Just like all the azerite powers in BFA, always go for the passive, why give yourself more buttons to hit unnecessarily.
Actives 100%, as long as they’re good actives. I remember the day in Vanilla when I finally had both Talisman of Ephemeral Power and Zandalarian Hero Charm for my Mage. You used to be able to use both at the same time. Almost every Mage that had both would pop them + PoM + Pyroblast on cooldown in Battlegrounds to try and 1-shot you. Good times, good times.
I wasn’t trying to gotcha you or anything, just musing I guess or trying to make a case for why they can be more flexible in their picks.
It does matter the content you’re doing as well; M+ vs raid bosses are different beasts.
I like having one of each.
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Passive. something that just works when equipped that I dont have to think about.
For dps, one passive and one active
I’ll get the active one that lines up with my major CD. Then macro it together.
Doesn’t change my rotation or number of keybinds.
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I prefer passive trinkets in the event I can use them without a DPS loss. The classes I play already require an absurd number of keybinds, so I’m all for not having to add more. Unfortunately, I often have to use active ones anyway.
DPS only, Main Stat preferably, with:
Passive dmg proc >>> Burst damage active.
Some random niche usage ones (spawns a tank, teleport, CC break) are fine too.
Anything else, I usually tolerate, but almost never 2 actives - I think I only ran that setup once in the 15+ years of WoW, because it was really good for the time.
For tanks and healers, all passive.
Stat bonus actives are usually macroed to CDs, might as well be a passive that “fires up on your major class CD”.
Mad Queen has been my favorite for TWW, just huge dumb burst damage, as even now I’m somehow dealing 10-15M burst hits with it (ilvl 619) somehow.
I usually abhor active trinkets unless it’s something that I can macro into an existing skill (Personal Defensive and Trinket Defensive).
Where I do use active trinkets more is in dungeons. I prefer passives in raid. The Bottle Service trinket this season was a great button to press in a dungeon.
Coming from the perspective of a healer.
One passive stat stick and one active that has a cd length the same as my major cooldown that will get macro’d to that cd.
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Passive as much as possible. I forget about my active trinket abilities too often for them to be useful to me.
So very much dependent upon the trinket and class being played, but usually I stack two on-use unless the passive ones have high numbers for primary stats.
Active trinkets make me want to claw my eyes out. I hate adding in another CD to my rotations.
It depends on my spec, but most of the time I avoid active trinkets unless I’m playing something with a strong burst window like Fire Mage during Combustion or Demo Warlock during burst then I’ll use one.
I prefer passives. But, most active trinkets have no gcd so I’ll macro it with another button I press often and it basically becomes a passive proc for me anyway.
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One of each.
I generally prefer passive as less buttons to think about.
It is nice to have that “Boost” button though … I did like my Quickwick Candlestick, but it just got out-levelled by other stuff !
Depends on what im doing.
I am a healer main.
High keys: one passive, one tank trinket.
At that point, extra healing wont save anyone. I dont want to die becuase I dodnt have a cd up, so using a tank trinket gives me the second layer of defence if i need it. Then I can use more externals on others to keep them going.
Mid keys: double one use, one for throughput and another for shields.
At these levels more people will make mistakes and I know more people will mess up. One trinket helps out to push through miss pulls or helps recouver faster for hps checks while a second on use for shields to help stabilize someone that will tank a mechanic without using thier own cds.
Low keys: doulbe dps trinkets, perferably double passive.
Raw HPS from my class can keep people alive at this rating. I dont need extra trinket power to keep the team going, so swaping to dps trinkets lets me do more damage during downtime.
Raids-Prog: doulbe passives.
Focus is on learning the fights, learnimg where the spikes are and getting your team through the fight. If i can not worry aboit trinkets and focus on execution, the better.
Raids-Farm: Passive and one on-use. Now im trying for parses, now I know what to expect and when and will make myself reminders and time my on-use to raid damage spikes betwem healing cds, that way I will still have the juice to keep the raid alive between designated cd usage.