So do I. I was talking about M+ specifically all this time. Maybe I should have been clearer about it.
I get what you mean. True. But IMO what other party members do not as important for a “normal DD” than it is for Aug.
In other words, the “raw” DPS an Aug does is in line with tank/healer DPS. So all that “missing” DPS should be in the “extra” the other 2 are doing. How much exactly ?
And that is what I want to better asses.
And yeah… before you say it, I know perfectly well that DPS is not the most important metric (CCs, interrupts, mechanics, avoidable damage) are also very important parameters.
But a DDs job is to do all that while simultaneously executing a perfect rotation to maximize DPS and make sure mobs live as little as possible (which as a healer I will tell you its an overall benefit to have mobs live for less, and bosses to do less phases).
If you want to asses the same exact thing but with 3 DDs, you do the following : 2 DDs are doing 100k. One of them is doing 50k. You very easily can see that the “base” should be 100k, but one of them is doing half of it. Why? Did he die? Nobody interrupted? Rotation done wrong? Ect…
But you compare that 50k with a “base value”. If all 3 DDs do the same DPS then nobody even looks at details (assuming kicks and avoidable damage went well). And if 1 DPS does 20% more than the rest, and you have a priest you know its because its because of PI. You have a “base value” and 1 DD is over-performing.
BL affect all party equally. Its not the same. In fact, BL was such an important buff that blizz went really far to make sure its available to many classes. Such that the likelihood of a party not having BL is low.
PI is a problem because its given to 1 person only, and by 1 class only. And IMO should be turned into BL instead.
True. But as I said above, raw DPS is also an important metric.
And IMO your statement is why I believe Aug is a mistake. You cant provide all that party survivability and damage reduction AND at the same time provide the same equivalent DPS a normal DD would bring.
But how do we even begin to asses that if the only way to know the “raw numbers” would be to do 2 identical runs, one with Aug, one with out. Save us the work and just put that number on details.
Plus buffing the healer and the tank. Which is a totally different discussion. IMO they should literally remove that effect from M+ and have Aug buff only the DDs.
