Post#4 » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:08 pm
tyrhera responded on the parsing thread, although she didn't give enough information in my opinion or receive a response. i figured i would respond here, as opposed to starting a new thread on the same subject as to not create forum junk.
I've been raiding with Mofish and the parsing results are embarrassing. I'm holding a Yari of Forgotten Warlords and am not poorly geared. I was parsing at about 400DPS while throwing on DOTs, proccing, using pet, and using Improved HT.
Now, I know that knights are intended to be tanking classes, but I see a strong imbalance when I look through the information that people have posted. Paladins, who are healer knights, are doing almost 2-3x more damage on the posted parses. Shadowknights (Damage knights), who use DOTs, Leech, pet and more are parsing as one of the lowest DPS classes? And in some areas my pet (buffed) can get killed in one round.
If anything, Shadowknight deserves to be outputting as much as (if not realistically more) DPS than Paladins. I won't argue that OMGOMG I WANT 2 DO AS MUCH DPS AS ZERK~, because I know what class I'm playing.
I also see that Paladins way out-DPS SK, that between WAR/SK everybody will pick a WAR, and that SK basically gets the shaft in all cases here. Shadowknight, as it stands, is almost useless- the only reason I'm holding him as my main is because I'd like to see this change.
PS
Thank you for the changes to hate- it looks as though I can hold aggro better now, at least. Maybe if AC was acting as a knight's should, I'd be able to tank?