You can use Simulationcraft. I think it may model some things better than Blink's spreadsheet (trinkets, lag, etc), however it has a bit of a learning curve. You don't want to use their sample output and you don't want to use their default values for step function. So many items are essentially unreachable before Icecrown that a more helpful profile would not have the cloak, only at max two pieces of 258T9 and one Reign of the dead, etc.

Some of the information you would need is clearly in the How to Run section, but it doesn't mention the defaults for scale_ fuctions which are 150 (probably too high, gives some funky returns, particularly in their sampleoutput) except for hit which is done using -100.

There's a comment that links to another comment in Graylo's blog which has some further settings for figuring out stat weights, like putting on center_scale_weights which takes your scale value for that stat and goes up and down halfway on our current stat. It takes twice as long to run but is more indicative of the average level of benefit for your current stat level. I personally like using 50 rating for the step values, the variance was really low (within 1-2%) on the dozen or so test runs I did with 10k iterations and there were never any outlandish results like with larger step values.

Simulationcraft is actually pretty powerful, I think a lot of the reason why people don't use it is they're not sure how and it's not as easy as plugging in your unbuffed stats or getting an immediate return on.

That's the difference between model and simulation. In the model we assume that you recast the FS before the LvB, because it is a very good estimate.

hm i can't attach the file. so here the last version which is no longer available in his blog:
SEIC_3.2.2_r20.1.xls

anybody else may upload it as an attachment

I'm going to play with the sheet a bit later in the week when I find some time. Once I'm confident I've got it up to date I'll get it rehosted.

While I'm at it, if there is anything that you feel might be useful in it, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I can't make any promises though.

The setting for Thundering Strikes doesn't seem to have any effect on the most recent version of the spreadsheet. Simple enough to fix (append +M21/100 to the end of E6).

What I would like to see it an option to select what trinkets you are using, and somehow take trinkets into account when calculating DPS. Would help me decide if it's worth swapping trinkets, especially if it's a hit trinket, which means you often need to regem or even change some other items around to make you stay above the cap.

I tinkered around with the spreadsheet a bit this morning, adding the thundering strikes fix mentioned above, and expanding on the Trinkets section a bit to address some of what Gamaron mentioned. The "Effective" column takes into account your current hit rating and buffs as entered in the other sections. If you're, say, 50 points below 17%, the Effective column will reflect a value only giving credit for that 50 hit rating from each trinket.

If you set "Equipped" next to a trinket to 1, it will have its value added to the DPS cells for you.

This works fine for evaluating a single trinket with hit, but gets a little wierd if you're trying to evaluate two hit trinkets at once, and the combination of the two would put you over the cap.

Whoever winds up taking over the spreadsheet in the long-term, feel free to incorporate these changes (or not) as you see fit. Other than the visible changes on the Current sheet, I added a few new cells to the EP sheet to keep the clutter off of Current, and updated the trinket table Sort macros to account for the fact that I moved those cells slightly and added the new column.

SEIC 3.2.2_Pahvel_102009

Edit: Thought occurred to me as I was driving home. If you really want to use the feature that adds a trinket's effective DEP to your DPS total, make sure you haven't included that trinket's permanent stats when you entered them (ie, enter your stat totals as they are without any trinkets equipped), or you wind up getting double credit for that particular stat.

so where will new updates go? or should i just stay tuned at this thread?

You can always add the trinket bonus into your stats manually and then use different stats for two different gearing setups to compare.

Pahvel, would there be any way to have the static stat values from trinkets be added to the "buffs" column when they are selected? This way we get correct DEP values for those stats (once we subtract them from our character sheet values so as not to double-dip).

Also, adding engineering glove enchants to this spreadsheet at some point would be fantastic.

I've had limited time to check here recently, and couldn't get to Bink's blog...

Say it aint so ! (I'm searching through here to see what he's doing, I notice the change on his avatar)...

Kia Kaha Bink!