Yah, low post count because I enjoy lurking. But this has been eating me up for some time, and I'm looking for answers.
Slam was changed to suspend the swing timer as opposed to resetting it. Means that in essence, you don't make any kind of attack (nor gain rage) until that 1.5 cast time is done. Heroic strike does damage on the next main hand swing, but you don't generate any rage from said attack AND costs 15 rage.
So the question:
For a fury spec, when Bloodthirst and Whirlwind are both on cooldown, does slam or heroic strike produce higher dps?