Blood Rage?

[Daran]

<DIV>I'm currently at level 29 and just started really using the ability Blood Rage, which allows me to proc an AE attack at the cost of about 20% of my health.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I went to the class lists to see when I would get my next version of this amazing ability that I have really taken a shining to, but found none.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Did I miss something or is the next upgrade to Blood Rage really the level 50 skill Rampage? cause if it is, Im kind of dissapointed.</DIV>

[Sabin the Gre]

<DIV>No upgrade for this.  Even with the skill nerfs making procs direct damage you won't need it too much.  Using anarchy and blood rage I'm in the 300+ dps every 3-5 fights with my average dps probably around 220-250.  We've been nerfed alot but we still rage.</DIV>

[Padi]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sabin the Great wrote:<BR> <DIV>No upgrade for this.  Even with the skill nerfs making procs direct damage you won't need it too much.  Using anarchy and blood rage I'm in the 300+ dps every 3-5 fights with my average dps probably around 220-250.  We've been nerfed alot but we still rage.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>The amount of DPS you gain on blood rage greatly depends on what you are fighting.  I have had a few 300+ fights, but most places it's no higher than 200 at level 46.  It varies.</P> <P>It's a good skill to use.  One thing I've found that helps greatly is to hit blood rage just prior to pulling if you plan to fight on the spot, or just prior to being hit on a long pull.  This gives your healers a chance to react so they aren't faced with both mob damage and blood rage damage all at once.</P>

[AlienR]

I think Blood Rage was changed to heat damage in beta, I could be wrong.  Reason was due to the same scenario that Rampage was nerfed for recently.  Chain procing.  Blood Rage damage varies greatly depending on what you are fighting.  I don't think Rampage was meant to be a direct replacement for Blood Rage, because they don't share the same timer but I do know that they do not stack.  When Rampage was working, over powered or not, I never noticed any Crazed Swing messages in my Rampage combat chat.  After about 10 or 15 Rampages, I finally gave up on trying to get them to stack.