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What Feats of Strength can you get now?
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One of the easier ways to distinguish an older character from a reroll or alt is the presence (or absence) of a Feat of Strength. Feats of Strength, remnants of "the past glories of Azeroth," are among the most difficult achievements to get, and that's when they're even possible at all. Most, like the presence of an old-school PvP title, one of the original 100% mounts, or the Vengeful Nether Drake, are impossible to get these days, and are a sign that the person who has them is an experienced player. But with a little luck and a lot of elbow grease, even a new player can accrue some of these supposedly "past" glories.
Blood death knights get the most out of the three trees from Armor Penetration on gear, as blood abilities magnify weapon damage rather than dealing as much shadow or frost damage. Blood Strike is replaced entirely by Heart Strike in almost any situation (unless it's really important not to do any AoE damage at all) as HS does more damage to its primary target and also hits a secondary. Death Strike, meanwhile, takes the place of Obliterate or Scourge Strike. Although it's true that Frost and Unholy DK's have access to Death Strike, they're only using it for its self heal most of the time, while you will most likely use it when Heart Strike is unavailable as a part of your damage rotation. Death Strike is also useful for a tanking DK both for the obvious use in helping reduce the healing load while tanking, but also for the added threat from the self heal (which is further modified by Frost Presence). You'll notice that Death Strike is also based on weapon damage and is not converted to shadow or frost damage, so it also benefits from ArP.
If up until now you've stayed primarily within Frost or Unholy, I'd really recommend giving Blood a try. It's a different type of DK... less Howling Blasts and Killing Machine style magic damage, less pet management, less reliance on shadow damage (although it should be admitted that most DPS blood DK's go up to get Necrosis and Blood Caked Blade) and more stacking physical damage buffs and unrelenting self healing. What could possibly be better than using your enemies' own vitality, their very life force, against them?
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