Hi, when i use the classic BiS calculator it always goes for 7% hit rating on my shadow priest.
Since shadow priests get 10% spell hit from talents the hit cap is 6%.
On raid bosses the chance to miss a spell is 17% but you cannot lower it to less than 1%.
Therefore only 16% hit is needed, and the optimizer should only go for 6% hit on gear on a shadow priest.
Is the calculator actually trying to get 17% hit by mistake or does it think that the gear with the useless extra hit just is better in other ways?
I’m not sure exactly why it picks the item - it’s possible that the code is letting sw:p and mind flay crit - I’ll put in a little update for that and then we can see if the suggestion changes.
We have this changed queued up, I’ll try to get an update soon.
Usually we can make a change like this and update in a day or two, but because the Shadowlands pre-patch is coming very soon (most likely in 2 weeks), we have not been absolutely buried in work. I’ll try to get a classic site update this week sometime.
Part of updating for Shadowlands involves a server update on our end for Classic too, so we’re trying to keep changes to a minimum to both sites until after the pre-patch.