DPSnumberyoudotakeatpresentareasnopshotintime.WhatImeanisthatthingschangesasthenewitemsareintriducedtothegameandinparticularaspklayersexperimentandadapt.Wecansaywearesmartguysherebutwedonotpretentforamomenttobesmarterthantheentirefanbaseputtogether.Nomatterhowmanydifferentvariablesweconsider,somecleverpersonisgoingtocomeupwithawaytododpsthatwedidn'timaginewhenwedidourtests.TheexamplesIusuallyusewhenexplainingthisaresomethinglikethedruidwhofindsthatwithacertainflaskandacertainsetbonusandacertaintrinketcanspamHurricanealldaylonganddo6000dps.That'sanexaggeration,butyougetthepoint.
Orifithelpstounderstandthepointbetter,ourdesignusedtobethatthedpsofclassesthatdidn'tdoanythingbutdpswasmuchhigherthanthedpsofclassesthatbroughtgreatbuffs.Thelatterpaida"hybridpenaltytax"ifyouwill.Wecannolongerguaranteeyourbuffwillbeuberorthatitwon'tbeoverwritten.Therefore,ifwehadnotmadeanyotherchanges,wefiguredtheresultwouldbejustenoughclassestobringthebuffs,andthenstackingtherestoftheraidwithveryhighdpsclasseslikerouges.Nooffensetotherogues,butwedidn'twanttoseeeveryraidswith10rogues.Inshort,wearenolongerusingthe"hybridpenaltytax"designphilosophyandwewanteveryonedoingdpstodpsalotclosertoeachother.
Somebodypointedoutthatthismakesitimportantforustogeteveryone'sdpsclose,inthattheguyswithbaddpsandunwantedbuffsisgoingtobetheraid.Thisistotallyaccurate.IwilladdthoughthatithasneverbeenasmuchofapriorityasitisnowsoIhopesomeofthebadexamplesofthepastwon'thappenagain.Ifacertainclassisroutinelygettingbypassedforraiding,wewilldefinitelytakestepstoaddressthat.Suchstepsmightincludebuffingdpsorchangingthemechanicssothattheyhaveamoredesirablebufforutility.
Ithelpstounderstandthepointbetter,ourdesignusedtobethatthedpsofclassesthatdidn'tdoanythingbutdpswasmuchhigherthanthedpsofclassesthatbroughtgreatbuffs.Thelatterpaida"hybridpenaltytax"ifyouwill.Wecannolongerguaranteeyourbuffwillbeuberorthatitwon'tbeoverwritten.Therefore,ifwehadnotmadeanyotherchanges,wefiguredtheresultwouldbejustenoughclassestobringthebuffs,andthenstackingtherestoftheraidwithveryhighdpsclasseslikerouges.
Atlength,operationisalsoanissueyoushouldtakemorenotice.Canyousaywhosedpsishigh,hunterorwarrior?Takingthedifferentplayers'levelinamount,asamatteoffactitishardtoanswer.Itisgoingtobehardtoknowifthathunterisbeatingthatwarlock'sdpsbecauseoftheclassortheplayer.Thisisparticularytruegivenhowquickly"cookiecutter"specsandrotationsspreadthroughthecommunity.Onceyoufindsomethingthatworks,youmaynotwanttoexperimentalot,lesttheraidwipesfromyourmistakes.Butsomebodywillexperiment.Theyalwaysdo.
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