Lola had some talent, Tom.
No one in the world takes sinister calling over malice. DON'T BELIEVE IN FALSE PROPHETS. Eviscerate is EVERYTHING in this bracket, and for pure damage Imp Evis should never be given up. I made the mistake of trying a new spec without Imp Gouge and I can honestly say it's the worst decision I ever made, in my life. I firmly believe it is the bread and butter of rogue control.
We all make the same mistakes with rogue, concentrating on pure stats. AP scales terribly on all key abilities at 49, the only offensive stats you should be stacking is crit and hit. On this reasoning, sinister calling would give you around 2% crit, for 5 points, compared to 5% malice. The other components of agility are useless in 49, as is the pathetic increase on hemo damage. I cannot stress the importance of crit stacking enough. THIS IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL OFFENSIVE STAT FOR A ROGUE IN 49 AFTER HIT CAP. FORGET AP. FORGET AP. A 500AP rogue with 25% crit will generally be a lot more devastating than an 800AP 15% crit rogue. Because of successive probabilities the chances of chain crits are a lot more significant than the 10% crit difference would suggest. What we are interested in is chain crits.
YES, MY ROGUE IS NOT CRIT BASED. If i had the time, and funding, from a certain South African I would completely re-do my rogue. Stamina is nowhere near as useful in 49 as it is in 39. I could tank mage damage in 39 with 3.3K hp, here a mage can almost 2 shot through 3.3K hp.
Spec improved gouge, profit.
P.S It's logic, not preference. I want to thank myself for this informative post, how can I do that?