DPS vs Damage done

[Gomotron]

Call me a noob, but I find it hilarious that a single character can put out more DPS than my entire team over the course of a full 3 minutes.

[thefunk]

slightly off-topic:

Does the same analogy work with drinking beer? As in, drinks per second more valuable than total drinks drunk?

[Zaelar]

No. For example, in a 2 minute fight if you do 360000 damage it doesn't matter if it's spread out or all in one place. In a 2 hour drinking session if you drink a 6-pack in the last 10 minutes you'll be more drunk than if you drank a can every 20 minutes.

[thefunk]

No. For example, in a 2 minute fight if you do 360000 damage it doesn't matter if it's spread out or all in one place. In a 2 hour drinking session if you drink a 6-pack in the last 10 minutes you'll be more drunk than if you drank a can every 20 minutes.

So you could argue that DPSing at the right time can be more important, depending on how plastered you get or at which phase of the fight you are. Then again, at that stage hitting any key is a result

[Kang]

slightly off-topic:

Does the same analogy work with drinking beer? As in, drinks per second more valuable than total drinks drunk?

After many years of research, I can say DoTs > burst DPS in this scenario. If your DPS is too bursty, it could result in a wipe from over aggro. Of course, you won't know it's a wipe until you wake up the next morning on the front porch with no pants on and your girlfriend really pissed at you.

[thedreameater]

In a raid environment DPS > Damage done. Make sure you're looking at Boss DPS as well, and then further by tank and spank VS movement fights. DPS will vary. DPS on trash is laughable, even in raids since it's usually an aoe fest.

As a raid leader, I often never look at damage done and most often focus on DPS. Even as a healer I'm looking at DPS to see where the raid is falling short.




http://worldoflogs.com/rankings/play...rfang/25N/dps/

3 Fury warriors in the top 25 on a tank + spank melee fight = Fury warriors DPS is pretty good. (Considering the abundance of rogues)

Really! There are many players who can top DPS but don't get out of the fire. I care about damage done with my raids and never look at dps. In recount, damage done shows dps anyway.

[Littleburst]

After many years of research, I can say DoTs > burst DPS in this scenario. If your DPS is too bursty, it could result in a wipe from over aggro. Of course, you won't know it's a wipe until you wake up the next morning on the front porch with no pants on and your girlfriend really pissed at you.

lol

[Zaelar]

So you could argue that DPSing at the right time can be more important, depending on how plastered you get or at which phase of the fight you are. Then again, at that stage hitting any key is a result

In a lot of fights(before they're on farm) it's worth sacrificing some overall dps for getting higher dps in a specific phase, just like saving your beer for when your friends are there is better than getting drunk alone.

[alcattle]

In a lot of fights(before they're on farm) it's worth sacrificing some overall dps for getting higher dps in a specific phase, just like saving your beer for when your friends are there is better than getting drunk alone.

You also want to finish your beer when friends are around so they will buy the next round