Thread: 4.05 DPS Ranking Expectations

Originally Posted by Chronons

Lets take Susy Ex for example - The puddles it casts. Melee has to move the radius of the puddle to get out of it and then the radius to get back in to do damage. Caster only has to move the radius to get out and can continue to damage.

If you stack properly, you can dodge puddles and still attack the boss from left or right. Melee can do damage while moving as well so you dont lose any damage dodging mechanics around bosses. If blm have to stop casting for dodging mechanics, it is more dps loss than that melee have to hit one positional from the wrong side. Now we even have true north for mechanics where you can not hit positionals.

Originally Posted by Sunako

If you stack properly, you can dodge puddles and still attack the boss from left or right. Melee can do damage while moving as well so you dont lose any damage dodging mechanics around bosses. If blm have to stop casting for dodging mechanics, it is more dps loss than that melee have to hit one positional from the wrong side. Now we even have true north for mechanics where you can not hit positionals.

It's swings and roundabouts. Range is handy for starting damage on his cup game (acquire target and immediately start rather than having to run up to it), and if he puts pools around the right cup, melee literally can't get in for a while.

Broadly speaking:

Things that require movement to safe spots (as long as the safespot is near enough to the boss for melee anyway) is disadvantage to cast time casters.

Anything with target switching is inherently disadvantage to melee.

Originally Posted by Chronons

They shouldn't. Typically casters have greater uptime than melee due to mechanics which is why they have lower dps. Barring certain fights of course.

Lets take Susy Ex for example - The puddles it casts. Melee has to move the radius of the puddle to get out of it and then the radius to get back in to do damage. Caster only has to move the radius to get out and can continue to damage.

What the hell? Any melee worth their salt abuses the puddles by stacking. If you need to move out of puddles, wait for them to detonate, then move back in, you're doing it wrong. There are plenty of ways to keep attacking while avoiding the puddles, even during my melee phase for RDM I've never had to flat out stop doing damage because of puddles appearing.