leveling you don't really have a choice in your gear though as you pretty much just go with whatever has the most Int.

I can dig that Citrus. I do like the extra crit as when I solo I find myself often killing things with a couple of lightning bolts as opposed to setting up a dot. The mobs die so fast that I barely get any ticks out of Flame Shock as is. Now if we are talking an elite that I am soloing I definitely will use Lava Burst and Crit will not be a huge priority.