Libram choice for tpsFollow

Currently using http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40707, but have http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47661 from my ret set. Upon proccing, the difference in block value, for one, was about 30, in favor of the former, but the STR boost from the latter would also boost Hammer of Righteous strikes. When using the latter as ret, it stayed up near 100% for boss fights, so let's assume that 200 (+30 from talents?) STR would be constant. Anyone got a rough idea of the tps difference between the two?

You're right about that BV, just tested it out. Last night before I went to bed, i simply removed about 200 STR worth of gear and looked at the block value, but I forgot to notice if the gear had block value already on it in addition. Thanks.

I'm gonna have to disagree. First off I rarely use anything but LoV for farm content now(xt, IC-if tanking the big guy, and vezax hardmodes are the exceptions). Its just so much more threat/dps and is especially great in 5mans where i actively try to deal more damage and take more damage(provided my healer isn't impaired).

Second, LoD absolutely depends on your gear lvl because the 200 dodge from LoD is subject to Diminishing Returns(DR) and will have less and less effect as you upgrade your gear. Its less than 3% dodge fully raid buffed in my stam set and less than 2% fully buffed in my avoidance set. Where as the 200 str isn't subject to DR until you have ~2.4k block value(and the raw ap is never subject to DR).

I don't mean to say that more dodge isn't usually a good thing. Most progression content you should use LoD. Anything to increase your TTL(time to live). But given the nature of some encounters that contain a majority of unavoidable damage(for example -impales/bleeds, poisons/fires, frost breath/stuns all in the 1st encounter of ToC), you might as well be doing more dps. As usual its situational as to which one is 'best'.

If you're mainly doing heroics with your offspec, just use DP+SoV+HotR, the Judgement glyph is your lowest threat glyph as judgement is usually in the 5-6% range of your overall dps. If you know you're only tanking 1 mob at a time, the AS glyph is a better choice, but as you said this is an offspec no need to be swapping glyphs all the time.

Well overall LoD will always be better than LoO because avoidance > mitigation, regardless returns. I tank ToC25 heroic. I have 50% avoidance unbuffed, not quite where I want to be, but ~45k hp with raid buffs. As people have noticed, in ToC HP > other stats but threat as a Pally is -so- easy. I'd never boot a pally for using threat Libram but LoO on ToC I'd have to question them thoroughly before I let them in lol. Stopping 1k vs not taking 18k = no brainer.

But yes, for lower content I apologize, not that important. Though personally I'd find it even MORE useful since in Heroic farming and the like, your gear is generally so low that 200 dodge would be massive. But since it's an offset, I can't blame you for saving emblems.