I'm noticing some very odd behavior in the latest release of Rawr. My BiS list that i use is basically the Plate Priority except for non-plate items(assuming no TAiaJ). Basically i use the badge belt, Sindrogosa neck, and Skeleton Circle. This was BiS for me based on those rules, but the new release now recomends i drop the badge belt for the Valiteria one, and equip some hit gems. I don't understand how the Valitheria belt can be better than the badge belt when you can take advantage of the hit, does this indicate a problem in the latest release? In the previous release this wasn't the case.

That makes sense, I do realize the sample size was relatively small, but I didn't see much fluctuation on our rogues (10.3k to 10.5k on pretty much every attempt) so I assumed a lot of the variation could be accounted to the drain life proc.

Maybe it is the combination of DS procs, drainlife procs and trinket proc syncing that causes the variance, but I was getting a bit worried that Bryntroll was not as good as I thought it would be.

Does this mean that a 3.4 speed weapon is better or worse than a 3.6 speed weapon if the average damage is the identical? Usually you would choose a slower weapon simply because it has higher damage range than a similar ilvl faster one, but assuming damage was equal I get a bit in doubt; More seal procs versus higher seal damage. And does Bryntroll increase or decrease in relative value with 4PT10?

Keep in mind that seals also proc off of DS and CS, and a faster weapon speed will only give you more seal procs from autoattacks.

I am not sure why are you seeing that, but the Dreamwalker belt (crit/ArP) is inferior to the Vengeful Noose (leather ArP/crit badge belt). Also, assuming you can use all the hit on the crit/hit plate badge belt, it is better than using hit gems and a 264 ArP belt. Sometimes Rawr is wrong.

[Footpads of Impending Death] would be a rather huge upgrade for you, so I would suggest crafting them. They would probably even be better for you then Frostbitten Fur Boots in your current gear, since without the expertise you would be severely undercapped.

Just to clarify things: "In the context of this thread, "Best in Slot" means the best items assuming you had access to all 25 man items." This states that the "All Items From Heroic Modes" are BiS over "Plate Items From Heroic Modes", assuming you had access to ANY item from Heroic Modes, correct?

Yes that is correct, otherwise it wouldent be necessary having an all item BiS and a plate BiS list. The plate BiS list is only made for people in guilds that arent allowed to take leather gear above druids/rogues.

Also Enhance Shaman and sometimes Hunters could have priority on rings/necks/cloaks as well. So more people are likely to be using Plate only drops.

The default item cache is not current, so some items are missing a gem socket or stats. It seems the next release will have the current item cache. If you see something that doesn't match the OP, that is likely why it is happening.

It's not supposed to be

Some stuff in rawr got changed from 2.3.8 to 2.3.9, some of it good, some of it bad. If you stick to having 1 rotation defined (bug workaround, see rawr model thread). 2.3.9 should give you better results than 2.3.8, but they will be different. For many people "different" means "wrong" especially if they made bis lists, got that gear, and suddely rawr is telling them something else is better. Such is the nature of bugfixes.

If rawr is indeed putting one item lower than another when it shouldn't be... That's either a bug, or an RNG issue.
If exemplar's and redcapes spreadsheets say another item is better and rawr disagrees, then that's something that could use some investigation.

if haste is involved... it could be a dip/bump in DPS caused by a less/more efficient rotation. Unfortunately haste doesn't result in nice stable DPS curve, it has some fluctuations.

Herkuml War Token is above Normal Whispering fanged skull (251) for 4pc t10 correct?

The OP's general trinket priority puts WFS above the token and I assume with anything other than 4pc t10 WFS would be better

I'm quite certain you're mistaken. The main issue is that even if HWT looks good on paper, it's not good in practice. We stack the debuff too slowly and there are too many fights where the stack can drop off, it just doesn't make sense.