DRK Consolidated Feedback Thread

[jameseoakes]

Statistics update. Past week in Savage:

Warrior 11,321
Paladin 13,624
Dark Knight 7,116

Past 2 weeks:

Warrior 23,091
Paladin 27,982
Dark Knight 14,756

How is DRK damage so low? I thought it was only a fairly modest DPS difference (although still significant)
Edit I'm bad at understanding statistics :C sorry

[Chrono_Rising]

This is how often the class is run in savage, not damage stats.

[SyzzleSpark]

How is DRK damage so low? I thought it was only a fairly modest DPS difference (although still significant)

Those aren't DPS numbers, they're usage numbers. DPS numbers have DRK about 100DPS behind PLD and 200-300DPS behind WAR, depending on percentile.

As I've said in other threads, the reason usage numbers are so important is that they show that there isn't something particularly special that makes up for DRK's low DPS. If DRK's DPS was the only problem, but it excelled in certain other areas, DRK would be much closer to the other two in usage. Its so far behind because WAR and PLD just do everything better, even if only slightly.

The usage statistics are also completely unaffected by percentile, and so they are completely unrelated to meta, speed runs, prog, etc. (i.e. the argument "don't listen to the meta" doesn't apply. these numbers factor in everyone, meta-conscious or not). Its just everybody who is raiding, no matter how good or bad they are, or why they're doing it. It illustrates something of a rejection of the job by the community.

[jameseoakes]

Those aren't DPS numbers, they're usage numbers. DPS numbers have DRK about 100DPS behind PLD and 200-300DPS behind WAR, depending on percentile.

As I've said in other threads, the reason usage numbers are so important is that they show that there isn't something particularly special that makes up for DRK's low DPS. If DRK's DPS was the only problem, but it excelled in certain other areas, DRK would be much closer to the other two in usage. Its so far behind because WAR and PLD just do everything better, even if only slightly.

The usage statistics are also completely unaffected by percentile, and so they are completely unrelated to meta, speed runs, prog, etc. Its just everybody who is raiding, no matter how good or bad they are, or why they're doing it. It illustrates something of a rejection of the job by the community.

My bad sorry, hmm that is quite a big difference. Are there statistics of the DRK play rate at none savage end game?