Confirmed 1.9 Patch Notes

[Treesh]

Uh, what?  I was pointing directly AT differences in specs, and saying "Prophecy/Transcendence aren't useful for a Shadow priest" - essentially, not useful for a DPS priest.

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Then why mention PvP at all if it was for shadow vs holy/disc instead of PvP vs PvE?

No sane Shadow priest would ever wear Devout, Prophecy, or Transcendence for PvP gear.  Most Shadow priests who want a tier 0 set for PvP will collect Dreadmist for the focus on stamina and the minor Shadow damage boost.  Any Shadow priest who wants a tier 1 or 2 epic set for PvP is SOL,
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Emphasis added by me. Now, I can say the same thing for holy and discipline priests. They won't help in PvP because there isn't the stamina and damage boost. I really don't think priests are quite in the same boat as druids on this. If you want to max your feral damage, you're looking at completely different stats than you would for restoration or balance. Strength isn't going to help your balance at all, it won't help your restoration at all; Intelligence and spirit aren't going to help your ferocious bite or maul. Intell and spirit will still help a priest in PvE with healing and throwing out more spells, regardless of spec. Priests, regardless of spec, are still basically just casters, whether we're healing or DPSing. Druids can be meleers or casters and require different equipment to do both because Blizzard won't implement gear that benefits both the melee role and the caster role of druids. That's why druids have more of a right to complain about end game itemization hurting their different specs than priests do, in my opinion.