2011-06-13, 04:16 PM
Dusk Wrote:Edit: Also, define "button masher." WoW limits your APM to 40/60 through GCDs and is about knowing what to use and when to use it rather than technical ability. You don't just pop all your CDs and hope the other guy dies in PvP. I guess melee classes are button mashers in PvE, but that's about it.
I'm trying to remember how it was explained a few months ago. Pretty much the sooner you use a skill, the more overall DPS you accumulate. Even though you're limited by the GCD and whatnot, just getting your next skill off a few milliseconds faster increases your DPS than as opposed to not mashing. Although you could say mashing could be a troublesome thing due to the "Ability Queue" system that was put in the game.
I've never played a healer / tank in WoW, but I've played caster and melee DPS and they're more or less the same in "Button mashing" for top DPS. I'd have to strongly believe mashing as a healer is a terrible thing due to how precious mana is now.