Is Feral dps low?

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#0 - Feb. 3, 2009, 3 p.m.
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Cats might be falling behind other melee classes. This is something we are monitoring and discussing. There are some new glyphs coming in 3.1 which are more PvE-oriented and that might help some.


From http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=14595320066&pageNo=1&sid=1#14


Besides new glyph, do you have any teaser for us feral druids on making our DPS more competitive?

I was around top 3-7 DPS (depending on fight in Naxx-25 early stage, but now I can barely make top 10. I've been around for a while, and this kinda remind me of a year ago: my TBC damage, going from SSC/TK => Hyjal/BT where my damage scaled really badly compared to other class.

Maybe because our AP (or FAP rather) is overly inflated, even with Savage Roar? Maybe it's the fact that we do not "gain" as much as we should have when we pick up a new weapon, compared to other melee classes like rogues/warrior/DK/enh shaman? We gain only increased AP but stuck with 1.0 speed swing pre-haste vs. gaining DPS via higher top/low end from new, better weapon.

Tell us more, tell us more!!!
#9 - Feb. 3, 2009, 5:04 p.m.
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As far as melee dps goes, we think rogues, cats and Arms warriors are all a little low. We haven't announced specific changes yet but they are coming.