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Post by Celdhyrean

Happens all the time in pugs, it becomes much more difficult in guild raids though (ie with a majority of people who know how to play).

Still, being in the top 5 isn't hard with equivalent gear and knowing how to play your character. Moonkins don't get buffed much with 3.1 but they were already very competitive from the start.

Post by curlymon

I play in a casual guild and for the most part I'm top DPS and if not I'm top 3... But then it's a casual guild so not a common occurrence in a hardcore. Though we do have a DK and a Mage who will wipe the floor with me if they can be bothered to join us :P.

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Post by Celdhyrean

Also these comments that we should be doing lower dps because we are a hybrid and provide other roles, this is just wrong, that was blizzards tbc mentality, in wotlk they are looking to normalise dps across the classes.Wrong. BC mentality was hybrids being 30% or more below the pure classes. Current mentality is to have hybrids still below the 4 pure dps classes, but at a level where skill difference (good hybrid against average pure) can cancel out the advantage pure dps'ers have (or are supposed to have, since from what i hear some pure classes have their problems at the moment).

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Post by curlymon

Our Priests and Paladins are actually pretty good, but I've been seeing Resto Druids topping the meters for a long time. Obviously it's easier for us with all of our HoTs to get the highest heals, but still, I don't think it's fair to say that we can't top meters. I play with one of the much better guilds on my server and we constantly have Druids destroying the fields.

If you take into account the amount of damage a disc preist prevents you will find they actually can beat out an equally geared druid but that is not the point of this topic.

The number I believe Blizz is shooting for is somewhere around 90-95% of the pure dps classes. Enoughto push us close but not over the top if the skill and gear is equal. Just as Celd said.

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Post by axhed

Just to chuck in my 2cc.

I think that the original design was that multi-role capable classes were supposed to be as mentioned above around the 90-95% mark in terms of DPS.

ehhh... ret pallies and feral drooods were nowhere near the 90% mark in wow 1.x

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Post by TehScat

Another thing to consider is that mages, hunters, warlocks and rogues have 3 specs, each able to do DPS in different ways. We have Boomkin and Cat, one melee and one caster, and both are very cookie cutter when done for PvE optimal DPS. The limitation of a 'caster druid' being Boomkin is that a mage can choose between frost, fire and arcane. Most choose arcane because it has the highest DPS in optimal conditions and gear levels. Boomkins have no choice. Same goes for Ferals - kitty dps is pigeon-holed into one tight spec, whereas rogues and hunters can pick from a variety of trees and talents to optimize their DPS.

To hell with utility. The day I see 2 healers go down and a retadin save the day by healing the hell out of the tank with his 6k mana pool is the day I cancel my subscription. Or maybe just reroll. A Boomkin is a DPS class, without the options. My tree is a healer and he can't just "help out" with his 700dps if an enrage timer is looming. Tanks do double that.

Thorns is overridden by ret aura. MotW resistances overridden by dedicated auras on fights where it actually matters. Battle Rez is useful but situational, and if I got a dollar for every person I BRezed on Thaddius just to watch them die again... Best thing we have is the spell power debuff and that's overridden by ebon plague and shammies IIRC.

Post by Shaqfu

If you're battle rezzing somebody on Thaddius just step back out of range of the charged people before you rez. The person receiving the rez can then wait for the proper charge to be applied to them and rejoin the group. Easy stuff.

Post by ohhhnick

Best aoe? what aoe are we talking about here?

Post by warsquirrel

I top charts often and my highest dps recently was 6.3k dps on 3 drakes. my toons name is markusarilis if you wana check the spec / gear.