Simulationcraft for Sage/Sorcerer

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(04-30-2012 03:04 PM)Sith_Happens Wrote:  

(04-29-2012 07:19 PM)Bunnyfufu Wrote:  In theoretical numbers, Sentinals do 15% more dps than any other class.

Is that "theoretical" as in "in SimC," or "theoretical" as in "in parses versus a combat dummy?" Because right now the dummies are bugged and have 0% defense chance, meaning that maras/sents get more offhand hits than they would against an actual boss. Most of the posts I've been able to find about parses from operations have them much closer to other classes, although still generally at or near the top when crudely controlling for gear.

My raid group uses MOX parser when we raid. Our Marauder pulls ahead of our dps for melee friendly fights (Pretty much when he's allowed to stand still and use his Ravage to full effect) Otherwise I (hybrid sorc) and our powertech (pyro) tend to top him in every other fight and quite thoroughly (which makes sense since we have more dps uptime on the boss from a ranged/DoTing standpoint). In my opinion, the class isn't overpowered since EC requires alot of movement in the PvE department and Roots pretty much screw Sentinels/Marauders in PvP.

There will always be fights that favor certain dps classes. No one can come close to sorc dps on double boss fights because we are able to DoT both bosses. In fact the only fight where I get topped by our Marauder is actually Karagga (which is ultimately a silly tank and spank lol)

EDIT: I forgot to mention that we do EC Hardmode, and for Odlaw's question, I have no idea if on story mode your sentinels are just taking the raid damage to increase their dps uptime (if the healers can keep them up, np, but that won't be a good idea in hard mode) but more specifically for Odlaw:

Don't get discouraged by simC's numbers (assumes exotech resolve stim and attack adrenals by default remember), I only see my real dps hit it on Karagga's (which makes sense since he's our Patchwerk really) and otherwise take advantage of the 2 boss fights to DoT both; alot of EC fights contain add phases that throw single target dps simulations out the window (our burst sucks for low hp targets and you can't use Lightning storm on Firebrand/Stormbringer ) And lastly, remember MOX parser screws up with numbers when you die so pretty much disregard what you are seeing unless you and the dps you are comparing yourself too managed to live through the whole fight.