Testing and Tweaking

Ive been raiding for quite a while now and Im getting better and better, as it is now I feel like Im in total control of my hunter - but yet there are a few things that I seem to have issues about.

When I started raiding, I ran a few tests on Marksman and Survival to find out which I prefered and I ended up with Marksman. Now, most hunters seems to do fine in Icc even from the very beginning, but this isnt the case for me (love my luck), cus I dont have enough ArP to spec for Marksman yet - excluding the amount from gems, Ive got a total of 514 ArP on gear plus proc effect from Needle-Encrusted Scorpion. As all Marksman hunters should know, I need to have 1400 ArP minus the amount from trinket proc effect which is 722 - that means Im 208 Arp away from what I need to have.
Therefore I went for Survival as it seems easier for me to use for raiding until I can meet the requirements for making Marksman a good spec.

This being said, Ive read on some forums here and there that many Marksman hunters prefer gemming for Agi over ArP - that doesnt make any sense to me to be honest!
I have tried it myself on Sindragosa 10man, and I had a 6k dps output - that doesnt look too good does it? Later on that same boss I went for Survival to see if there was any difference between the 2 specs - and I ended up with around 7.2k dps this time.
As far as I can see, the numbers speaks for themselves - but why does some hunters go for Agi Marksman then?

My gear has changed alot, you can see it here. After I removed the 2set bonus from T9, my dps seems to drop a slight bit. Ive been doing some calculations on this spreadsheet which tells me that I should be doing roughly 10357 dps on a 25man boss fight lasting for 6mins with the gear I have now.
This is far from reality, cus Im "only" pulling around 8k when boss is dead which is far from the spreadsheet and from the other hunters in my guild.

I compared myself to this hunter from my guild, and thru the time Ive been raiding with her she has always been doing above 10k dps. Yes, our gear has quite some differences, but she had the same gear as me once, but yet she wa able to pull more dps than I am at this point.

I tell you, my head is knackered from the thinking, cus I dont know what to do really. All I could figure out was to simply stick to my Survival and try this spec as it is posted as the most damage dealing Survival spec, currently.
Im going to Icc tonight, 10man, and I gotta admit that Im really excited or even nervous about my performance. I wont have all the buffs as in 25man, but I should be able to do around 10k dps anyway with my gear.

One last thing before I need to prepare for raid - Ive started to follow this Survival hunter fella who has a blog and a youtube channel about hunters and how to do them. Really great info is found here, all the best to this guy.

Right, I'll catch you next time for some more hunter philosophy ;)

Raihn