multi-attack or dps?

Abner · 08-15-2011, 05:10 PM

What's better - 20% more damage per second, or 20% multi-attack chance? My guess is the dps, but I'm sure some people have run the numbers. Thanks

circusgirl · 08-16-2011, 01:45 AM

Multi-attack. DPS caps lower and is easier to get via buffs, while Multi-attack doesn't cap until 600, and there are fewer buffs available for it.

thorn · 05-06-2012, 01:01 PM

Multi attack by folds, this is where your main damage and aggr come from.

Halo of G4 · 05-14-2012, 06:39 AM

Vinka@Antonia Bayle wrote:

Multi-attack. DPS caps lower and is easier to get via buffs, while Multi-attack doesn't cap until 600, and there are fewer buffs available for it.

Wait Multi attack caps? Really? I'm almost up at 600 and I have 6 skyshrine raid gear items...

Also no, never choose dps, you can literally rub your face against the ceiling without even trying. Same with attack speed.

Jemoo · 05-14-2012, 10:11 AM

Caps for Melee Stats (mostly soft caps): DPS - 200 (soft cap with serious diminishing returns, I would even reforge down to 150 if you aren't a Dirge cuz after 100 you hit hard deminishing returns as it is)

Haste - 200 (after 200 ~30 = 1 flurry)

MA - 600 (after 600 the next guaranteed attack is 1000)

Weapon Skill - ~650-700 (I sit at 660 unbuffed and hit 95%+ against raid mobs)

LygerT · 05-14-2012, 02:02 PM

even with a small amount of DPS mods on gear in this expansion it is very easy to cap DPS mod as a zerk, especially with the temp buffs the class has.

don't go for any DPS mod gear if you are even remotely close to level 90-92.

Halo of G4 · 05-14-2012, 02:53 PM

I'm at 146 dps without my zerk buffs activated. With they're activated its at 220 and this is just solo.

Haste/DPS are both w hat the zerk was known for buff wise. We don't just cap it now, we cap it roughly 5 times over. Very minor flurry adds with haste is idiotic since you don't even see it. Especially since flurry is added to most raid gear in Skyshrine.

SoE really needs to figure out what the hell they're going to do with our class. Our buffs/mythbuffs are all but useless now.

05-14-2012, 06:39 AM	#4
Halo of G4 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 283	Vinka@Antonia Bayle wrote: Multi-attack. DPS caps lower and is easier to get via buffs, while Multi-attack doesn't cap until 600, and there are fewer buffs available for it. Wait Multi attack caps? Really? I'm almost up at 600 and I have 6 skyshrine raid gear items... Also no, never choose dps, you can literally rub your face against the ceiling without even trying. Same with attack speed. __________________ LU2012: Valve has bought SoE. EQ2 has been renamed FortressQuest 2 with Freeport and Qeynos respectively becoming Blu and RED base. Added Raid Zone: The Goldrush: Dwell into the depths of RED base to defeat the Heavy, a powerful foe that even the Nameless fears.

05-14-2012, 10:11 AM	#5
Jemoo Server: Kithicor Guild: Faydarks Legion Rank: Guild Officers Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 204	Caps for Melee Stats (mostly soft caps): DPS - 200 (soft cap with serious diminishing returns, I would even reforge down to 150 if you aren't a Dirge cuz after 100 you hit hard deminishing returns as it is) Haste - 200 (after 200 ~30 = 1 flurry) MA - 600 (after 600 the next guaranteed attack is 1000) Weapon Skill - ~650-700 (I sit at 660 unbuffed and hit 95%+ against raid mobs) __________________

05-14-2012, 02:53 PM	#7
Halo of G4 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 283	I'm at 146 dps without my zerk buffs activated. With they're activated its at 220 and this is just solo. Haste/DPS are both w hat the zerk was known for buff wise. We don't just cap it now, we cap it roughly 5 times over. Very minor flurry adds with haste is idiotic since you don't even see it. Especially since flurry is added to most raid gear in Skyshrine. SoE really needs to figure out what the hell they're going to do with our class. Our buffs/mythbuffs are all but useless now. __________________ LU2012: Valve has bought SoE. EQ2 has been renamed FortressQuest 2 with Freeport and Qeynos respectively becoming Blu and RED base. Added Raid Zone: The Goldrush: Dwell into the depths of RED base to defeat the Heavy, a powerful foe that even the Nameless fears.

08-15-2011, 05:10 PM	#1
Abner Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 48	What's better - 20% more damage per second, or 20% multi-attack chance? My guess is the dps, but I'm sure some people have run the numbers. Thanks

08-16-2011, 01:45 AM	#2
circusgirl Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,424	Multi-attack. DPS caps lower and is easier to get via buffs, while Multi-attack doesn't cap until 600, and there are fewer buffs available for it.

05-06-2012, 01:01 PM	#3
thorn Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 59	Multi attack by folds, this is where your main damage and aggr come from.

05-14-2012, 02:02 PM	#6
LygerT Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: las vegas, NV Posts: 2,144	even with a small amount of DPS mods on gear in this expansion it is very easy to cap DPS mod as a zerk, especially with the temp buffs the class has. don't go for any DPS mod gear if you are even remotely close to level 90-92.