When does agility become valuable enough to gear for?
According to numerous guides and advice from the community, it would appear that agility is a desirable stat for retribution paladins. In-game, this is what I see highly geared rets do as well -- choosing agility gear for almost every slot except their main tier gear and some strength off-pieces.
I've been trying to follow these guidelines but I am somewhat underwhelmed by the dps i can put out on various bosses.
For context, I play on Lordaeron and these are my highest dps on 2 common bosses:
- Halion, RS25 normal: 7.6k
My gs is about 5.7k.
The thing is -- I don't really know how much dps rets should be doing at certain gear scores but this feels underwhelming compared to my other 2 dps classes (mage & rogue) that do much more and equal or lower gear. For context, my rogue which is also about 5.7k gs does 9-10k on Toravon and 9k on Halion.
I was wondering if my subpar dps has anything to do with choosing agility gear too early. In a lot of the guides that I've seen, agility gearing is done at the BiS level. Do those stat weights still apply before BiS? Should I be gearing for strength instead until I get to a certain gear threshold? At what point does extra crit become more valuable than higher flat dmg? This always puts me in a dilemma during leather agility gear drops as I'm not sure if I should be rolling on them or not e.g. agility ring and bracers from RS25.
Also, I am currently at ~400 agility.
Looking forward to your views.