I was interested to see how comparable it was to do the Offensive Stance, Dual Wield test again, but this time spamming all the combat arts I would use when soloing.
For reference, it is exactly the same setup as my previous parsing tests on exactly the same mobs under the same conditions.
My Combat Art qualitys are as follows;
Cleave - Adept IIIBlast - Adept IIISwamp - Master IIOverwhelm - Adept IRetaliate - Adept IUnerring Strike - Adept IVindication - Adept IFerocious Charge - Adept I
Maximum possible DPS I was able to get in one instance was just over 252, but that was when Blast and almost all the other CA's hit for max damage and Gleaming Strike procced twice. Not something I would expect happens very often. And it didn't. Out of 23 tests, only 2 tests came out around this figure.
Lowest DPS was almost 159. That was when Blast and Swamp both happened to miss on the opening round, Swamp did hit when it recycled though.
So while I was able to get just over 250 DPS in 2 instances, it isn't indicative of the true +CA DPS. I mean I'm not going to go around saying woot, I can do 250 DPS, because a lot of things have to go right to do that. If one CA doesn't hit for near full damage, then it won't be done. If the mob resists a CA, then it wont be done. And even then Gleaming Strike had to proc twice. And even then, achieving 250 DPS is more so dependant on your CA quality to begin with. And even then, you cannot use more than Blast once every minute anyway, because of it's recast timer. Most groups I have been in, if Blast is ready on the pull or not is like playing the lottery. Even solo while doing this test, having to wait around for Blast to reset to run another parse, was boring as heck. If I was soloing for really real, I would have pulled again before it had reset once the mob was dead. So 250 DPS is a nice once off to figure beat my chest and boast, but it's not realistic of any sustainable kind of DPS once all these other factors are taken into account.
The average was around 214 with all CA's ready to be used before the start of combat. This is a 107% increase over the just stock standard, no +CA DPS in my previous test. This would probably round out further with more samples to average, but this is a good enough indication for me that a Guardian with my setup, can expect to do around 170 - 200+ DPS on average in this stance, on just a straight solo yellow con, depending if Blast is ready at the time.
I don't know how much this will shift by the time I get to level 59 and the weapons are no longer suited to the tier. Odds on I won't even be able to solo a level 60 yellow con anyway if I use the same gear as now. But I can live with 200 DPS for now.
I may try repeating it with a 2 hander, since there was some interest. Problem is I have to get my hands on a cobalt imbued 2 hander to begin with since I stopped using 2 handers a while back. All this new gear has fried my bank account. So I don't know when this could happen.
What I would like to see though, if anyone has another of the fighter archetypes, of similar level and similar tiered gear if they would be willing to do some quick testing. This is my only played char, so I don't have the luxury myself. I consider 214 average as pretty good, and 250 DPS peak as great, but other fighters may think this is /yawn compared to what they can spam for max. If a DPS class was outputting 214 DPS they would think something is wrong lol. So it is all relative. I consider this good for my Guardian, but is it good in the whole scheme of things? I'd like some hard data on it because I would really like to know....I'm sure you all would too.
As of now though, If I want to be able to maintain repeatability in tests I'll only be able to chase level 52 Anaz Mal Scrappers now, since with all this testing, I levelled to 51 and the level 51 Anaz Mals have now turned white con ;p Yay me lol
Going to take a break from all this parsing for a bit. Seen way to many numbers over this last week. But I hope this helps answer some curiosities people may have had.
Message Edited by Ladicav on 01-20-200612:18 AM
Message Edited by Ladicav on 01-20-200612:22 AM