Pentarum wrote:Wendingo I have a coment about what you said....Timing does matter on auto attack. Spaming your spells will not get you higher dps. It will get you out of mana and bottom of the dps list or dead from over agro. You see this more and more once you've maxed your spells and gear and reached end game content. Yeah I can cast a 2-3kk nuke... or I could use those 3 seconds to cast a fast spell and hit with auto attack for 2k each hit 2-3 times maximizing my dps more. If you want to be a really good dps sk you have to learn when to cast and not to cast. Spells alone just wont keep up with the auto attacks.. Yeah a 400 a tick dot every 6 sec is nice but I can do more damage with auto attack in the time it took me to cast the spell in the first place. So you balance them out and time them doubling the dps.Why do 1k with a spell when you can do 5k with both timed right? Swing/Spell/Swing/Spell.... If your lazy then blow off a few spells then sit back and auto attack while they reset. You will still do more dps than just hitting every spell you own. BUT.....You want to do 1k-2k dps then learn to time stuff. You want to prove that sk's are not as [Removed for Content] as some believe then time it. My guild knows what a sk can do dps wise now. You can be pretty close to a warlock in plate with a big fracking sword if you know what your doing. If your happy with 400-700dps then by all means spam your spells. I'll be the one at the top of the parse chart at the end of the raid making you wonder what your doing wrong (on single target mobs especially). Sk's are not all about button mashing and anyone that I group with or raid with knows exactly what im talking about when the parse comes up and the "T1" dps classes just got owned by a SK.Message Edited by Pentarum on 10-21-2006 04:59 AM
Message Edited by Pentarum on 10-21-2006 05:18 AM
You realize that there's a refresh between every ability that allows your autoattack fire at least once to hit whether you have an ability queued or not? You're suggesting I wait to use my combat arts and spells, or reduce the list of combat arts or spells that I use... suggesting that I don't use something that's
guaranteed to hit for an autoattack that may get completely mitigated or avoided...I tried your way tonight... For the first half hour of the raid i tried it... and then I went beack to my way, shortest casts first and often with item switching with all of my achievement lines so that i used lego's smite, swiftaxe, tossed in a venemous slam, and was still using a 2handed sword (Guadralek) 90% of the time...I'll stick with my way.