Ret trinkets / RawrFollow

Although I tank in our raids we don't have a plate dps so I've got lucky with trinkets - too lucky really, as now I can't decide!

I know the answer to 'which should I use' questions is normally to spreadsheet it but I'll be honest I haven't looked up a Cata one yet. Also, I heard Rawr was very buggy since the expansion launched. So the first question - anyone know where I can download a decent spreadsheet for Ret dps, or do you guys have a positive experience of Rawr more recently?

In case you're interested in the specifics, I'm currently using:
Crushing Weight http://www.wowhead.com/item=59506
Heart of Rage http://www.wowhead.com/item=59224

With an option on:
Fury of Angerforge http://www.wowhead.com/item=59461
Impatience of Youth http://www.wowhead.com/item=62469

(Sorry, don't know how to link properly.)

Heart of rage gives me enough expertise to lose the glyph and take the Exorcism glyph instead for the Exo dot. Crushing Weight, well it's a ton of strength! I know haste isn't ideal but that much strength seems too good to pass up.

Fury of Angerforge hasn't been equipped yet so I'll probably end up sticking it in the guild bank and letting the officers decide what to do with it - someone will have an alt that can use it.

Appreciate any thoughts you folks might have.

Good point, I really hadn't considered the itemisation value of the SoT glyph.

Tricky choice with the other two. I like to macro my on-use trinkets to either Wings or Zealotry - the BH one is at least guaranteed to be availble. On the other hand, I could turn into a dragonkin! Decisions, decision...

Thanks for putting me right on the glyph.

I've recently been using Ask Mr. Robot to help with my itemization. My GM is an excellent Shadow Priest, but when he started using Mr. Robot his DPS increased by 400-500, so I think it has some pretty good advice ;)

According to Mr. Robot the best two trinkets for Ret are License to Slay and Impatience of Youth. This is based on a Human paladin with no professions and excluding only Archaeology items (there are no trinkets anyway right?), so when you put in your specifics your mileage may vary.

Heart of Rage actually shows up on the list as second best, but it's no considered second when factoring in all your other gear. That's what I like about Mr. Robot: it gives you a BiS list factoring in how each item will interact with every other item, not just which is the best item for that slot alone.

Fury of Angerforge actually shows 6th on the list behind a couple of blue Heroic drops.

Just remember if you actually have a legitimate plan you can outplay Mr. Robot. It's a rigid evaluation and has arbitrary results for a few of its suggestions (mostly concerning enchants.) It also has a fondness for equalizing stats that are about equal DPS for the sake of reducing the effects of Diminishing Returns, but this is not always the best option.

Mr. Robot is pretty smexy, though.

*English Fail*

Edited, Mar 26th 2011 9:02pm by tzsjynx

Ah yeah, I forgot about License to Slay, despite the fact I have been saving for it. Awesome trinket, the hit makes reforging for stats you need (like expertise) easy and the stacking buff works out amazingly, especially for fights where you can get 100% uptime.

I told you I didn't know much about trinkets lol.