2011-11-12, 12:52 PM
SaptaZapta Wrote:Mobility matters not so much for defense as for DPM.
Joe's calculations assume targets stay conveniently in range, and (in the case of mobbing) are instantly replaced when dead.
In practical training scenarios, you spend at least some of your time chasing and grouping targets. If you can do that quickly and efficiently, your total DPM - and hence exp/min - go up. If you are short range, walk slow and can't push or pull - like 3rd job warriors - you are at a big disadvantage compared to another job with the same theoretical DPM but more speed, range, or kb moves.
In bossing scenarios, the ability to avoid getting knocked back or down when hit (either through avoiding getting hit or through a stance effect keeping you in place even when hit) again affects your DPM. If you have to spend half your zrun getting back to a platform from which you can hit the top arms... yeah.
Balance isn't just about adding up skill %'s and making them all come out the same.
While that is true, for training purposes your point on mobility is rather null and void. Everyone trains at Monster Park or LHC, so there's not close to as much moving around as regular training which involves 1-2hit KO mobs. All you have to do for that is just get in range every oh 20 seconds or so, which does not play much of a mobility factor when you're training at LHC/Monster Park. Your point about mobility for DPS is somewhat relevant, for bosses like Zakum or CZakum. For the newer bosses like Akyrum, however, I'm not sure there's much of a use for mobility, as he kicks you out so often and you're not going to continuously run right into him with that pot cooldown. Less mobility might actually be an advantage there. Not to mention that just about every class now has a mobility skill (except Buccs).