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Kaz · 04-02-2005, 09:01 PM

slard271 wrote:
I've said it before and I'll say it again that fighter archetype DPS is still pretty d@mn crazy. They just shouldn't be dishing out that much damage period. There are TONS of raid mobs that are totally unaffected by cold based spells. You can see that just by reading Cogglesworth's Compendium. It's ridiculous to attribute a large portion of wizard DPS to a spell such as Ice Comet and then make all the mobs immune to it! Read the compendium and you'll see phrases like "completely immune to cold based damage and highly resistant to fire." Well yay for us! Can't land debuffs when the vast majority of them are cold based and so can't land much of anything. Talking with a warlock in my guild (who also happens to play a wizard), the Warlock spells seem to have much more benefical effects than the wizard counterparts. I've also asked about resists and it seems that theirs are significantly less due to the disease/poison nature of their attacks. I won't speak for the warlock community, but I tend to think that they are just as religious about DPS as we wizards are. Utility is nice, but it's second to damage output. Period. Warlock DPS isn't the problem. Wizards just need a little more work. rastaoun 50 wiz Ascendance - www.ascendanceguild.com Neriak Server
Message Edited by slard271 on 04-01-2005 10:56 AM

I couldn't agree more, fighter dps is crazy. They are the real raid dps classes atm, and in many fights are coming out ahead of every single other class.

04-02-2005, 09:01 PM	#15
Kaz Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 70	slard271 wrote: I've said it before and I'll say it again that fighter archetype DPS is still pretty d@mn crazy. They just shouldn't be dishing out that much damage period. There are TONS of raid mobs that are totally unaffected by cold based spells. You can see that just by reading Cogglesworth's Compendium. It's ridiculous to attribute a large portion of wizard DPS to a spell such as Ice Comet and then make all the mobs immune to it! Read the compendium and you'll see phrases like "completely immune to cold based damage and highly resistant to fire." Well yay for us! Can't land debuffs when the vast majority of them are cold based and so can't land much of anything. Talking with a warlock in my guild (who also happens to play a wizard), the Warlock spells seem to have much more benefical effects than the wizard counterparts. I've also asked about resists and it seems that theirs are significantly less due to the disease/poison nature of their attacks. I won't speak for the warlock community, but I tend to think that they are just as religious about DPS as we wizards are. Utility is nice, but it's second to damage output. Period. Warlock DPS isn't the problem. Wizards just need a little more work. rastaoun 50 wiz Ascendance - www.ascendanceguild.com Neriak Server Message Edited by slard271 on 04-01-2005 10:56 AM I couldn't agree more, fighter dps is crazy. They are the real raid dps classes atm, and in many fights are coming out ahead of every single other class.