#172
by Yrck
guys lets state the obvious here. me a lvl 150 at first kill and 151 at second kill druid got the kill over a pretty much full geared 154-155 rogue (he lvld too between 1st and 2nd i believe) a lvl 156 ranger (also all the main dps gear such as agg rings and earthstone), a lvl 149 warrior on a combo (IMO should be better too) a lvl 151 ranger with knucks (h2h maxed i believe, hes beaten main dps on major bosses before), a lvl 150 mage (full dps, no agg braces but a good princecharm and i believe a agg ring 6 shards), a lvl 150 rogue (less geared then the 155 but still decent dps) and a lvl 154 mage (full dps with ice brace, ring and more. he outdpsd brookie on haste before). my question is how in hell can a pure support class overdamage all of these dps classes? the answer is that druids arent such bad dps at all, as long as you are willing to spend on it (in the form of sigils and many many pots) and are willing to give up the ability of solo overhealing bosses (i used to overheal ignus lavalordon my own as support). surviving as druid dps is also not an option, i died on one regular hit from aggragoth i believe... can a mage do this too? i believe they can, as they even have more dps options (firestorm as extra dps attack compared to druids). can a rogue do this too? yes if brookie goes literally all points on strength and nothing on any else im sure he will do just as good on a combo. can rangers do this? ive thought about it but i think only with knucks, as rangers are more a class for solo lvling and more usefull then a rogue at some situation, therefor making rangers a class that can do more then rogues and therefor turn in some dps, with knucks and full gear could be possible tho. can a warrior do this? same situation as ranger they can survive more and arent really set up for pure dps, so i wouldnt expect a warrior to do super dps, even on combo.
what im trying to say here is that what i did could have been done by pretty much anyone thats willing to give up all other intensions. brookie turned it into rogues are underpowered, but try what i said then see if you or presmagic gets kill, i think you will. we are just willing to give all rest options up to be dps.
also i dont expect many other people to do this, as it is not worth for many, for me it is because my heal still works decent, i still overheal many bosses too. but if it comes as far as major bosses like stone or lava i am no more then some dps and a heal every now and then, i dont easily get kills on these bosses because i have to heal as well, and i cant overheal them either, because i dont have buffs. being dps is fun, but you give up some good things.
the reason why brookie made this post is to find out how and why a druid outdpses a main dps class like rogue or mage. the reason i went into this post is because i wanted to celebrate the fact druids arent useless as dps class, as many thought. even tho druids are obviously best as support, if there are many druids on your server (as mine) one or two can afford to go dps and be helpfull as well instead of being the one buff taker and barely having to cast nature touch (at one point we had so many druids i only had to do my buffs, bark and fire ward, and didnt have to heal actually entire fight).
dont make this a thread to hate on my kill, i didnt even care that it was me, for all i care it was someone on a diff server, as long as it was a druid. all i wanna say is druids where undervalued as dps, i hope that stops now. rogues where OP on dps for a long time, im actually happy it became a battle, as brookie killed..(fill in blanks).. became a bit boring to see all the time.
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