+25 agility to 2H weapon

[Monkey]

It's one of those things where the more you know about it, the more you realize you don't know about it.

If only I had a nickel for every that was true...I could hire someone to do some better analysis than mine! Just to clarify one point, though, Concillian, I wasn't comparing measured to theoretical DPS there; I was using the 14 AP = 1DPS equation from WoWwiki.

Tal's assertion about don't-draw-aggro is correct; I use the BDS gear in place of other green and blue resist gear in MC where it's possible for me to avoid taking damage by having high resist and staying off the heroic strike button (using slam and bloodthirst instead).

Outside of MC, I use more plate based on the amount of damage I think I'll be taking. When I solo Tyr's, I wear Kromcrush's BP. Soloing regular mobs, I get out the Cadaverous Armor. I'll port over to Winterspring this weekend and check out Chief Winterfall; I haven't tried to solo him in a while. Does Spangles have Engineering?

Chest pieces I have:

Cadaverous Chest (Scholomance)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=20252

Deathdealer Brestplate (BRD)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=6902

Kromcrush's Chestplate (DM North)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=35754

I just have valor for plate legs:
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=20624

For shoulders, I have valor but usually wear:
Bloodsoaked Pauldrons (ZG)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=51155


Some other pieces of note:

Grimy Metal Boots (Dire Maul North)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=35872

Fury Visor (Warrior Quest)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=52018

Bloodvine Lens (for PvP)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=51099

Battleborn Armbraces (UBRS)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=13198

From my understanding of dual wield mechanics, +hit is a very valuable statistic. The game rolls for critical before it rolls for hit/miss; that is to say, you can have a critical miss. Dual Wield gets hit with a heavy hit penalty, so many of your crits won't even land. I used the Gauntlets of Accuracy (http://www.thottbot.com/?i=35744) until I got Might.

Also, I don't have them, but these look great:
Truestrike Shoulders (UBRS)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=15463

Hope this helps, and I'll report back later with my investigations from Winterspring.