DPS is flat out stupid. Bring back DD

[Nav_Fae]

I used to call it DD on this forum but even the developers themselves keep using the term DPS as if it's an official term in the game so.... what can we do? Make a big rant thread and try to make them change it?

Because it is an official term in-game.

[Caitlyn]

Oh wow, then I m not the only one.

I still wondered why the short form of "Damage per Second" is also shared for the role "Damage Dealer". Maybe DPS stands for something different like "Damage PersonS" xD

But im totally agree, it must be DD and not DPS!

[Ultimatecalibur]

Oh wow, then I m not the only one.

I still wondered why the short form of "Damage per Second" is also shared for the role "Damage Dealer". Maybe DPS stands for something different like "Damage PersonS" xD

But im totally agree, it must be DD and not DPS!

I believe the choice of DpS over DD occurred because DD covers two types of classes. MMO design used to have sustained damage classes and nova/burst/alpha strike damage classes.

Sustained damage classes originally did medium levels of damage but could sustain that damage over long periods of time. DpS was the standard method to see how effective the these classes were and so they began to be referred to as DpS classes.
Nova/Burst/Alpha Strike classes relied on doing high damage bursts (often with fairly long cooldowns) at the start of fights to end them quickly.

When longer and longer fights started to be the boss design Meta, DpS classes became more desirable for content than Nova classes and designers were often forced to redesign Nova classes into DpS classes or give them DpS modes.

[Evangela]

Because it is an official term in-game.

Yes, I know that, and it's stupid.