🚀 go-pugleaf

On 4/13/2011 7:12 PM, ti...@thsu.org wrote:
> On Apr 13, 8:42 pm, QQGnomie<gnome99...@rocketmail.com>  wrote:
>>   It is sad to be a DPS because to many people don't
>> understand it is not possible to reach the theoretically DPS when the
>> setup is not perfect.
>
> Spoken like someone unused to playing a dps at a high level.
>
> Interrupts? Decursing? You should be able to handle that and still do
> well on recount.
>
> For example, lets assume that your rotation is 30 attacks per minute,
> and that you have to decurse 12 times during a 5 minute fight. That
> means you wasted 15 seconds decursing (assuming a 1.25 second global
> cooldown after haste), which leaves 285 seconds to dps, or 142.5
> attacks in 5 minutes instead of 150 attacks, for an expected dps of
> 95% of the theoretical maximum.
>
> Thus, if your dps players are complaining that decursing is causing
> more than a 5% dps loss, then they are blowing smoke up your ass.
>
> As for movement, that's just another excuse used by bad dps players.
> Yes it reduces your dps, but not by much.
>
> Movement means you have to stop casting, and replace your cast with an
> instant attack, using the 1.25 second global cooldown to move. Thus,
> your dps should only drop by the difference between the casted spell
> and the instant spell. Again, if that's more than a 5% dps loss, the
> player is blowing smoke up your ass.
>
> The *only* things that affect dps by more than 5% or so are fight
> mechanics that force you to stop dps. Normal stuff like interrupts,
> decursing, and movement should be just a mere blip in your dps.
> --
> // T.Hsu

The problem is if we have 3 mages and they are all asked to interrupt 
and decurse but only 1 is doing it because he doesn't care about the 
meter as well as the other, he is called a bad player in your rule.  If 
you are looking at ranks, do you compare the first on the rank to the 
9th on the rank?  Are they 5% different or 2% different?  Rank is not 
tell you that.  This is what I want to say.  Why even consider the 
mechanic if someone is only looking at the meter and rank?  Movement is 
hurting some classes more than others but the rank on damage meter is 
not going explain that too.

I have seen more than 5% loss for some unlucky shadow priests and 
boomkins who have to heal themselves and others when the healers are too 
busy doing something else.  I have seen mages who have to cover other 
slackers for the cc.  I have seen hunters who have to kite the adds away 
to save the raid but lost all DPS on the boss.  I have seen warlocks who 
have stop all attacks and do /dance because they are so close to pull 
aggro.

Now, tell me if I should be casting curse of tongue instead of element 
for max theoretically DPS instead of playing in a team.  This is an 
honest question I have for those who think killing stuffs is the only 
thing a DPS should do.  Blindly calling other people bad and lazy is not 
the best way to build a team.