If the above assumption is true, then it has been confirmed as a bug and you can find the actual post on the bug forums here:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12357686852&postId=132862740562&sid=1#65

I am at 5.5% hit yet haven’t missed an attack yet in naxx or obsidan sanctum.

I was curious wither it was a know bug with an intent to be fixed or if it is intentional.

As of the moment, there is a discussion raging on with quite a bit of evidence supporting the fact that the hit cap has actually been lowered in Wrath of the Lich King for raid bosses. As we know from level 70, bosses were assumed to be level 73 and, at this level, required 9% hit to reach cap. Right now it is believed that the hit cap actually sits at 8% but I am skeptical of even this value.

I believe the hit cap to be even lower than 8% and, should I be right in that assessment, it would mean quite a bit more DPS for me as I’d remove all my +hit gems and replace them with as much crit and strength as I can muster.

I am not close to the hit cap atm but for some reason I haven’t been missing any attacks in any of the 10/25 man raids I have done.

I find this strange being my hit is only a little above 5% yet I never seem to get misses. This even happens when I am doing dalies by myself, so it’s not an issue with raid comp.

Have you experienced this or it just me?

As I stated, I too had no issues with mana whatsoever although my rotation was a bit different than your own.

Lastly, I do believe your math is correct in stating that prioritizing CS over all else will yield the highest possible DPS.

I used Seal of the Martyr and Judgement of Light. I would highly suggest you do so rather than your current combo. The Judgement of Light procs as well as Divine Storm seem to heal you (and the raid) regardless of the debuff state of Loatheb.

I not once had any problem spamming any and all of my abilities with this tactic on him, and you’ll find you’ll be doing a lot more DPS this way.

Also, prioritizing Judgement over all other abilities is actually a decrease in your total damage potential. You should crusader strike before in order to maximize effective use of GCDs.

During any given DPS rotation, there is typically going to be a handful of downtime occurences. What I mean by this is a time at which you are not on GCD (global cooldown) but all of your DPS rotation abilities are on CD. It is during these occurences that it would be best to make use of AoW as not to disturb your rotation. To answer your question directly, however, no – I don’t think occasional use of AoW will hurt your DPS significantly. I DO think ensuring to use AoW every time it is up (which will be almost always during a PvE encounter) will hurt your DPS significantly however.

As you pointed out, the music in this expansion has been phenomenal. One particular piece of music I would add to the list of those I touched on in my post would certainly be that of Wintergrasp. The slow, yet epic feel of this track really sets the mood for a war-torn, icy region such as itself.