[azeth]

you'd need a legit sample size, id say 10 or more (way lowballed), of raids to even begin to parse the consistency of Rogue DPS versus an Enc's charmed pet imposing risk to the ENC and draining mana from healers.

If your healers have a shit load of mana, and the ENC has a shitload of STA then clearly the risk versus reward favors an ENC dps given that even when the charm breaks you're not looking at OOM clerics or Enchanter's corpse.

Rogues however, having played one from 1999->PoTime (big deal huh?), have the difficulty of finding the back and stabbing it. This happens with ZERO risk (you don't even have to be good, just not stupid) on every single mob pulled to the raid/camp.

@ mmiles8 -> where do we even begin imputting #'s into excel to quantify this.


This is a stupid question, with equally stupid answers.


edit: oh not to mention Rogue's have the most wildly innacurate damage parsing over time of any class. to parse a rogue's DPS you seriously need to take an average DPS on every mob that the rogue engages over the length of a raid. Even then, you're likely (without a large enough sample) to only capture a "good" backstab day, or a "bad" backstab day.

This is why I was so jealous of monks when velious hit on live. Sure I'm wild DPS and can own grind groups, but when it comes down to it *CONSISTENCY always wins. Enc charm is the epitome of inconsistency without sufficient backup from your raid (as i outlined above regarding healer mana pool).

So yes, I guess ENC damage > Rogue damage if your guild name ends in "Basterds" "inity" or "Ascension" because you're able to; sufficiently heal enchanters, help them CC while they recharm, and go about normal raid duties.