PvE Hunter/Rogue/Physical DPS

#0 - Nov. 19, 2008, 7 p.m.

So far after clearing all everything except Malygos I have to say I'm astounded by Physical DPS. They are doing 1500 more DPS than any other class according to our meters on some fights.

Here are some parses. I'm not sure what it is exactly but the numbers from Rogues and Hunters are completely squashing everyone else. Once again I'm not sure if it's due to gear availability or what not but something does seem broken here.

http://www.juggernautguild.com/sws/sws-faerlina-1227067548/index.html
http://www.juggernautguild.com/sws/sws-noth-1227069980/index.html
http://www.juggernautguild.com/sws/sws-heigan-1227070899/index.html
http://www.juggernautguild.com/sws/sws-loatheb-1227071963/index.html

On a side note I don't know if it's Warlocks and Mages being terrible or something but struggling to beat Hybrid classes in DPS is EXTREMELY frustrating. I'm going to try some new builds/specs to see if I can at least consistently beat hybrids, so far though I must say I'm a little worried.

Ghostcrawler

#20 - Nov. 19, 2008, 7:47 p.m.

Hunter pve dps is definitely something we're keeping an eye on. It's high and perhaps too high, but we need to see some more players raiding first.

Ghostcrawler

#112 - Nov. 20, 2008, 1:07 a.m.

We definitely don't think it's a good design to inflate a whole class in PvE if they are weak in PvP or vice versa. If hunters are weak in PvP, as many of the hunters suspect, then we want to handle that as a separate issue. A Steady Shot nerf for example, would have less impact on PvP than reducing dps across the board, and we would certainly be prepared to compensate hunters in other ways for PvP.

Again, we have not announced any changes. There is no hotfix incoming. We don't think this is a hotfix worthy issue. Standard caveats to all that apply.