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On my priest, so far, I've been balancing Intellect versus Spirit. But today I decided look into the math behind it...and am surprised at the results.

Apparently, for a priest, 1 intellect = 15 mana. Simple enough. (Also, it increases crit slightly, I'll ignore this).

And, for a priest, 1 spirit increases your mana regen rate by 0.25 every 2 seconds, as long as you haven't casted a spell in the last 5 seconds. (You gain mana every 2 seconds).

So we'll say 1 spirit = 0.125 every second.

But, I've got the "Meditation" talent, which means I do keep 15% of my mana regen, if I've casted a spell in the last 5 seconds.

So, right after casting a spell, 1 spirit = 0.01875 every second.

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So let's think about a 2-minute hard fight in a dungeon. I figure 20% of the time during the fight I'm getting full regen, and 80% of the time I'm getting meditation regen.

* 1 intellect = 15 extra mana for the fight.
* 1 spirit = 120 * (20% * 0.125 + 80% * 0.01875) = 4.8 extra mana for the fight.

So the 1 intellect is much better!

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OK how about a 2-minute easy fight in a dungeon. I figure 60% of the time during the fight, I'm getting full regen, and 40% of the time during the fight, I'm getting meditation regen.

* 1 intellect = 15 extra mana for the fight.
* 1 spirit = 120 * (60% * 0.125 + 40% * 0.01875) = 9.9 extra mana for the fight.

1 intellect is still much better!

I didn't even take into account that, if my mana bar ever gets full during the fight, I don't regen any mana for a few seconds, so that makes spirit even worse.

And I didn't even take into account that, intellect gives bonus to healing crits!!

I made a spreadsheet. Even in a THREE MINUTE EASY FIGHT, 1 spirit only ends up giving me 14.9 extra mana for the fight. Still not enough.
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