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lisasdarr · 10-04-2005, 07:54 PM

Ildarus wrote:

lisasdarren wrote:What players want is generally emotive and is therefore unreliable by default; for example non-dps classes are complaining that the DPS classes can level far faster than them because they kill mobs very fast, where as the Devs know (they have data on everything that happens in game remember) that there is only a very slight advantage for DPS classes in terms of leveling speed.

What game are you playing? I can gain xp twice as fast with one of my dps character than I can with my priest character when soloing. If I can kill a blue con mob in 30 seconds with my dps class and not have to recoup, and then my priest turns around and kills the sam mob in 45-60 seconds but then has to spend another 30 seconds recouping, then it only makes sense that my dps class would gain xp faster soloing.

I'll re-iterate A DEV said at the community summit that their data shows only a small increase in comparative XP gain rate for DPS classes, and their data encompases everything that happens in EQ2. Your empirical evidence is powerless in the face of their immense reserves of hard data.

10-04-2005, 07:54 PM	#34
lisasdarr Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 186	Ildarus wrote: lisasdarren wrote:What players want is generally emotive and is therefore unreliable by default; for example non-dps classes are complaining that the DPS classes can level far faster than them because they kill mobs very fast, where as the Devs know (they have data on everything that happens in game remember) that there is only a very slight advantage for DPS classes in terms of leveling speed. What game are you playing? I can gain xp twice as fast with one of my dps character than I can with my priest character when soloing. If I can kill a blue con mob in 30 seconds with my dps class and not have to recoup, and then my priest turns around and kills the sam mob in 45-60 seconds but then has to spend another 30 seconds recouping, then it only makes sense that my dps class would gain xp faster soloing. I'll re-iterate A DEV said at the community summit that their data shows only a small increase in comparative XP gain rate for DPS classes, and their data encompases everything that happens in EQ2. Your empirical evidence is powerless in the face of their immense reserves of hard data. __________________