Blue Server: Ranger casting at 60

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Yea sorry, that was somewhat vague.

Basicially curious if casting makes sense killing a range of different mobs and haste situations.

High greens or low blues most rangers would solo might have around 2-3k hps. Most rangers have a Swiftwind and are not 90% total haste from a Dark Cloak so that would be the most impactful to kill speed. Throw in the scenario as a caster npc (With maybe a DS) and killing fast with a spell or two is even more ideal.

Moving up to blues (aka grind mobs in a normal group). Even hasted it seems casting would bump dps (most casuals aren’t even doing a consistent 100dps you would see from Call of Flame for those 2 or less seconds) but npcs have way more hps. A seb frog might have 8k hps so that calefaction is 5% of its hit points. Bringing the ranger dps average up but with the cool down on those spells it’s a small piece of the overall pie.

Lastly raid bosses, it’s a non-starter.

I have a 10/18 and have been working towards a Swiftblade of Zek slowly. I was just thinking how casting between swings of that would compare to a Blam Stick. Again though, even if the SBoZ is a couple percent better and way more consistent than the slower primary it’s worth getting it funds are there. Besides damage shield mobs and tanking it’s probably just better on average, especially with raid mobs and higher Velious ac in general.

I guess casting DD’s is just very niche. On pulls or as mentioned burning down a npc (a bit faster) in a group scenario.