4.05 DPS Ranking Expectations

[Gallus]

I'd love to hear the rationale for DRG being behind RDM and NIN.

DRG has dragon sight, litany and disembowel. That's a lot of raid damage (especially litany and disembowel). RDM's embolden is nowhere near what provides DRG. NIN is a bit closer because TA is strong. The issue with DRG is that it's a very inconvenient class to play... lots of positionals with massive punishing dps loss if failed (cough samurai cough), long ogcd animations and a timer that makes your life hell.

[HoLoFoNo]

DRG has dragon sight, litany and disembowel. That's a lot of raid damage (especially litany and disembowel). RDM's embolden is nowhere near what provides DRG. NIN is a bit closer because TA is strong. The issue with DRG is that it's a very inconvenient class to play... lots of positionals with massive punishing dps loss if failed (cough samurai cough), long ogcd animations and a timer that makes your life hell.

Except Litany and dragon sight put together is roughly the same as embolden in contribution. Disembowel is a wildcard because realistically it will only provide for one other class, which would possibly be slightly less than what litany currently provides. RDM is a super convenient class to play also, so someone pushing a DRG to the max should be higher than someone pushing RDM to the max, because on average RDM is affected by skill level a lot less. Basically RDM should outperform DRG until the 95th percentile.

[BlackThought]

DRG has dragon sight, litany and disembowel. That's a lot of raid damage (especially litany and disembowel). RDM's embolden is nowhere near what provides DRG. NIN is a bit closer because TA is strong. The issue with DRG is that it's a very inconvenient class to play... lots of positionals with massive punishing dps loss if failed (cough samurai cough), long ogcd animations and a timer that makes your life hell.

Disembowel has been significantly nerfed and one of the major benfeciaries (MCH) is utterly doomed. Littany, while great, pales in comparison to TA. Moreover RDM and NIN are already miles ahead anyway. RDM's spot curing and raising is well, far and away better.