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Old November 19, 2008, 12:40 PM   #31 (permalink)

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Darkersoul
70 Human Warlock
Sargeras US PvP
Guild: Divergence
Talent Spec: 0/21/40
Re: Common misunderstanding for lock dps.
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I completely disagree about the dismal state of lock dps. I love proving this on my server to all the other locks who think they can't top meters, and be competitive raid dps.
Little late bud? We were buffed. Yes locks rape as of 3.0.3. Beta said we are now top dps at 80, compared to the week before we were the worst.
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Old November 19, 2008, 02:53 PM   #32 (permalink)

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Vitriola
80 Human Warlock
gorgonash US PvP
Guild: Knights of Avalon
Profile: Blizzard Armory
Talent Spec: 0/41/30
Re: Common misunderstanding for lock dps.
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Now I am typically #3 on damage but completely out of the top 10 for dps. It is not the dps that maters... it is the actual damage.
This makes me wonder. Math suggests that if one person does 2k dps for 10 minutes that he will do more damage than another person doing 1.5k dps for the same duration. Given this, how does someone with a much lower dps do more damage?
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Old November 19, 2008, 04:16 PM   #33 (permalink)

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Kaymorolis
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Exodar US PvE
Guild: Mediocrity
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Talent Spec: 0/3/58
Re: Common misunderstanding for lock dps.
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This makes me wonder. Math suggests that if one person does 2k dps for 10 minutes that he will do more damage than another person doing 1.5k dps for the same duration. Given this, how does someone with a much lower dps do more damage?
The person with a very high dps might have pulled agro and gotten killed. I belive most meters only measure your DPS based on the amount of time you were in combat.
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Old November 19, 2008, 04:22 PM   #34 (permalink)

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Rossitini
80 Human Warlock
Hellscream Euro PvE
Profile: WoW Rankings
Talent Spec: Dual
Re: Common misunderstanding for lock dps.
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This makes me wonder. Math suggests that if one person does 2k dps for 10 minutes that he will do more damage than another person doing 1.5k dps for the same duration. Given this, how does someone with a much lower dps do more damage?
Thats because one person (i.e a shammy) may hit a mob once and stop casting and get 2k dps

A warlock may hit serveral mobs, keep DoTs on and lifetap and their dps will drop because the DoT's are still ticking, so the damage they inflict per second drops as it it only a DoT doing minimal damage.
But damage non the same

Who will have the highest DPS?

The shammy who only done one hit!!

It means nothing, forget DPS and just check the damage meter

We still pwn, No doubt
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