The Mana Pool Has Been Fixed in Mists of Pandaria

The development team for Mists of Pandaira has been really good at . At 90, all Priests will have a total mana pool of 300,000 regardless of intellect.  As a caster your mana pool will be pre-set by your level and your talent spec. The Mana Pool Has Been Fixed in Mists of Pandaria For example at level 85 all players that have a mana pool will have 20,000 mana.  This is them modified by your talent spec. Safe Wow Gold, Looking at the Paladin class as an example if you are Protection or Retribution your mana stays the same at 20,000, however if you are Holy part of the spec is an extra 400% mana granting you a total of 100,000 mana.

Some classes that are considered mana based casters in all specs, such as Priests, Mages, and Warlocks, start with a base mana pool of the caster value. This is a small difference that becomes very important later on.

Compare that to a Holy Paladin that has a base mana pool of 20,000, but really has 100,000 mana due to the bonus 400% mana granted from choosing the Holy spec. If the Paladin casts a heal that costs 10% of base mana the spell will only cost 2,000 mana.

Therefore, you should expect to see vast differences in the costs of spells between classes. Buy Wow Gold Instant Delivery, Based on the examples above a Holy Paladin healing spell that did the exact same thing as the Priests would be listed as costing 50% of their base mana pool.  This would mean 50% of 20,000 at level 85, or a total of 10,000 mana.

Intellect and Spirit – Pre MoP - The argument for this change
Right now intellect is king for all casters.  It grants bigger heals or damage, a larger mana pool, and affects the mana regeneration rate of spirit.  While you do want / need some spirit gear, intellect is the number one stat until you a large enough mana pool that you are good for fights. Once you have enough mana, then you worry about regeneration with spirit.  However since intellect affects mana regeneration through spirit as well, it gets really complicated and many people just stack Intellect.

There's been some discussion and confusion about mana pools, spell costs, and intellect.Cheapest World Of Warcraft Gold, The Mana Pool Has Been Fixed in Mists of Pandaria I know that this is a vast over simplification, as truly savy players maximize the effects of spirit vs. intellect all the time, and shift stats back and forth to gain the most benefit.  However, if viewed as a fresh level 85 character in leveling greens and you are going to buy your first epic gear, intellect wins by at least a factor of 2x until you have lots of it.