Bladerunner1 wrote: »

Ebonslayer21 wrote: »

clv wrote: »

https://gyazo.com/60266c3ccb381e7141af07c7e2f96777

here is a screenshot of 25k dps on a dummy with literally no dots and a single buff to keep up, merciless resolve.
i don't understand what sort of mental gymnastics goes into justifying pulling less than this but it's absolutely mindboggling to think that you're allowed to weigh your group down with "b-but I HATE META AND ELITISTS BWAHHHH" as some sort of pathetic rationale.

yes, you can do "decent"(?) dps without "a bunch of nonsense", but even still there's a limit to how acceptable it is to pull low numbers. but by all means, surround yourself with people that don't know what leaderboards are and thus don't know better, to convince yourself otherwise, and keep on snipe spamming with your intermittent poison injections. you are the embodiment of the oblivious stealth archer guy that everyone jokes about.


wait here's a better number
https://gyazo.com/23fc5fcb7ac5aa53de1a1eb9e0d0f3e2
re-edit: a better number
https://gyazo.com/dc464e0737c4b810e89ce67233c1fe7d

can literally just mash one button consecutively for a while until execute, and then i mash another button. how in any way is this difficult, complex, etc etc

@clv
Interesting numbers there, I like that it is possible to pull such high numbers without a DOT or a bunch of buffs and debuffs. Sadly, I play a Stamblade for the most part but still, the fact remains that those numbers are possible and I may be able to get somewhere near there with weaving, good stats and equipment, and a few spammables.

However, I don't like your elitist attitude. Did you not read the part where I said "no trials, no PVP, and no DLC vet dungeons"? That leaves solo content, norm dungeons, and the easier vanilla vet dungeons. I will barely weigh down my group in content like that. I may not do their (unneeded amounts of) damage at times, but I will be able to pull my own weight.

Since you have a Stamblade this is essentially the same button mashing as magblade but using more stamina morphs. Light attack weave between relentless focus and 4x surprise attacks to get free assassin's scourge bow procs. Throw in soul harvest when it's up for the 20% damage buff. Perhaps leeching strikes for the stamina regen. Use light attack+ killers blade for the execute phase. That pretty much covers it, but it takes a lot of practice to get the weaving just right and it's all about using the skills as fast as the game allows for minutes at a time without thinking too much about it. When you've mastered that weaving rotation I'd say you've unlocked your nightblade. Then it might not seem so bad to move on to the next step and add in some DOTs.

Here's something worth mentioning, those of us in this thread who weren't born as fully functioning DPS gods (because apparently some of them have no idea how you could ever take the no-DOT stance shown in the OP) probably sucked at one point or another until they practiced and learned how to improve. After homestead introduced target skeletons I realized I was getting absolutely terrible DPS, and in that moment I noticed an increase when I focused on hitting light attack/ surprise attack spam as fast as I could manage. For me it wasn't so much a eureka moment as it was a WTH-is-wrong with this *#@% moment.

Then I discovered that the bow and the DOT skills seem to follow close to the same light attack + skill global cooldown as the dual wield bar. The light attack weaving of a bow appears slower and it's unforgiving when you activate the next skill a fraction of a second too early. But it's entirely possible to squeeze in around the same number of light attack / DOT skill combos in the same amount of time. Even with endless hail you can hit the next light attack around half a second early, then as soon as the arrow is fired the next skill can be activated. This can all be done with a similar button mashing rythm you would use on the dual wield bar, depending on latency.

When I started cycling through the damage-over-time bow bar with the same speed I used on dual wield the dps shot up a lot. It had to be done without much thought, and it took a lot of practice.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »

@Ebonslayer21 what is "solo content" to you?

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

If you play a pet sorc the rotation is extremely simple.

Liquid > LA > Wall > barswap
Scamp > LA > Curse > 2x HA
Repeat

You can easily pull 25k dps with gear like Necropotence and Julianos.