Don't Tell Others How to Play Their Jobs

[icebalm]

I'm playing SMN and I just came from an AK run where our SCH healer was ragging on me, right from the very first pull, about how bad of a player I am because I wasn't using a DPS rotation she thought was better.

I was using Ruin II + Energy Drain, and he thought I should be using Ruin I + Fester because he thought it did more damage.

Ruin I (2.45 cast time + 2.45 recast, 80 potency) + Fester (300 max potency)
You can cast 9 Ruins and 3 Festers every 60 seconds: (9 * 80) + (3 * 300) = 1620 total potency damage per 60 seconds.

Ruin II (instant + 2.45 recast, 80 potency) + Energy Drain (150 potency)
You can cast 21 Ruin IIs and 3 Energy Drains every 60 seconds: (21 * 80) + (3 * 150) = 2130 total potency damage per 60 seconds.

A difference of 510 potency, or 32% more damage. This is not an insignificant amount.

So please, just let players play how they want. Just because they're not following the norm, doesn't mean they're bad players.

[Ruri]

Both are wrong!

[Pinkie_Pie]

Both are wrong!

your sig made me cry laughing for 15 minutes. good job

[Eli_Jin]

Ruin I (2.45 cast time + 2.45 recast,

right there is your problem. Ruin I (and any spell with a cast time) starts it's recast timer when you START casting, not when it finishes. So the total time to cast and recast is 2.45 seconds, not 2.45+2.45/.

[JayvirDeforte]

There really isn't a "best way" to do a lot of things, but there are some noticeable ways to do things completely incorrectly. I've seen BLM completely neglect Blizzard to regen mana and I've seen tanks never use Flash or Overpower for multiple mobs.

[Brox]

I've seen tanks never use Flash or Overpower for multiple mobs.

This threw me for a very big loop as I was leveling a healer.

[Gokulo]

How is Ruin2 + ED or Ruin + Fester even considered a rotation?

Pro tip: you should use all of the above.

[Cairn]

Let me guess, is she a new player with just one relic weapon?

[Odd]

Let me guess, is she a new player with just one relic weapon?

If you're right OMG what a noob. Who runs AK when they only have one relic weapon?

/insert facepalm pic here

[Detroit2487]

IF I don't tell others how to play the game, then 9/10 Paladins I group with won't hold threat on more than 1 mob.

So please, just let players play how they want. Just because they're not following the norm, doesn't mean they're bad players.

What you are saying right there is why 29/30 Titan pugs on my server fail. Learn to play the game correctly?