DPS? You judge.

[angan]

This post is for the people that believe Necro DPS is at par with rogue/warlock. If you have a better strategy, please let us know.Couple of things, 1. This is discussion, I love my necro too. As a DPS class I would love to see it excel. Yes, we are a dps class, if not, what are we then?2. This chart holds good till 42, before "skinrot"3. All figures are average [ie. (min+max)/2]4. Most of these figures are from spells that are Adept-1, some are App-2 (which usually we get a training option for!)5. Any nukes more than the following at earlier stages seems to get aggro6. You might add Rats/Hounds somewhere in the middle, adds about 100 to total damage.7. My RT Adept-3, with Wow & RF (Adept-1s) does about 30 to 40dps.8. I know there is a revamp in combat system going on, I am looking forward to it too. But I do not believe that we will see the whole necro class changing in one shot, with spells, dps and pet revamp.And finally here it goesFight starts____________________________________________ ______________________________Cast_____________|_T _|____________________Damage___________________|__ DPS_|_________________|___|___1|___2|___3|___4|___ 5|___6|___7|___@|_Tot_|______|_________________|__ 1|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_____|__ ____|Swarm_of_Bats____|__2|__43|____|____|____|___ _|____|____|__43|___43|_21.25|_________________|__ 3|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|___43|_1 4.17|Ghastly_Stench___|__4|____|__77|____|____|___ _|____|____|__77|__119|_29.75|_________________|__ 5|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|__119|_2 3.80|_________________|__6|__52|____|____|____|___ _|____|____|__52|__171|_28.42|_________________|__ 7|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|__171|_2 4.36|Breath_of_Uneart_|__8|____|__76|__50|____|___ _|____|____|_126|__297|_37.06|_________________|__ 9|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|__297|_3 2.94|_________________|_10|__52|____|____|____|___ _|____|____|__52|__349|_34.85|_________________|_1 1|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|__349|_3 1.68|Withering_Afflic_|_12|____|__76|__39|__50|___ _|____|____|_165|__514|_42.79|_________________|_1 3|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|__514|_3 9.50|_________________|_14|__52|____|____|____|___ _|____|____|__52|__566|_40.39|Locust_Swarm_____|_1 5|____|____|____|____|__66|____|____|__66|__631|_4 2.07|Bludgenoning_Ear_|_16|____|__76|__39|__39|___ _|__19|____|_173|__804|_50.25|_________________|_1 7|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|__804|_4 7.29|Pest_Blast_______|_18|__52|____|____|____|___ _|____|_163|_215|_1019|_56.58|Swarm_of_Bats____|_1 9|__43|____|____|____|____|____|____|__43|_1062|_5 5.87|_________________|_20|____|__76|__39|__39|___ _|__24|____|_178|_1239|_61.95|Ghastly_Stench___|_2 1|____|__77|____|____|__36|____|____|_113|_1352|_6 4.38|_________________|_22|____|____|____|____|___ _|____|____|____|_1352|_61.45|_________________|_2 3|__52|____|____|____|____|____|____|__52|_1404|_6 1.04|_________________|_24|____|____|__39|__39|___ _|__24|____|_102|_1506|_62.75|Breath_of_Uneart_|_2 5|____|__76|__50|____|____|____|____|_126|_1632|_6 5.28|_________________|_26|____|____|____|____|___ _|____|____|____|_1632|_62.77|_________________|_2 7|__52|____|____|____|__36|____|____|__88|_1720|_6 3.70|_________________|_28|____|____|____|__39|___ _|__24|____|__63|_1783|_63.68|Pest_Blast_______|_2 9|____|__76|__39|____|____|____|_163|_278|_2061|_7 1.07|_________________|_30|____|____|____|____|___ _|____|____|____|_2061|_68.70|9. The dps seems to go flat around 70dps with time.(I have calculated the chart till 60 sec, as it is easier in excel.)10. Last couple of seconds, you can nuke as much as you want, that will increase your dps slightly. But that will consume huge power.11. So over a "30 sec" fight we just cross the 100 mark [65(necro)+35(pet)=100]. (Practically tested it.) And we are nowhere in 20 sec or less fights.12. Where as Assassins in 30 secs do like 4200-4500 damage (145dps)13. Warlocks do about 5000-5500 damage, in 30secs (ie 175dps)<p>Message Edited by angan55 on <span class=date_text>06-01-2005</span> <span class=time_text>10:29 AM</span>

[angan]

That is on hellova screwed up table. Right most figures are dps, the figure before that are the cumulative damage.

[El Chupacabr]

That is not the correct spell order for a short fight necro, a longer fight substitute dogs for bats, squeeze bats in somewhere else.  For your level: +2 Grisly Mark +4.5 Pestilential blast +7 Ghastly Stench +8.5 Swarm of bats +10 Pestilential blast +14.5 Withering affliction +17 Pestilential blast +20.5 Locust Swarm +23 Pestilential blast +25.5 Bloody ritual +28 Pestilential blast +30.5 Ghastly stench etc. I haven't met a tank yet that couldn't handle that rotation, your tank needs to step it up if they can't. <div></div>

[angan]

Hey Barleypop,Thanks for the information. I redid the chart your way, but the damage really did not scale up! Fight Starts2s Grisly Mark – 0 dmg - 0 tot – 0 dps4s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 163 tot – 40.63 dps 7s Ghastly Stench – 77 dmg – 239 tot – 34.14 dps9s Swarm of Bats – 43 dmg -282 tot – 31.28 dps10s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 445 tot – 44.45 dps15s Withering Affliction – 50 dmg – 698 tot – 46.53 dps17s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 913 tot – 53.71 dps20s Locust Swarm – 130 dmg – 1158 tot – 57.90 dps23s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 1488 tot – 62.00 dps28s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 1849 tot – 66.02 dps30s Ghastly Stench – 43 dmg – 1944 tot – 64.78 dpsRegards

[El Chupacabr]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> angan55 wrote:<BR>Hey Barleypop,<BR><BR>Thanks for the information. I redid the chart your way, but the damage really did not scale up! <BR><BR>Fight Starts<BR><BR>2s Grisly Mark – 0 dmg - 0 tot – 0 dps<BR>4s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 163 tot – 40.63 dps <BR>7s Ghastly Stench – 77 dmg – 239 tot – 34.14 dps<FONT color=#ff3366> - Ghastly will do in excess of 540 damage at the +30 mark</FONT><BR>9s Swarm of Bats – 43 dmg -282 tot – 31.28 dps <FONT color=#ff0000>- Bats will have done in excess of 258 at the +30 mark</FONT><BR>10s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 445 tot – 44.45 dps<BR>15s Withering Affliction – 50 dmg – 698 tot – 46.53 dps  <FONT color=#ff0000>- Affliction will have done in excess of 200 damage at the +30 mark</FONT><BR>17s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 913 tot – 53.71 dps<BR>20s Locust Swarm – 130 dmg – 1158 tot – 57.90 dps <FONT color=#ff0000>- Locusts will have done in excess of 200 at +30</FONT><BR>23s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 1488 tot – 62.00 dps<BR>28s Pest Blast – 163 dmg – 1849 tot – 66.02 dps<BR>30s Ghastly Stench – 43 dmg – 1944 tot – 64.78 dps <FONT color=#ff0000>- 898 damage is missing from your figures, the correct total is 1944+898/30 for 94.7 personal DPS.</FONT><BR><BR>Regards<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>

[angan]

Barleypop,All that damage you mentioned, are already in there. The table gets messed up, so I put it this way. The damage (as single damage) (where you mentioned, what the total damage should be) is at the first tick! Other ticks are calclulated over the time. Thats why you see the total cumulative damage has much higher figure than what is done at that tick.So if Ghastly Stench did 77 dmg at 7th tick, it also did 76 dmg at 11,15,19,23 and 27th tick. Similarly other spells are calculated too.Nope, it never exceeds 70dps.============================