DPS, calibrating your sustain and damage to individual groups?

ImmortalCX · October 2018

Last night I kept running Wayrest to farm some gear and I noticed that in more powerful (better oiled?) groups, I had more sustain. I don't know if this is because of buffs or because with a poor tank there is more dodge rolling and general chaos.

After a group where sustain was an issue, I enchanted two extra rings with sustain recovery, so I could swap out weapon damage enchants for sustain. This works great! Now I can easily tune weapon damage vs sustain depending on the circumstance.

Also, the decision to chug pots means you don't really need as much sustain. Wearing both weapon power rings makes a noticeable improvement in damage along with the extra crit from the pots.

What method(s) do you use to tune your build? Or do you not bother?

VaranisArano · October 2018

As a tank, I have a noticeably easier time when my group has decent DPS, because then I can focus on grouping up trash mobs for the DDs to focus down, rather than having to make up for their lack of damage.

As a DD, my sustain is better because higher group DPS = less time having to fight the boss. And the boss stays in my AOEs, so I'm not recasting them.

I PUG a lot, so I prepare for the not-so-great groups, and enjoy the times I get teams that work like a well oiled machine.

Agenericname · October 2018

I do have a second set of rings, but normally I'll just weave in a few heavies if sustain becomes an issue.

I usually do drink pots though. I never seem to have enough stamina.

John_Falstaff · October 2018

I do keep a jewelry piece with stamina recovery to swap in, but generally I avoid doing it. When I test a build self-buffed, I'm trying to be sustainable enough that I can last through 3mil without external help, and in a dungeon it's situational - if there are orbs/shards, I can then sustain longer, and if there are none, some extra heavy attacks is a lesser evil (though still an evil) than running a regen glyph.

Oh, and I do count on trash stamina potions to be drank on cooldown, as a minimum - it's a necessary factor. ^^ No reason not to, if it gives better sustain and through that, better damage output. Weapon Power potions will give even better sustain (since, I think, trash potions don't give full uptime on Major Endurance).

JinMori · October 2018

With a good optimized group, everything becomes better, your sustain is better, your damage is better, positioning is better, etc...

robpr · October 2018

Maybe just healer sent orbs more frequent or just dps was high enough for you to not run dry.

MythicaLMeddLer · October 2018

In situations like that Ill sometimes just switch up my monster set..I prefer using velidreth..but if I find sustain a bit of an issue..I'll switch over to stormfist for some extra recovery

TheDarkShadow · October 2018

I heavy attack.

Sparr0w · October 2018

Only thing I change is 1 skill on the back bar & cp allocation into penetration.

e.g. on my magblade usually I'd have channeled acceleration. If there's no healer I'll slot ele drain, if someone else slots this I'll slot funnel health.

If there's no tank I'll up penetration, if there is a stamplar I'll lower penetration.