9/10 times it’s always been random roll class priority which to me means you roll for armor within your armor class (plate, mail, leather, cloth) and if it’s going to be sharded or nobody within that armor class needs it for their main spec than it’s up for grabs by all.

Looking at the new mechanics and spells though that paladins get (using pally as an example here) I can see a ret paladin having some spell power gear. Plate is unique though because if plate with spell power drops there is only one class that can use it since death knights only use strength, crit, hit, etc and their spell’s damage (death coil and dots) are affected by their attack power.

so spell power is the new +dmg/healing stat but you can tell what pieces are for what class.

priests will have cloth with spirit + mp5 and spell power
warlocks will have stamina + hit and spell power
mages will have intellect + crit and spell power

leather’s easier. it’s either got rogue stats on it or it’s got moonkin stats. blizzard already said they are not making leather with strength for bear druids because it’d just muck up the loot world more than it needs to be. druids can spec for more tanking stats or spec for dps stats. but that’s their lot.

more than anything right now shaman and hunters are going to feel the crunch because enhance shamans (like me) need AGI+INT+hit just as much if not more than hunters do.

On one hand as a pally any plate that drops with spell power is still prob considered “healer” loot since blizzard nerfed spell dmg ret pallies a few patches ago. But now if a “+spell power” piece drops, instead of rolling against only the priests, druids or shammies, I now have to roll against mages & locks too? What will likely happen is the priests will demand that healers can only roll on the highest for of armor you can wear (pally plate, shammy mail, druid leather) because priests are gonna have a hard enough time rolling on cloth against the other cloth wearing dps.