Now a ranger who is supost to be Tier one dps is currently doing 150-250 ext dps because of the current patch.
Ok, I know this is total BS... We have 2 Rangers in my guild and I group with them all the time and thier damage is at a minimum of 3 times what you posted here (450 - 750) in just normal groups... I parse all the time to check how my DPS is with different group settings and varying amounts of strength... I also compare other group members....
You know, when the changes first happened and Rangers began to cry, I asked one of the Rangers in my guild what kind of DPS they were getting while soloing... The answer I got was around 800, which is quite a bit higher than mine unless I use my CAs on the 5 min and 15 min timers....
I find it amusing that when I am in tank mode, where I sacrifice some of my Strength for Mitigation and Agility gear in order to tank, that my DPS is still within the range that you posted Assassin DPS as, and above that of a Ranger.... When I am in Tank Mode, I generally parse around 450 DPS.... Now get this, the majority of this is from AUTO-ATTACK.... Because when I am tanking, I loose the ability to use at least 60% of my CAs... All 5 of my flanking / stealth attacks are useless because of being in front of the mob... My 3 Bow CAs are useless because I am tanking and it's impossible to use ranged CAs.... Yet your trying to tell me that a unrestrained Ranger can't even do equal to my damage while I am tanking??
Last point.... Any Predator class can exceede the 125-250 DPS you listed by just simply putting yourself in auto-attack mode and never hitting a CA at all.... We all use the same equipment, the same weapons, the same poisons.... So, if it's not the CA, it must be something else....
I have 174 str, and 298 agil in my offensive stance self buffed (dont turn this into a str vs agil debate please).
This has nothing to do with Str vs. Agi, but you do know that your Auto-Attack and CA damage is based on Strength, right??
Most Rangers and Assassins that are around level 60 have a Strength near or above 300 (without buffs), so yours being around half of that explains why your DPS is lower.... If you choose to increase your Agility over increasing your Strength, do not complain when your damage is lower than thoes who choose to increase Strenght over Agility
Do you also realize that Int effects your poison damage and Proc damage?
Sigh, shows you how ignorant some how people are.. However I will have to educate some people.
Sorry, but if you want to come here and show us how ignorant we are and teach us how thigs really are, then you should at least get your numbers right and quit trying to exagerate on the side of being crippled, because all it does is shows how ignorant you really are....
Gwern - 67 Assassin - Kithicor