Infraction for Mahdrid: 4. Whining in any form is forbidden.

• bartolimu · 08/14/09, 11:54 AM

Post: Retribution: 3.2
User: Mahdrid
Infraction: 4. Whining in any form is forbidden.
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

At least you're already banned for a day. Maybe you'll have stopped crying by the time the ban wears off.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Zurm

Well part of the problem, from this statement, seems to be a strat error. It's not the job of any melee to kill gifts on freya, most freezes on hodir (the only ones our melee kills are the ones right near the boss, and then they just die to cleaves), or sparks on trash. That is solely the job of hunters, mages, and destro locks. Yes, we took a hit on thorim's arena phase, but it was more than made up by the single target increase (I do more overall damage on that fight than I used to). While you may have liked our ability to swap instantly with little to no penalty, it was frankly overpowered, both in PvE and PvP. My damage on EVERY fight has increased with the patch. Yes, every single one. Some fights, the difference is well over 1k DPS (6.6k on algalon, #2 on damage? hells yea!). The trick is to know when to use SoR and when to use SoV; you have the mana now to swap as needed.

When to swap certainly isn't a problem for me. I got that. I do very much miss having a starring role in immediate switch damage. I didn't mind not topping the single target meters, and even with a big increase in my single target numbers, pures and some hybrids still outrun me (rogues by a large margin, and warriors by a significant margin). Having something that we do very well was always a nice part about playing retribution.

Now, it just feels clunky. I swap, swap seals, and do meh damage where I used to have a strong hand in helping.

Our ten man run is sometimes light on ranged DPS, so our melee has to switch to adds that need to be burned. That includes the trees. And frankly, if the ranged drops the ball or doesn't see the tree growing, you *have to switch or you risk a delay or wipe. Once upon a time, we could save the day that way.

I don't know that, given our lower overall damage, that I would consider that to be overpowered. And certainly, our current system is less than stellar when it comes to mechanics.

Anyway, sorry to derail. I hope we see a more active application of SoV, and I hope our ramp up time goes down a bit.