Dat Fell Cleave tho...

[Argyle_Darkheart]

Yeah... that exploit "fix" dropped us about 200 sustained dps.

Um...what?

The Dark Arts dupe allowed you to get a free DA Dark Passenger (+100 potency) every 30 seconds, and a free DA Souleater (+120 potency) every 60 seconds. So, 320 (368 with Darkside) potency every 60 seconds ideally, or about 5.33 (6.13) potency per second. Without factoring in Blood Weapon or Storm's Eye/Dancing Edge, and only using Delirium (i.e. this is a low estimate), DRK is dealing about 188.5 potency per second. Adding Dark Arts dupe would bring it to about 194.63 potency per second. Subtracting 6.13 potency per second from there is about a 3.15% loss.

How exactly does that equate to a "200 sustained dps" loss?

Parses

Using an Infuriate > Vengeance opener and ending on a Berserk triple Fell Cleave is going to inflate your numbers a bit. I've done several 10-15 minute parses on full-STR WAR and I'm averaging about 920-930 DPS (no party, no food, no potion).

The DRK parse is outdated, unfortunately, but they shouldn't have fallen much, contrary to what Nektulos claims. With Storm's Eye/Dancing Edge, they should be right there with WAR, if not beating it (TP issues aside).