So most of the Evoker forums have been about the legendary item. Does it really matter that much for playing a Evoker at this point, or is it okay to not have it? I would personally love to have it as much as the next Evoker but I just wanted to put it out there to see if I’m crazy for not trying to get it. What is everyone else’s thoughts? 
Compared to a 447 crafted weapon, it sims at about a 5-6% damage increase as devastation. It doesn’t change anything about the playstyle, so it only really matters for min maxing damage. Nobody complaining about the drop is raiding mythic or pushing 25s+ so min maxing damage to that extent doesn’t really matter.
Just seems to come down to the fact that they don’t like doing less damage because they didn’t get a drop, but the raid staff from vault was similar in this regard if you never got it, and nobody complained about that.
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It’s a really good weapon, that’s all. They gatekept it far harder than they should have considering its class/racial importance and I feel terrible for those who don’t have it despite hard work, but it’s really just a weapon with a trinket-like buffing ability attached to it.
Its a pretty bad experience all things considered. High value gear like trinkets and stuff have always existed but legendaries are supposed to be really cool things that you work towards often with your group and have a good time getting. Having it at mount drop rng feels awful for a season even if it is possible to just play without it, being rng gated feels awful. Especially when you have what was once a wow token worth of mats in your bags/bank all patch in anticipation for something that never dropped.
At this point its pretty clear they mean for it to get phased out next patch though it might still be a relevant pick for preservation evoker since it ups group damage a bit. It is not necessary for next patch hopefully, but it should not be forgotten that the implementation of this legendary aside from the hype first drop from the world first race thing was garbage.
To be fair, I have seen the cracked crystal drop more often than the Hellforged skin…
I’ve seen 2 lego and 5 mounts
I’ve seen 4 leggos and 1 mount 
Not a good comparison due to the fact the staff dropped far more often.
The staff wasn’t even a “very rare item”, and could even be obtained from the vault and weekly rewards
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Staff dropped much more and had more places that it could drop from.
I vaulted the staff, and our second evoker didn’t get one until like 3 months in lol. Saw the “rare” trinket more than the staff
I have 2 different teams I raid with and between both teams we had around 5-6 evokers, and we all got it in the first 3 weeks 
Got it to drop plenty more times, so many we had to D/E them. Also saw tons in heroic boxes and vault.
Many top evokers had it super early on as well, compared to the legendary which most didn’t have it at all for a while.
Statistically, that staff will drop far more often than this legendary item.
This legendary item as of now has a lower drop chance than “Very Rare” items in the current tier, based on how many people have obtained it.
Sounds like nobody should be complaining about not receiving it then
Its an increase, I couldn’t find it, but I think someone ran the numbers and said it was equivalent to like a 470 weapon (could be wrong on this). Anecdotally, people hate the random drop legendary thing (I’d rather have this gated behind a really cool quest chain like the Cata daggers)
I think the complaints are valid, especially considering legion legendary items being an RNG drop didn’t stick well with the community, the hunter bow in SL didn’t stick well with the community, and now this one.
Also the fact a legendary item is only going to be relevant one patch and will get replaced by a heroic weapon the final boss drops (or M+ vault look), is not a good feeling when having to spend the time and gold to get it in the first place.
Blizzard learned their lesson and are making the next legendary better to get, but it doesn’t resolve the issues with this one.
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Based on preheats most recent video the mace off of the final boss on normal will be slightly better than the legendary. Sucks :(.
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