Originally Posted by LodeRunner
The RED is not a good gem for Warriors to use in PvP settings, chiefly because of the existence of Resilience. We've covered this. Option A still wins.
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I don't really agree with this generalization. Would the gem be better if resilience didn't exist? Sure, but just because resilience exists doesn't make it not a viable choice for metagem.
I would say that it depends more on your goals and team composition. I can't speak for all warriors in all situations but I know that for my composition (war/priest playing at 2000-2100) after switching to more crit along with the new metagem we had better success with teams that were consistently beating us like druid/x though we still struggle against those matchups.
Our general strat is to go all out on the druid with DPS help from my priest partner (he's tri-spec). We found that most of our wins are a result of a good series of crits combined with mace stuns and blackout procs; sustained damage doesn't really matter since if we don't win the game in the beginning we almost always lose. Why not put ourselves in a position to get "lucky" with most potential burst? 3% could mean the difference between execute range or not.
My current gear for reference (~37% crit in zerker):
The World of Warcraft Armory