Quote Originally Posted by Elphy View Post
Well I will have to look into that, I havent actually parsed it I merely going on observation.

I used to be a career rdm but honestly do not play it as much as I would like simply due to the lolrdm you get these days or ppl hell bent on rdm being a healer, which I refuse to do. If they want a healer I will come whm, if I come rdm my heals are merely for back up. Mostly its for solo fun or the rare occasion that people actually let me into a pt with it.
I know the feeling, myself I have gotten to the point where most VW leaders on Phoenix I bother joining know I'm a good enough RDM that if I say I want to come RDM, I can actually do well on it on that NM. In either case, I have looked into DB and it has not aged well, its basically a weaker KoR, which only beats Req on higher defense targets anyways, and Req often wins against DB even on higher defense I think. Basically DB is fairly bleh by compare to Req/KoR/CDC, if you have none of those, it is still RDM's best option, but thats not saying a whole lot seeing as our options suck outside of those 4 WSs.

If you do not already, one thing you should get for Req for sure is Soil Belt/Gorget, not everyone knows they are the best things possible for it so if you already use them, ignore this, if not, get them, they are amazing boosts in damage. Besides that idk why your DB would be doing more unless its simply a defense matter, but with Dia III(if you have it merited) and a STR Shikargar or two you should normally be able to put Req above it quite a bit depending on target.

Note: Almost all things I look at number wise are the best possible damage, so when I say that DB loses to Req, I mean in the best possible gear for both, when not in the best possible gear, things may be different, especially with Req where optimum gear involves a lot of Morrigan's+1/Fea's which people may not have, so take these posts with a grain of salt for now.