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Dallun · 06-25-2007, 04:31 PM

TheSpin wrote:

Oakum wrote:
First of all I want to thank you for bringing back the mystics and wardens into this post. If I wanted another post about inquisitors, I would go the inquisitor forum.
I have to disagree with you about the way you expect the damage output to be based on the type of armor worn. Wardens have roots to compensate for their lighter armor, therefore that is not the primary reason to decide who should do the heaviest dps. Not to mention wardens are the only melee priest that is considered by the general populous to be the 'better' healer than it's counterpart (furies).
I think that mystics are the ones who need some attention. Inquisitor dps is fine (and then some). I would guess a good dps specced/geared inquisitor could out dps any priest class in a single target encounter.

Please do remember that we are talking about Melee DPS here and hence why I state that Roots are a minor advantage in melee. Please don't misunderstand that I think they are useless... well... they are in PvE unless you are casting, but while roots are very powerful in PvP the majority of the population plays PvE. Something else to consider is solo vs group. Any class is going to have their abilities changed by a group setup and hence the person with the most raw Damage potential is going to benefit the most; as proven by Assassin's insane DPS in groups and their utter craptacular performance at soloing. So in groups I would expect Wardens to have higher DPS numbers simply because every attack they have (melee... or casting for that matter) save one is just Damage. A solid benchmark for this kind of thinking would be to solo the nest. I, as a 70 warden, can get all the way tot he last named and almost beat him and while I am not EoF Fabled out, that is not a detriment as Warden EoF gear does not cater to the melee spec. (STR 4 8 8 7 1 STA 4 4 4 SMILEY

Fellow guildmates who play both Mystics and Defilers can however solo the nest in its entirety. This is because of the debuffs that they are able to produce. As for the armor we both were wearing, theirs was better as they did have EoF gear, but it was not a massive improvement over what I had. A second quick benchmark to test things by is to find out how many guilds have what healers for the Challenge in EH. Dallun / Fione 70 Warden / 70 Illusionist Antonia Bayle

06-25-2007, 04:31 PM	#17
Dallun Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 126	TheSpin wrote: Oakum wrote: First of all I want to thank you for bringing back the mystics and wardens into this post. If I wanted another post about inquisitors, I would go the inquisitor forum. I have to disagree with you about the way you expect the damage output to be based on the type of armor worn. Wardens have roots to compensate for their lighter armor, therefore that is not the primary reason to decide who should do the heaviest dps. Not to mention wardens are the only melee priest that is considered by the general populous to be the 'better' healer than it's counterpart (furies). I think that mystics are the ones who need some attention. Inquisitor dps is fine (and then some). I would guess a good dps specced/geared inquisitor could out dps any priest class in a single target encounter. Please do remember that we are talking about Melee DPS here and hence why I state that Roots are a minor advantage in melee. Please don't misunderstand that I think they are useless... well... they are in PvE unless you are casting, but while roots are very powerful in PvP the majority of the population plays PvE. Something else to consider is solo vs group. Any class is going to have their abilities changed by a group setup and hence the person with the most raw Damage potential is going to benefit the most; as proven by Assassin's insane DPS in groups and their utter craptacular performance at soloing. So in groups I would expect Wardens to have higher DPS numbers simply because every attack they have (melee... or casting for that matter) save one is just Damage. A solid benchmark for this kind of thinking would be to solo the nest. I, as a 70 warden, can get all the way tot he last named and almost beat him and while I am not EoF Fabled out, that is not a detriment as Warden EoF gear does not cater to the melee spec. (STR 4 8 8 7 1 STA 4 4 4 Fellow guildmates who play both Mystics and Defilers can however solo the nest in its entirety. This is because of the debuffs that they are able to produce. As for the armor we both were wearing, theirs was better as they did have EoF gear, but it was not a massive improvement over what I had. A second quick benchmark to test things by is to find out how many guilds have what healers for the Challenge in EH. Dallun / Fione 70 Warden / 70 Illusionist Antonia Bayle