Quote Originally Posted by Fuuljo View Post
I don't, it's an interesting mechanic and draw back to a powerful ability.
The problem with the drawback on Berserk is that Berserk really isn't strong enough to justify a drawback if you're looking at all CDs as if they're supposed to be balanced. Since it increases attack power rather than damage outright, it's closer to a 40% increase in damage dealt for the duration than the 50% that a lot of people say it is. On top of that, the Pacification neuters the practical value of Berserk: you're doing 140% total damage for a time and then spend a quarter of the time you were buffed doing only 25% of your total damage (you only get autoattacks, which make up slightly more than 25% of total DPS). That ends up being a total of an average 12% damage buff over the 25 seconds that Berserk is affecting you. Compare that to Fight or Flight which is straight up 30% for 30 seconds on the exact same CD: FoF provides more than double the increase in damage and lasts 20% longer on top of it. Over time, thanks to the Pacification, Berserk provides you with a whopping 3.33% increase to total DPS. Fight or Flight provides a 10% increase. Cross-class Blood for Blood provides 5% (20 * 20 / 80). Berserk provides as much as a Bard's Raging Strikes, which is its second weakest CD *out of the 5 that it gets*.

Berserk is weak as hell. It is nowhere *near* as strong as some people think it is. It lets you flash big numbers, but it doesn't actually add all that much over time. As a CD, it's pretty terrible, especially given the fact that it's a unique CD that is improved by a trait.

If the Pacification on it were removed, it would be stronger (8.88% over time) but still weaker than Fight or Flight.

Of course, I don't really think that Berserk needs to be fixed or change much. WAR and PLD damage/enmity is *really* well balanced so it doesn't really matter that Berserk sucks noodles compared to Fight or Flight because WAR doesn't *need* a CD like FoF to do its job. People just need to realize that Berserk is pretty low on the spectrum of relative CD strength.