1. Depends if you use Glyph of Starfire and what rotation
Lunar rotation, latest SimulationCraft
w/o: IS > MF, 110 vs 77
with: They are the same dps gain (112 vs 116)
2. Starfall is about 3-5% of your damage, 20% on top of that is just less than 1%

Importantly, for a non-hasted GCD (1.5s). You could macro a swap into any instant cast and lose only the difference between your hasted GCD and 1.5s. But the problem is that you're not regularly casting an instant every time you swap from Starfire to Wrath or back, so there's no reliable way to get the switch off. Also, it would add a ton of complexity to the rotation.

In my most recent spreadsheet model, I see them as IS > SF > MF.

The thing is, you can make up missing hit with either food or gems. With food, you trade 46 sp for 40 hit; with gems, you trade 47 sp for 40 hit (2.5 gems). So the gain of using hit food is essentially nonexistent for bosses, and it's far less convenient. And if the yellow gems let you pick up any socket bonuses at all, then spellpower food is better from even a perfectionist standpoint. Also, as someone pointed out above, if you're not even using spellpower food for trash, you're not gaining any benefit there in the first place. A person who was willing to swap food every time for trash/bosses could therefore get a small gain on trash compared to the rest of us, but I doubt very many people want to do this (and it certainly doesn't belong in a general guide).

I currently use icewalker. The hit-rating takes me just over the soft-cap. After reading this im going too get the enchant but the thing im wondering is if the runspeed enchant is worth using even if this puts you under the cap? I will, of course, switch out some gems. But if i didn't have this option, would it still be better too use it or would it be better too wait until you get an upgrade with more hit on it?

Great info so far.
The question I did not see answered here is, does IFF stack with Master Poisoner or Heart of the Crusader. I raid 99% of the time with a rogue with Master Poisoner so was just curious if IFF is going to make a difference.

Hello everyone,

I recently started raiding as balance and my dps is simply horrid. On Deconstructor I barely pulled 3k, on Council it was closer to 2.5 overall, on fights like patchwerk I hover around 3k.

I realize I'm slightly under the hit cap but surely that cant account for the DPS I seem to be pulling.

Seeing as I'm over 400 haste, I assume I should be using Lunar rotation, yet some people still swear by Solar. I dont have mana issues if thats a factor.

Also, how is my rotation? I normally use IFF > IS > MF > Wrath until proc > Starfire (during eclipse). I never know which spell to cast post eclipse though, should it be wrath or starfire until iCD runs out?

About the dots, I was told to only refresh them when eclipse is not up, never during eclipse, yet on some threads it is suggested to refresh moonfire whenever it goes down. Sort of confusing.
Third, My rotation is pretty much: IFF > IS > MF > Wrath until proc > SF > SF after proc while reapplying dots whenever they go off.

So I go to you the educated EJ moonkin folks, please help me.

I personally go with iFF > IS > MF > W til Eclipse > SF til eclipse is off cooldown. I only refresh dots during Eclipse at 6sec for IS and 9 for MF so they have time to tick a few times. I usually average 5-6k in most Ulduar fights with a couple going higher and a couple lower depending on fight mechanics.

The reasoning behind Lunar Eclipse over Solar is even if you're at the 400 cap Bloodlust or haste procs/mechanics for most encounters will put you over the haste cap and I don't like altering my rotation for 40sec or more a fight.

I can't see Armory atm, stupid bugginess. But I assume you're favoring spell damage over everything, it is worth it to gem hit to the cap though seeing as Hit is worth so much more than spell damage til you hit the cap. The same is universally true for gear selection and food choice.

I'd gem and use runspeed.

I did say that part of the point of this thread was to absorb these sorts of questions, but you should still really only be asking them after you're already trying out the advice in the OP. It's not clear you've read it yet.

What testing did you do? Or do you just anecdotally decide the above and call that testing? Not to mention there are 50 other posts that tell you than around 400 Haste you cap Wrath at the GCD. And finally, I have no clue what the last question even means. I suggest reading the post above yours and taking the same advice.

Link your armory and a log and we might be able to help.

Hello everyone, my first post here & I didnt have much time for theory crafting lately due to work.

With the JC change comming i was looking at my profs again, but i read here that Engi. is one of the worst profs to get. But I vaguely remember some posts that it was pretty awesome when they made the cd 1min, so you could use it every second eclipse.
Now i'm wondering why it is that bad, i cant find the old posts(it might even not have been on this forum) but were they just wrong ? or is the haste worse now cause i should change to a wrath/solar eclipse maybe ?

Thanks in advance,
Hugzy

Just plug your numbers into WC and check, but probably Starfire.