Originally Posted by AniwenofLothar
A question for the "pro" rogues out there...
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I notice you already got some really great responses on your rotation and such so I don't really have much to add there. From looking at your armory, though, it feels like you're oversocketing stam and agility when you're not really lacking them at all - imho, you'd be better served by socketing the hell out of +8 hit or +4hit +4agi gems anywhere you can - girdle of treachery is the biggest offender; you REALLY don't need that stam, and 3 agi isn't worth wasting that many itemization points.
No guarantees, YMMV and such, but I think if you boosted your hit you'd see an across-the-board improvement in DPS, from a combination of increased white damage, increased proc rates, and better energy management due to CP proccing slightly more. In my case, going from around 200-225 hit all the way up to the hit cap (308, in my case) made a tremendous difference in my effectiveness.
The rest is most likely due to getting the wrong buffs for your class, like a couple other people have said. If your raid composition prevents you from getting the appropriate buffs to do good DPS, there's very little you can do about it... my guess would be that the other rogues topping your DPS are simply geared and specced in a way that makes them less dependent on buffs.
On the topic of AR, the AR technique you describe is basically identical to mine, except I don't equip Use trinkets, and I find it pretty effective. It does help to chug a haste pot before or after popping AR, though, to maximize the number of procs you get during the duration - on Gruul in particular I typically chug 3-5 pots in an attempt, timed to coincide with BF and AR. It's definitely effective if eating hateful strikes is your goal, at least.

On the other hand, I'm absolutely awful at using cooldowns effectively (which is why I don't use Use trinkets), so this may be entirely bad advice. Just figured I'd throw my two cents in since I haven't seen any in depth responses on this subject yet.
Since you mention rupture, are you sure your feral druids are keeping Mangle up at all times? Worth checking into, at least; I've had the misfortune of running with bad druids who forget to mangle consistently.