can we talk about casters

[BluexBird]

Uhhh what is this "tax" you're talking about?

What makes you think casters are weaker than melee? How do you know of this information?!

Are you... ARE YOU USING 3RD PARTY PROGRAMS TO MEASURE AND COMPARE YOUR DAMAGES?!

Ban'd!

[MagiusNecros]

Uhhh what is this "tax" you're talking about?

They made it up. The tax doesn't exist. The classes just don't do as much deeps. It's a silly term for silly people.

[Ransu]

They made it up. The tax doesn't exist. The classes just don't do as much deeps. It's a silly term for silly people.

Bow mage...

The ranged tax has been a thing since post HW. Their answer to ARR BRD was literally to put a cast time on them in HW and people hated the cast times (I didn't mind it personally) thus they removed it and lowered the physical ranged dps heavily.

[MagiusNecros]

Bow mage...

The ranged tax has been a thing since post HW. Their answer to ARR BRD was literally to put a cast time on them in HW and people hated the cast times (I didn't mind it personally) thus they removed it and lowered the physical ranged dps heavily.

Got a dev source on that?

[Rolder50]

Got a dev source on that?

The proof is in the pudding, so to speak



Notice the rather clear distinction between melee+blm compared to the other ranged jobs. The only reasons for that cliff to exist are either:

1) Ranged tax.

2) They're just really bad at balancing.

Take your pick

[MagiusNecros]

The proof is in the pudding, so to speak

Got it the raider community made it up. The classes just suck because the devs made the xpac a melee one.

[Rolder50]

Got it the raider community made it up. The classes just suck because the devs made the xpac a melee one.

Got it, you're going with #2 then.

[Dohmi-Zeiva]

They made it up. The tax doesn't exist. The classes just don't do as much deeps. It's a silly term for silly people.

You dont need to use third party tools yourself to know any of this information. Because plenty of other people use them and the results are then logged on specific websites for everyone to see.

Casters are universally lower than melee. Stop burying your head in the sand and stop derping on about third party tools. We all know they are widely used for better or worse they are here to stay.

Heck, SE have buffed certain jobs after the masses have complained about their damage. After they themselves verify it. Balancing is an ongoing thing, as to be expected. But the players shouldnt just sit on their hands and say nothing. SE aren't perfect and we should all help each other the improve this game.

EDIT, I was actually meant to quote the person you quoted. My bad.