What does being a dps mean to you?

Tasear · May 2018

What does mean to be a dps on your favorite class as dps? How would you describe damage dealer role in elder scrolls to you? There's no right or wrong just what does it mean to you.

Violynne · May 2018

I just want enough damage to get through the game without being ashamed I'm not BiS or too low to be ignored by others.

25k seems to be the accepted value, so that's what I'm going to work toward.

Kodrac · May 2018

Leroy Jenkins.

logarifmik · May 2018

It's being a DD, not a DPS.

MLGProPlayer · May 2018

If you're a magicka warden (or now a magicka templar too), it's like using a wet noodle instead of a staff to deal damage with.

boombazookajd · May 2018

logarifmik wrote: »

It's being a DD, not a DPS.

this debate has been covered ad nauseam. there's little point in trying to argue which is correct. The terms are used interchangeably.

Kalgert · May 2018

logarifmik wrote: »

It's being a DD, not a DPS.

Both are the same thing.

Dreepa · May 2018

If you are a DD you deal high DPS.

I am a DD and I deal low DPS. Though I don't care, because it is still enough for 90% of this games content. Mabye some day I ll reach the 25k.

However, I just find it utterly stupid that you need to "exploit" a broken animation system (animation canceling) to get peak DPS.

"Hey it is not a bug, it's a feature"

Sure... go tell some designer...

Weaving is just a broken animation system.

VaranisArano · May 2018

Dreepa wrote: »

If you are a DD you deal high DPS.

I am a DD and I deal low DPS. Though I don't care, because it is still enough for 90% of this games content. Mabye some day I ll reach the 25k.

However, I just find it utterly stupid that you need to "exploit" a broken animation system (animation canceling) to get peak DPS.

"Hey it is not a bug, it's a feature"

Sure... go tell some designer...

Weaving is just a broken animation system.

Light Attack Weaving is also now part of the Level Up Advisor's tips. So while I think ZOS needs to do a better job of teaching how to DPS, this is a step in the right directions.

SammyFable · May 2018

Survive and deal damage.

Graydon · May 2018

logarifmik wrote: »

It's being a DD, not a DPS.

Yeah because it truly matters.

logarifmik · May 2018

Graydon wrote: »

logarifmik wrote: »

It's being a DD, not a DPS.

Yeah because it truly matters.

Tasear wrote: »

What does mean to be a dps on your favorite class as dps? How would you describe damage dealer role in elder scrolls to you? There's no right or wrong just what does it mean to you.

huschdeguddzje · May 2018

For me it means to spam snipe

Facefister · May 2018

boombazookajd wrote: »

logarifmik wrote: »

It's being a DD, not a DPS.

this debate has been covered ad nauseam. there's little point in trying to argue which is correct. The terms are used interchangeably.

Calling a DD as a "DPS" is still wrong no matter how many times it has been discussed. You don't call your Healer "HPS" nor you call your Tank "TPS" or "Taunter".

Fang_of_Lorkhaj · May 2018

It means having knowledge of mechanics. Having survivability and most importantly dps.

kylewwefan · May 2018

Kill stuff. Don’t die. Keep my health a little bit more than the enemy’s. If it falls below. It’s definitely the healers fault.

25K is where I aim at most my guys. I meet plenty of 38 to 46 k players. While some times it is quite evident they are pulling really good damage, there are other times I see these perfect rotations have been a waste of time. Like on bosses that ping pong around all over the place. Or port. Right after they set an ulti.

There’s a lot more to this DPS thing then beating on a dummy that doesn’t strike back.

Survive the fight. You all know how that works right. I find these full damage setups very difficult to play in some content.

Sting864 · May 2018

VaranisArano wrote: »

Light Attack Weaving is also now part of the Level Up Advisor's tips. So while I think ZOS needs to do a better job of teaching how to DPS, this is a step in the right directions.

Fascinating....
I was weaving when weaving wasn't cool.....

Sting864 · May 2018

Being a dps means standing in the red and surviving while the rest of your party freaks out...

Ragged_Claw · May 2018

Setting things on fire or drowning them in a lake of lightning! Blam! Zap! etc. I love it! It's very therapeutic regardless of what DPS you are getting. You know if you're getting enough because things die without too much hassle. I disregard training dummy numbers because as already pointed out, they don't jump out of your AOEs or fight back or interrupt your perfect rotation. As to the petty, boring and nonsensical argument over whether it is DD or DPS, I am neither, I am an ANNIHILATOR! Ahem, so yeah, that's how I feel about it anyway...

Jake1576 · May 2018

Tasear wrote: »

What does mean to be a dps on your favorite class as dps? How would you describe damage dealer role in elder scrolls to you? There's no right or wrong just what does it mean to you.

To me it means trying to be the person that destroys things lol

themaddaedra · May 2018

Being disappointed by more and more proc sets every patch, as if we are lacking some rng in the game.

FrostFallFox · May 2018

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

If you're a magicka warden (or now a magicka templar too), it's like using a wet noodle instead of a staff to deal damage with.

Same. Still doing more dps than most though

xeNNNNN · May 2018

Pew Pew Pew Bang Bang Bang? magicka pew pew magicka?

Facefister · May 2018

themaddaedra wrote: »

Being disappointed by more and more proc sets every patch, as if we are lacking some rng in the game.

Thank PvP for that.

Kiralyn2000 · May 2018

Facefister wrote: »

boombazookajd wrote: »

logarifmik wrote: »

It's being a DD, not a DPS.

this debate has been covered ad nauseam. there's little point in trying to argue which is correct. The terms are used interchangeably.

Calling a DD as a "DPS" is still wrong no matter how many times it has been discussed. You don't call your Healer "HPS" nor you call your Tank "TPS" or "Taunter".

Honestly never heard this "DD" thing until the arguments on this forum. Everywhere else.... "are you in tank spec, or DPS spec?" "got tank & heals, need DPS", etc.

(this seems to fit in the same category as arguing with people over "ATM Machine" "But you're saying 'machine' twice!"

)

AcadianPaladin · May 2018

To my magsorc, it means having a strong enough shield to make a dragon wince so I can take some heat (alot if needed), having the strongest burst heal in the game to help allies because being the last one standing is not as fun as having team stay alive, and dealing damage. Given my desire to have adequate defense and a basic team heal, I gladly accept delivering solid but not omg dps - to me that means +15K. And I don't care about vet content.

To my bow/bow stamsorc, it also means plenty of toughness (surge + hurricane) while delivering solid (but, again, not omg) damage. More importantly on a bow/bow character, it means not contributing to bow/bow stereotypes by NOT pew pewing while dragging a boss all over and out of AoEs. Like most dps, she maneuvers to keep the boss in the AoE killing zone which, in her case, is the radius of arrow volley and caltrops. That said, don't laugh at her light attacks since they average 7K a pop and contribute to her 20K dps - especially when light weaving.

In general though, the title dps means to me that I reliably deliver damage while knowing and easing the roles of my tank, healer and other dps.

adeptusminor · May 2018

Doing the most amount of damage in the least amount of time I'm capable of, while not dying

klowdy1 · May 2018

I kill stuff while the meat shield takes face punches, and the healer keeps us alive.

VilniusNastavnik · May 2018

VaranisArano wrote: »

Dreepa wrote: »

If you are a DD you deal high DPS.

I am a DD and I deal low DPS. Though I don't care, because it is still enough for 90% of this games content. Mabye some day I ll reach the 25k.

However, I just find it utterly stupid that you need to "exploit" a broken animation system (animation canceling) to get peak DPS.

"Hey it is not a bug, it's a feature"

Sure... go tell some designer...

Weaving is just a broken animation system.

Light Attack Weaving is also now part of the Level Up Advisor's tips. So while I think ZOS needs to do a better job of teaching how to DPS, this is a step in the right directions.

"We put something in our game that we don't know how to fix so we're just going to call it a mechanic and say it's working as intended." Ignoring the fact that it is a very ping dependant mechanic.

Sting864 · May 2018

klowdy1 wrote: »

I kill stuff while the meat shield takes face punches, and the healer keeps us alive.

Sometimes the most basic answer is the best... Also any chance I have to keep my face pretty is a good thing...

WuffyCerulei · May 2018

Kill stuff fast, pay attention to mechanics, rez dead people, listen to tank and heal's calls, and what not. It is also required by Imperial law that DPS blame the healer for them dying.