Which class SHOULD do the best DPS in an optimal RAID set up? - Page 3

Niber · 04-09-2007, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnathon

Risk Vs reward.

Being an assassin means you have to be within melee range.

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Armor vs Positioning. Both have their advantages.

Calbiyum · 04-09-2007, 01:35 PM

Rangers.

Lamil · 04-09-2007, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinski

Being a Ranger also means you have to be within melee range to do maximum dps.

QFE

Rhaz · 04-09-2007, 01:58 PM

I voted Assassin, but because people are so stupid, I think I'll quote myself.

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Originally Posted by Rhaz

Ranger cast times on stealth attacks are actually higher than .5, so as it turns out our stealth gets broken a lot more. Would you like to compare how many stealth attacks each class has? Ok well lets see. Rangers have 5, Assassins have 7, 2 of them Aes and one of them being Decap.

Hey, did you also know that any competent ranger will be standing 5m from the mob, just like the assassin, and that your positional attacks on a 10s recast are shared with us, with only the name changed? See the difference with this is, I have to stand where i can use bow and melee CAs, you just have to go to where you use melee CAs.

Fomka · 04-09-2007, 02:31 PM

wizard ftw!

Tashani · 04-09-2007, 02:41 PM

easy answer = ranger, well at least ours is an animal.

Stinkfinger · 04-09-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ily

You're right, if a ranger is going to play like you've described they shouldn't have the highest DPS. But if a ranger is played like it should be to maximize (as in standing about 2 meters behind the assassin) than there is no reason they should not be right at the top.
And please, give it a rest with the postional challenges. It is no harder to put an assassin in the right place for max DPS than it is to position a ranger for the same.

Lack of utility should = ability to out-DPS others. period.

That may be true, however, the facts remain the same. Rangers have options to fight close or afar where Assassins don’t get that choice or options, thus giving Rangers a huge advantage, AE damage avoidance the biggest one for raids.

Therefore, that being the case, Assassins should have the edge up close and personal.

Stinkfinger · 04-09-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinski

Being a Ranger also means you have to be within melee range to do maximum dps.

yea, true, but sure is nice to go back out of harms way and still put up some numbers no?

Dam I wish I could do that. That benefit should come at some cost.

Nesse · 04-10-2007, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinkfinger

yea, true, but sure is nice to go back out of harms way and still put up some numbers no?

Dam I wish I could do that. That benefit should come at some cost.

Im pretty sure assassins can do this. Being that they get what? 3 ranged attacks? The whole arguement that rangers can stand out of harms way is complete crap, as already mentioned.

Upsides to assassins, you can cast your CAs on the move.... Rangers cant use their ranged CAs on the move (well with the exception of 2.. one requires stealth, and the other needs flanking)

That being said, I voted for Warlocks. At least on multi-target encounters, and there seems to be so many of them in a raid. And ours is a monster.

Glim · 04-10-2007, 07:53 AM

meh, a good conj will blow anyone away. a bad conj will blow away most (which is what fucking sucks about the class, the differences between AWESOME, decent, and crappy isn't huge, like it is w/ other classes.)

and are we talking single fight? or zone wide?