Originally Posted by Nadnerb5

This is a pretty accurate example of what is going on, though it should be stressed that making up the "gear gap" won't make up the "DPS gap" that is currently happening with SPriests. As far as breaking 5k DPS, that is a pretty good benchmark to shoot for, especially if you are aggressive with multidotting. It should be noted that single target burning the snobolds is how the fight should play out, but as a Shadow Priest your placement on Recount will take a hit if you do this. Multidotting is a great way to cheese the meter and get people off your backs.

Saying that it is 20-30% lower than a pure DPS class is misleading, because at this point in the patch cycle, even hybrid melee (druids, Dks) are pulling 20-30% more DPS than shadow priests. Even boomkins are pulling substantially more damage than us in most burn fights. There are a number of threads both on shadowpriest.com as well as the US WoW Forums (Damage Dealing) that have in depth reviews of our current issues. As much as it frustrates me, I am going to keep my complaining off of the EJ forums - everyone here already knows there is an issue.