Are heavy attacks too weak?
swirve
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Using heavy attacks is the last resort for a build as all other options are better overall for DDs.
The sustain they provide appears to be better delivered through food, pots, glyphs or sets to balance with the DPS loss vs say just food, glyphs or sets.
The damage is also too low and or significantly reduces your total DPS potential by using them in a rotation.
Edited by swirve on June 17, 2018 9:26AM The sustain they provide appears to be better delivered through food, pots, glyphs or sets to balance with the DPS loss vs say just food, glyphs or sets.
The damage is also too low and or significantly reduces your total DPS potential by using them in a rotation.
Are heavy attacks too weak? 53 votes
Heavy attacks are fine
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Heavy attacks are weak
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Heavy attacks are strong
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Depends on class
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Ankael07✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Heavy attacks are fineYou should only compare heavy attacks with light attacks and nothing else. Its a choice between dps and sustain simple as that.
Oh and dont forget the dps and sustain buff that comes from the off balance effectIf you want me to reply to your comment type @Ankael07 in it.2 -
swirve✭✭✭✭Heavy attacks are weakYou should only compare heavy attacks with light attacks and nothing else. Its a choice between dps and sustain simple as that.
Oh and dont forget the dps and sustain buff that comes from the off balance effect
No. I can compare heavy attacks to any form of sustain that also affects DPS.
You could include a heavy attack in a rotation vs say 1 recovery glyph... which is most efficient to do so from a sustain and overall DPS pov...4 -
Aznox✭✭✭✭✭Heavy attacks are fineHeavy attack are very strong against an off-balanced target.
Heavy attack are sub-optimal otherwise, but still a way to recover faster if you failed your resource management.
Overall they are fine.Aznox
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swirve✭✭✭✭Heavy attacks are weakHeavy attack are very strong against an off-balanced target.
Heavy attack are sub-optimal otherwise, but still a way to recover faster if you failed your resource management.
Overall they are fine.
Who is prioritising heavy attacks into a rotation to benefit from off balance vs continuing with normal rotation?
They are for resource management primarily.2 -
Dracan_Fontom✭✭✭✭✭Heavy attacks are fineHeavy attack are very strong against an off-balanced target.
Heavy attack are sub-optimal otherwise, but still a way to recover faster if you failed your resource management.
Overall they are fine.
Who is prioritising heavy attacks into a rotation to benefit from off balance vs continuing with normal rotation?
They are for resource management primarily.
A tank or a healer in any group? :P0 -
swirve✭✭✭✭Heavy attacks are weakDracan_Fontom wrote: »Heavy attack are very strong against an off-balanced target.
Heavy attack are sub-optimal otherwise, but still a way to recover faster if you failed your resource management.
Overall they are fine.
Who is prioritising heavy attacks into a rotation to benefit from off balance vs continuing with normal rotation?
They are for resource management primarily.
A tank or a healer in any group? :P
Did you read the original post as it is in regards to DDs or are your healers and tanks the main ones concerned with dealing damage?Edited by swirve on June 17, 2018 11:58AM0 -
SugaComa✭✭✭✭✭Heavy attacks are weakIt's not even logical ... Which most likely to hurt
A light slap or a heavy punch
Light attacks should not cost resources and should do less damage ... Heavy attacks should cost resources and do more damage ... Neither should sustain that should give from other sources ... This game in getting dumber each patch1 -
Everstorm✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Heavy attacks are weakIt's not even logical ... Which most likely to hurt
A light slap or a heavy punch
Light attacks should not cost resources and should do less damage ... Heavy attacks should cost resources and do more damage ... Neither should sustain that should give from other sources ... This game in getting dumber each patch
Agree, it doesn't make any sense that if you put all you have into an attack you somehow become less tired. It works from a game mechanics view but it doesn't "feel" right.0 -
swirve✭✭✭✭Heavy attacks are weakIt's not even logical ... Which most likely to hurt
A light slap or a heavy punch
Light attacks should not cost resources and should do less damage ... Heavy attacks should cost resources and do more damage ... Neither should sustain that should give from other sources ... This game in getting dumber each patch
Agree, it doesn't make any sense that if you put all you have into an attack you somehow become less tired. It works from a game mechanics view but it doesn't "feel" right.
It comes from the heavy attacks are boring and light attacks are fast view...
Fast = sexy... appealing to DPS
Boring = resource recovery
It is strange though, I cannot think of one other game like this... with light and heavy doing effectively switched roles.0 -
Ananoriel✭✭✭Heavy attacks are fineI weave a lot, but I think heavy attacks are fine because you get resources for it in return.0
