Noobish Questions (updated frequently)

[Lissa]

So I should probably stop making new threads with each of my questions, so I made this one with the all-purpose title I can put follow ups in later.
1) What's the math for how spirit interacts with health/mana regen? Would a human warlock regening both pools be more mana efficient than a gnomish warlock's int?

For a Warlock, Spirit is a useless stat because of Life Tap. Life Tap + Bandage will get you more Mana per minute than going for all out spirit.

Now, the reason I choose a Human vs. a Gnome for Warlock is because of something a bit more sublime...Line of Sight issues. The shorties (Dwarves and Gnomes) have real problems where a Human or Night Elf would not (a small rise may have no effect on a Human's Line of Sight, but it can block a Gnome's Line of Sight).

2) Does the fire damage bonus from improved scorch multiply with the base bonuses from firepower or add? Speaking of which, do critical strikes multiply with the bonuses? Do bonuses to critical strike damage factor into the total critical damage or just the critical bonus?

There is a simple rule involving damage in WoW. If the damage is + then it directly adds to the base damage. If the damage is %, it multiplies against the final summed up damage (spell damage + damage + modifiers, ie, Shadow Bolt does 500 damage and you have +200 damage and a +10% damage, the final resulting damage would be [500 + 200] * 1.1 = 770).

3) How does chill/frost/freeze work? 1 second ice bolts with 15% chance to freeze for 5 seconds is pretty sexy.

First off, unless you stick with the lowest levels of Frostbolt, the fastest your highest level Frostbolt will typically be 2.5 seconds (after you reach your mid 20s, Frostbolt 4 or 5 takes 3 seconds to cast and talents can drop that to 2.5 seconds). Now, the way freeze on chance works is when you Frostbolt hits the target, there is a percentage chance that it will freeze the target in place. This means that if the chance is 15%, then 1 out of every 7 Frostbolts should freeze the target (but we're dealing with a PRng here, not a true random so you mileage may vary).

4) Are shadow priests fun? What's the most fun class, in your opinion?
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I enjoy them. Others may not. The only way to know is to try them and the test realm is a good place to try out various builds to get an idea of what you may find fun.