Originally Posted by Aldriana
1) I don't recall ever asserting that druids don't scale as well. Nor have I seen any argument that says they did. I agree they get - perhaps - slightly less benefit from weapons than other classes do. However, as has been discussed repeatedly in the last several pages, they get more benefit on the other slots, so overall scaling remains comperable.
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That's blatantly ignoring both my math and current itemization. Pick any ilevel and slot (slots if you want to talk weapons) and compare a "Feral item" and a "Rogue Item", under average conditions only a couple exemplary items (ex. Clefthoof Leggings) will outperform their rogue counterpart. Point for point, rogues get more DPS from AP than druids do from an equal ivalue of Str.
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2) If you don't buy that argument, then what? You think druids need to either be able to out-tank prot warrriors or outdps rogues in order to get a raid spot?
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Did I say that they should anywhere? Please don't put words in my mouth, as I've clearly stated in this thread already that I agree with the "90% of rogues DPS" or whatever it is. The problem is, as I've shown, is that as we progress further in the game, Druids will be doing less DPS compared to Rogues than they were before. If Druids are doing 90% of Rogue DPS now, but are doing 80% of Rogue DPS in Hyjal, then something is wrong, if it's class mechanics or itemization or both, doesn't matter, having a class scaling downward relative to other classes as you increase progression is just poor design.