Bokchoykn's Rough Napkin Math for New WAR [~5% DPS Nerf]

[Aana]

Reposting here and editing with some additional thoughts as this thread is more relevant to the numbers.

According to Bok at least, this amounts to about a 5% DPS decrease. So hopefully they implement some significant changes to the potency buffs because as-is the job is getting a modest nerf.

Kinda. The 5.1% nerf is just the Storms Eye vs Potency gained alone. The burst is a little side grade-ish. 1 epic burst every 90 sec vs smaller bursts every min as it is now.

The unmeasured variable is the increase in overall number of FCs. We currently get 180 gauge for free during perfect IRZerk window now. That will change to 5FC/upheaval/onslaught during new IR giving us a free 290 Gauge. We just got 110 gauge which means 2 more FCs we didn't have before and then some. If you count both that 110 gauge and the time shaved off infuriate as more gauge it starts to stack up. We are completely free to use infuriate on CD now which we weren't able to do all the time before.

*We are going to be spamming a LOT of FCs in our non-burst windows with all this 110 extra gauge.
*We will get even MORE FC because we will not need to use onslaught to 'manage' gauge and can just freely use FC instead of onslaughts when gauge is capping out.
*Both of which multiplies further with enhanced infuriate giving us even more FCs AND we wont be sitting on infuriate like we sometimes do right now

So our non-burst rotation got nerfed ~5%and we don't align with party buffs as neatly. However we will also see an pretty big influx of probably 3-4 more FCs a 90 sec cycle than before.

I suspect we will at worst break even, or some negligible amount in either direction.

As for SE's prediction of war's doing more damage, I strongly suspect that includes less optimized play. Defiance just got some giant buffs to damage. If you are playing defiance war or progression-safety net war, your damage just went up a LOT with the unchained separation. Wars 'overall' will certainly do more damage if you count this category.