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Originally Posted by Zuranthium
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You literally said "it's rarely the case in real life application that DPS matters." So indeed you are claiming that your idiotic example is something like the norm. When it isn't. That is a fallacy.
Nobody assumed "perfect conditions". Nowhere close to perfect conditions is needed to do exp/faction/item grinding in a way that utilizes most/all of the DPS in a team.
The majority of places in the game where people want to grind, the MOBs are just sitting there like a fucking buffet. It is incredibly easy to control them with Root alone, and the decider on how much you will kill simply comes down to a basic mathematical question of how much damage you are capable of doing and if your group has a sufficient amount of defense to sustain the pace. Being able to potentially kill X amount of MOBs in a given timeframe will result in them doing Y amount of damage, does the team have the heals/slows/regen to match?
And if you aren't in a situation where there are essentially unlimited things to pull, then you still want as much DPS as possible. Higher DPS = faster kills = faster respawn = more progression.
Two things are apparent from what you write:
1.) You've never been a high ranked player in any competitive game.
2.) Your understanding of EQ is lagging far behind and/or a Mage killed your family.
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No. I love mages. Underpowered does not mean bad, or you shouldn't play them. You are simply overvaluing them because of your misconceptions of DPS, and I assume you play one yourself. You are letting your emotions get the better of you.
What you fail to realize is most mobs have such low HP to begin with you don't need amazing DPS to clear content quickly. Average geared players can do it just fine, and at a fast rate. Just because you have a high expectation of xp per hour doesn't mean your xp rate is normal, or what everybody is aiming for. That has been my point, and anybody who plays this game would know that.