Melee Worthlessness - The Biggest Balance Problem There Is

[Vivitron]

Originally Posted by Taiku [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does a rogue really not out dps a mage pet? I know nothing keeps up with charm pets, but summoned pets are much less dps than a rouge or monk with proper gear/buffs, right? At 60 I mean.

The initial post makes a lot of assumptions about spell/pet damage vs melee.

I haven't done a ton of parsing and very little on level 60 players, but based on what I have seen, pets out damaging melee was much more common pre-kunark than post.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Vivitron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I haven't done a ton of parsing and very little on level 60 players, but based on what I have seen, pets out damaging melee was much more common pre-kunark than post.

Yup. Maybe with epic mage pet or high level monster summoning you’d be able to compete but from Kunark on you’re not going to put DPS a pet if you have semi decent gear. And you’re going to put DPS a Necro pet for sure. Enchanter hasted charmed mob can prob put dps you but I don’t think that’s unbalanced since you’re taking a risk using a charmed hasted mob (not to mention if melees would be able to match mob dps the game would be ez mode).