Yeah I also considered that fact. Trinkets seems to be harder to get than armorpieces / weapons imo.

Quick EXP questions for combat.

Is each point an upgrade? Meaning despite the percentage display not changing, is 701 better than 700?

781 is the current cap. Is point 781 worth less than point 780? The EXP point that gets you to 780 has an EP value of 1.6. What is the value of point 781?

Lastly, in reality getting EXACTLY 781 is pretty tough. Is it better to be 2 over, or 2 under?

Yes, every point counts. 701 is better than 700.

As a general rule, under. If you're a bit under, that means you have 2 points of itemization that are giving you some other stat (haste, say) instead of Expertise - so that's 2 itemization points giving you a 1.5 EP benefit instead of a 1.6 EP benefit, for a net loss of .2 EP. If, however, you're over, those same 2 itemization points do *nothing*, for a net loss of 2 * 1.6 = 3.2 EP.

I don't have any proof that this is the case, but there is an agi ring from rep rewards, and no other rings from rep rewards. That leads me to believe this is working as intended.

The flipside of this is that there are boots and cloaks for other specs as rep rewards, in addition to boots and cloaks for those same specs on the Valor vendor.

Additionally, non-agi users have access to a variety of other slots as rep gear including necks, gloves, belts and bracers.

In short, we have a comparable number of reputation epics available to us, but no other spec is missing an item on the VP vendor simply because the slot is duplicated on a rep vendor.

It would actually be a net loss of 2* (ep value of next best stat, haste in case of combat). So thats 2*1.5=3. I realize this doesn't make a large difference but it could with a larger delta between the stats being compared

The difference being that there's only 1 slot of each of those item slots while there's 2 ring slots, I would assume that Blizzard did this on purpose so you could not obtain a set of rings w/o raiding. The best compromise would be to add another item to a rep vendor somewhere instead of adding a VP ring.

Im quite sure it aint that simple. The gain from going from [Left Eye of Rajh] to [Fluid Death] is merely 229,57 EP. As you wrote, the 2 piece set bonus is 300 EP. Add the extra EP value of going from two 346 items to two 359 items (252,8EP), and that EP value will be FAR greater. (562,8EP)

With my current gear:
I get the total EP gain from t11 to be 562,8 EP, at a cost of 4400 VP, makes it 7,81 EP per VP.
Compared the EP gained from trinkets is 229,57 EP, at a cost of 1650 VP, makes it 7,18 EP per VP.

The gain seems greatest from 2 t11 pieces. However if FD is the 2nd best trinket in game, it wont be replaced, even from heroic raids. Besides it's gonna take me atlest another two weeks to get the last VP...
Hm.. I just dunno

Firstly, 229.57 EP is not merely. It's huge.

Second, obviously replacing one 346 with a 359 is going to be less beneficial than two 346s with 359s.

Finally, this thread is not a "what should I do with x y and z upgrades"; use a spreadsheet. They're everywhere.

So, I've sorted through pages and pages of posts never quite finding an answer to my question. That being said...is there a post someplace that shows the EP value of professions?

My rogue was BS for BC due to the crafted one hand mace which was a solid main hand weapon up to MH. Since Bliz decided not to offer any more amazing crafted weapons in cata, and only mediocre crafted weapons in WotLK, I'm starting to feel like the belt buckle and extra socket for gloves/bracers aren't worth the profession slot.

I saw a post where someone mentioned EP value for tailoring as a rogue, but at this point I've come to the conclusion the next best option for a profession would be either Eng (for tinkers), LW (for LW only leg armor kits and possible epic crafted gear), or enchanting (for ring enchants).

So, if there is a post with EP values for professions could someone link it please. Or at least give me some input on which profession would be the better option.

Currently I'm mine/jc - going to keep jc, just looking for a better profession than mining.

If you want the professions that are strictly the best, that would be leatherworking (by a reasonable margin) and jewelcrafting (by an inch). Blacksmithing is and will continue to be competitive with all other crafting professions. The only exception is engineering which provides the least raid dps benefit.

Belt buckle is not blacksmithing-specific. Leatherworking craftable items are not BoP and thus are not a consideration either. Mining is literally the only non-secondary profession in the game that provides absolutely zero dps benefit, so you would be well-served to replace it with something else. Alchemy is typically the quickest and least expensive profession to level and will provide you with the added benefit of double flask duration, but you can't really go wrong with any other crafting profession either.