Morgha_Kul wrote: »Well, that's what it told me. I'll try it again on a different character, this one isn't really specced one way or another (ie. 30 points in each of Stamina and Magicka, relatively basic gear with some bonus stamina and magicka, no skill based gear bonuses...).
. He's a summoner Sorceror, and decently equipped (War Maiden and Defiler
.The other concern, as I said, is that I won't ever be able to do any content aimed at the 50k crowd
Morgha_Kul wrote: »Well, that's not likely going to happen. 10s of thousands of dps? To me, that's absurd. But then, this isn't a minmaxed character in any way.
Seeing numbers like that is worrying to me, though, from a game balance perspective. When the gulf between bottom level damage output and top end is so vast, it means that it's nearly impossible to design content for everyone. A foe that challenges me with 3-4k damage is going to be completely trivial to someone doing even 20k, let alone up to 50k. Meanwhile, something that challenges that 50k character is going to be completely unplayable to my 4k character.
It speaks to me of broken game design... unless I'm an outlier, which is entirely possible.
datgladiatah wrote: »Morgha_Kul wrote: »Well, that's not likely going to happen. 10s of thousands of dps? To me, that's absurd. But then, this isn't a minmaxed character in any way.
Seeing numbers like that is worrying to me, though, from a game balance perspective. When the gulf between bottom level damage output and top end is so vast, it means that it's nearly impossible to design content for everyone. A foe that challenges me with 3-4k damage is going to be completely trivial to someone doing even 20k, let alone up to 50k. Meanwhile, something that challenges that 50k character is going to be completely unplayable to my 4k character.
It speaks to me of broken game design... unless I'm an outlier, which is entirely possible.
It isn't just about min maxing, it's rotation and animation cancelling, etc. You should consider watching youtube videos on DPS parses. See how they play. It definitely looks absurd but I learned, anyone can really
Morgha_Kul wrote: »Ok, swapped out some gear, reset my CP. Now I'm using the Mad Tinkerer set with the Defiler (more for the Hunger than anything, but it does help my 2H sword when I do decide to use it).
That has my damage up to a bit over 10k. So, seeing an improvement. Still way, way behind that 50k level, but more in line with what's "normal" I suppose. Of course, the character has no defenses to speak of....
Morgha_Kul wrote: »So, I was visiting a guildmate's house, and he had this target dummy (the Precursor). Just for the fun of it, I decided to attack it, and when it was defeated, I got a message that told me my DPS. This came as a surprise, but I'm not sure what is considered good, what is considered adequate, what is considered bad... So, I don't know where I stand.
In case you're curious, I did 3265.0 DPS in 1m39s with my Restoration Staff and Templar spells... Mind you, I was just fooling around, I'm sure I could do more.
Morgha_Kul wrote: »Well, that's not likely going to happen. 10s of thousands of dps? To me, that's absurd. But then, this isn't a minmaxed character in any way.
Seeing numbers like that is worrying to me, though, from a game balance perspective. When the gulf between bottom level damage output and top end is so vast, it means that it's nearly impossible to design content for everyone. A foe that challenges me with 3-4k damage is going to be completely trivial to someone doing even 20k, let alone up to 50k. Meanwhile, something that challenges that 50k character is going to be completely unplayable to my 4k character.
It speaks to me of broken game design... unless I'm an outlier, which is entirely possible.
Morgha_Kul wrote: »So, I was visiting a guildmate's house, and he had this target dummy (the Precursor). Just for the fun of it, I decided to attack it, and when it was defeated, I got a message that told me my DPS. This came as a surprise, but I'm not sure what is considered good, what is considered adequate, what is considered bad... So, I don't know where I stand.
In case you're curious, I did 3265.0 DPS in 1m39s with my Restoration Staff and Templar spells... Mind you, I was just fooling around, I'm sure I could do more.
Morgha_Kul wrote: »Ok, swapped out some gear, reset my CP. Now I'm using the Mad Tinkerer set with the Defiler (more for the Hunger than anything, but it does help my 2H sword when I do decide to use it).
That has my damage up to a bit over 10k. So, seeing an improvement. Still way, way behind that 50k level, but more in line with what's "normal" I suppose. Of course, the character has no defenses to speak of....
Morgha_Kul wrote: »Well, that's not likely going to happen. 10s of thousands of dps? To me, that's absurd. But then, this isn't a minmaxed character in any way.
Seeing numbers like that is worrying to me, though, from a game balance perspective. When the gulf between bottom level damage output and top end is so vast, it means that it's nearly impossible to design content for everyone. A foe that challenges me with 3-4k damage is going to be completely trivial to someone doing even 20k, let alone up to 50k. Meanwhile, something that challenges that 50k character is going to be completely unplayable to my 4k character.
It speaks to me of broken game design... unless I'm an outlier, which is entirely possible.
Purely opinion but:
15k-20k+ Normal Dungeons
20k-25k+ Veteran Dungeons
25k+ nTrials
30k+ vTrials
I would personally consider 25k as good and entering 30k+ is great and you are probably someone that will have no problem finding groups, though I would say 20k-25k is enough to successfully contribute and complete any content.
TimeWizard wrote: »And yeah go for mother's sorrow definately, it's one of the very best magicka sets in the game. Julianos is a pretty good starting place too. Spell strategiest is even better but I wouldn't worry about it too much. And definately run two inferno staves on your mag sorc.
TimeWizard wrote: »And yeah go for mother's sorrow definately, it's one of the very best magicka sets in the game. Julianos is a pretty good starting place too. Spell strategiest is even better but I wouldn't worry about it too much. And definately run two inferno staves on your mag sorc.
What about a magblade? I have spinners/bright throat/juli/spell strat/mothers sorrow
Or should i get something else? I plan on trying some pve for the first time since like 200cp (670 now)
45k solo 6mil
MooseKnuckles88 wrote: »45k solo 6mil
Is this with or without super cheese? Aka spell strat, siroria, and zaans, parses that are plaguing YouTube. I would argue more people will be able to hit those numbers if they're parsing with a friend buffing them up and debuffing the dummy. Now, complete solo parse with out spell strat and siroria, and I'll see someone who knows their class, abilities, and rotation well.