[1.2.323] (2) Moar Skill Balancing

No, you misunderstood my post. The boss would take damage per second as long as there's an active timer on it (server checks for DoT once per second). Spamming the same skill would just refresh the timer. Using a skill with a higher DoT would start a new timer. So yes, the DoT effect would operate on its own.

My apologies for reiterating your point, then .

The only problem then is that we're still nowhere close to I/L DPS. Calculations I posted on SW:

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160% x 60 = 9600%/min Paralyze DoT

9600%/80 casts of Paralyze per minute = 120% DoT damage per cast of Paralyze

600% + 120% Paralyze DoT = 720% (F/P) = 720% (I/L)

However, that's per cast of each skill. Remember that I/Ls can crank off 8 more casts of CL per minute than we can of Paralyze, so the 720% is relative. The true "DPS" percentages would then be:

720% x (80 casts per minute/60 seconds in a minute)

720% x (88 casts per minute/60 seconds in a minute)

= 960%/second (F/P) v. 1056%/second (I/L)

I/Ls will still beat us in DPS simply because they can cast faster with a skill that has innate crit, but with DoT affecting bosses we're not far behind.

That's what I want to figure out as well.

Ex. An archmage ultimate takes 3 seconds to cast?

So the DoT in the next 10 seconds would need to outdamage the
missed paralyzes used to cast meteo. Difficult to see that
happening but it could occur.
*still no archmage vids... >=/*

Maths:

Assume 3 seconds to cast the ultimate plus another second delay before resuming normal Paralyze spam = 4 seconds of not spamming Paralyze gone to cast Meteor Shower.

80 Paralyze casts per minute/60 seconds in a minute = 1.333333333 casts per second

1.333333333 casts/second x 4 seconds x 720% damage per cast = a rounded 3840% damage within that time period from Paralyze with Paralyze DoT in effect.

Meteor Shower = one 1500% damage moment plus 10 seconds of 200% DoT. 1500% damage + (10 x 200%) = 3500% damage over the course of the cast.

In other words, it's slightly more beneficial to spam Paralyze. The only hink is the fact that this is assuming DoT stacks, which would mean that Paralyze DoT would continue while Meteor Shower is being cast. If this is the case, I believe we would omit the Paralyze DoT damage from the above 4 second Paralyze spamming casts, in which case the total damage 4 seconds of Paralyze spam would deal = 3120%. As that value is smaller than the Meteor Shower calculation, it appears it may just be better to take the few seconds needed to cast the skill for the DoT.

Again, assuming DoT elementally stacks.