2010-03-24, 11:37 PM
KaidaTan Wrote:I'm well aware of "real experience" and I know whom it affects and how much. However, I don't feel that it can be fairly measured when it can differ so vastly from boss to boss. I think it's better to have an absolute standard rather than a variable standard. It's impractical and I don't want to have to make DPS sheets for every boss. And even then, player skill would make such a huge difference even between players of a single class (Aran and Corsairs are prime examples of where skill and decision-making can directly translate to a significant increase or decrease in DPS in a situation such as HT) that it wouldn't be a very accurate sheet to begin with.
People tend to assume that I think the numbers I come up with for my DPS stuff is written in stone and absolutely 100% true all of the time, considering how often I talk about DPS. But even I know when to take my own numbers with a grain of salt, especially in extreme circumstances (Soloing Zak, BG A, and so on). However, at a normal boss such as HT, the difference in efficiency (how close they can get to their maximum potential) between classes is almost never big enough to make a class that was doing excellent on paper suddenly do worse than the next few classes.
So, in short, I do realize that some classes are better at staying close to their maximum potential than others, however I don't think that there's such a large difference between them in *most* bossing situations for it to be considered for cross-class calculation. And even if it were, it's nigh incalculable anyway.
From between what I've gathered from videos, the skill description, and what Takebacker has told me, Final Cut seems to be an attack like any other with a 100 second cooldown and a Pierce-esque charge time. However, after using it, you get a buff (signified by the glowing owl eyes over your head) that doubles your damage for 60 seconds. I can't tell by the numbers (because I couldn't see them), but in that Pianus video I've linked a few times, it probably works on bosses. I don't see why it wouldn't, honestly.
I see.
Also something I would like to say to everyone is even with thorns and ring assuming thorns doesn't stack with se, it is not so bad actually. I think the classes that are top right now will stil remain top probably with dual bladers in the list too.