Patchwerk = bad?

#0 - Dec. 23, 2008, 7:02 p.m.
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Be careful with Patchwerk though. It's an ideal situation for rogues, but it's an ideal situation for any dps that doesn't have to move or run around. You need to look at the LK equivalent of Void Reaver (and I'm not sure there is one -- Grobbulus maybe) where the ranged dps have to move and the melee can more or less go crazy. Another problem with Patch is that the fights are short. You can burn all your cooldowns and have them active for a decent percentage of that fight. Rogues typically need to lay down a groundwork before they really start pumping out the dps, and they really start to shine in situations where the casters have to start worrying about mana.


Isn't that kind of a political answer. Oh no, you are looking at the wrong thing you should be measuring it against this.

I guess changing what people measure dps up against is an easy way of ignoring and issue. Rogues just don't have any fight in Naxx that they are good at, so thats why they are behind other classes.
#8 - Dec. 23, 2008, 7:19 p.m.
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I think players have answered this point well.

From our perspective, we don't want to tell you how much dps you should be doing and don't want to make it too easy for you to figure out how much dps you can do. It depends greatly on situation to situation, and on your gear, skill and the comp of your group.

I also think it takes a little of the fun out of the game if the numbers are posted and made official for everyone to see. The discovery aspect adds a lot of depth to the game.

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