I recently went from a 219 piece from 5 HToC which were plate dps legplates to Tier 9 legplates for 50 Emblems. I had a score of 2508 with the 219 piece, which was fully enhanced and fully gemmed, to this new piece which had an extra epic gem slot and it also had the same item enhancement. My score dropped down to I believe 2484. The new piece is lvl 232 and is T9 gear. why would it decrease? All other upgrades have always increased my score except this one.
As far as i can see your score for retribution spec is calculated properly, problem isn't in your new item. Please make sure that you haven't changed any other items.
If I didnt use a +20STR gem in both slots and use 1 +20str and 1 +10 str, +10crit, would me not using a +20 contribute to not getting a gain and actually losing GS pts?
I can log out again if you want, thats no problem. Just know the http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47495 is gone since I sold it to a vendor a few days ago.