First why comparing comp that doesnt exist ? Yes if you go boomy, dh the mage will have more dps, but who cares .
You have compared the first aug with the first mage and on top of that the aug with the mage. Data shows around 10-11% less dps than the mage on both. Which prove a point : comp doesnt change much the aug dps but aug is needed ALWAYS.
I can answer why enh. Because a sham is needed that’s mostly a fact (poor design but it is what it is). But also enh is the best DPS by far specially on ST, which is perfect since dk frost smell there. Elem smell too cant ST so that’s perfect because more melee is in most fight better. And as you said it allows dp which bring PI which is very good value for dkf and specially enh.
You linked the top mage in the world and the top Aug in the world to prove your point.
Problem is that the top mage in the world plays ALWAYS with one comp. While the top Aug in the world plays ALWAYS with a different comp.
And we are talking about Aug here. His DPS depends on the DPS of the other 2 DDs present ! So OF COURSE the comp matters !
And if you want to know WHY it matters, then read my post. Its all in there ! I am not making it up.
And in case you had any doubt, I also linked a dozen logs of other comps with an Aug so you can compare the real dps it does. In general. Not SPECIFICALLY 1 player.
The question is WHY ! I already answered that in my massive posts. Read them.
Ehhh… NO. I also answered that for you :
Ascendance + PI. Its in the logs. LOOK AT THEM.
If you cared to read what I said, or even look at the logs yourself you might actually stop believing in fairy tales.
But its OK. I actually said it already, il quote it again just to be extra sure:
Right there. I said it. You are doing it. Many people such as you make that same mistake.
I am right about enh. And never said anything that counter the fact that they get PI because it is the best dps in the game RN. Saying it is cause 2mn cd and PI is not complete. It is also because their dps in broken and by mile the best ST and top on every number of mobs.
I dont understand the comp point. The aug with the mage dps less with the mage because mage suck ? Is that your point ? I agree but stilll doesnt change the DPS fact I did highlight doesnt it ?
If I understand you say aug dps is low but since enh and dkfrost are dumbly unbalance it does 10% less than mage ? Probably right but isnt it dumb to highlight aug here ? Instead of for exemple enh, dkfrost and mage then ? Is it off topic or do I miss something ?
So is Elemental. So is Assasination Rogue. Elemeantal in particular has the exact same utility Enh has.
https://mythicstats.com/dps
See that little gap between Enh and Elemantal/Assa ? Thats PI + Ascendance. THAT is what I was refering to.
No. Because the top mage comp is 1 melee + 1 ranged. Aug cannot consistently buff both at the same time because in some encounters the mage is in Narnia and the melee is next to the tank. So the mage gets buffed much less than the Enh with Ebon Might. That is why the mage does less DPS than what he should do.
The top Aug on the other hand, runs with Enh+DK. Both are melee. So he will 100% of the time buff both of them at once. Because both melees are standing next to eachother.
And you can see it if you see how much % damage Ebon might does for each of those groups. The double melee Ebon Might is 28% (because both DDs are buffed) and in the caster/melee comp its 20% (because only ONE DD is buffed).
If you would have read what I said, you would have known. Is this short enough for you ?
We are talking about the “meta” DPS and how they are busted.
Aug has been meta for 4 seasons in a row. The fact that nobody talks about it is the strange thing here ! And we should definetly be talking more about this.
And the absolute lack of understanding (or absolute laziness to read about it) by you and the community is the reason Aug gets a free pass. And it should not.
So the best mage is the world is playing like a noob ? The guy should come to the forum to learn to play. Comon dude that’s basic knowledge in m+ to stand together and using 5% of encounter as counter exemple isnt relevant.
The best mage in the world plays like the best mage in the world. Not like a noob. I gave my reasons. You can beleive them or not, but I posted enough data already to justify my arguments. I dont know why you keep arguing about it.
Either way. Aug is a force multiplyer. Aug == Multiply and force == a player. But not all specs interact equaly with an Aug. Some align bufs with Aug better than others. Frost Mage is not one of them.
That is the point. That is why Aug is problematic.
You bring Aug to a key for survivability. And then you choose the 2 DPS that align CDs better with Aug. So by the simple fact of Aug existing, you cannot balance classes properly. So the meta becomes even more meta. In high keys.
