DPS is flat out stupid. Bring back DD

This is just nitpicking...

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Originally Posted by ErryK

This is just nitpicking...

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You have not been here long.

I've always heard DPS in the MMO's I've played.

Honestly, I prefer it, because it implies something very important: your job is not just to do damage, it is to do as much damage as you can, as quickly as you can. THIS POINT SEEMS TO ELUDE PEOPLE IN DF for some reason.

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Originally Posted by JustPlainLucas

It's time to get rid of Damage Per Second and bring back Damage Dealer!

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Never gonna happen, friend. Best to just accept that DD = DPS and go on living your life.

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Originally Posted by dragonseth07

I've always heard DPS in the MMO's I've played.

Honestly, I prefer it, because it implies something very important: your job is not just to do damage, it is to do as much damage as you can, as quickly as you can. THIS POINT SEEMS TO ELUDE PEOPLE IN DF for some reason.

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Bu....but...I'm a first timer. waaaaaaah

DD also used to mean Direct Damage (the opposite of DoT, Damage over Time) in various games, so people used to that will think DD meaning any dps class/job rather confusing

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Originally Posted by dragonseth07

Honestly, I prefer it, because it implies something very important[...]

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DamageDealer in turn implies that those classes/jobs are the only ones that deal considerable amounts of damage, which is a relic from the times in which trinity games were actually designed with such a train of thought in mind.

While I realize it will not change, that WoW has ingrained it far too thoroughly into Western consciousness, I agree completely.

"I am a DD!" - sounds good.
"I am a Damage Dealer!" - sounds good.
"I am a DPS!" - sounds good.
"I am a Damage Per Second!" - uh, no.

It's a bit like how to tell whether you should be using "it's" or "its".

Whenever you use "it's" in a sentence, sound it out to yourself, expand "it's" to "it is". If the sentence still makes sense, you're using it correctly. If not, you're not.

"It's a beautiful day today!" -> "It is a beautiful day today!" - Sounds good!
"A cloud passed by, and I'm in it's shadow." -> "A cloud passed by, and I'm in it is shadow." - Nope!

Let's form a Damage Dealers' Rights movement and protest. It must be great to have this term corrected in the game and on the forums.

DPS - Damage Player Stirrer-up

- I tryed ._.