What would you roll if.........

[Shadey]

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

The way you are phrasing it makes you come off like you don't know what it is you are saying.

I've never heard anyone, in any game, use DPS in that context.

Ok take two chars. One does massive burst dps on paticular mobs. but their downtime has them much lower on others (or more downtime). Then the other char does great but not as high dmg most all the time. The overall dps of that second char will be higher then that of the one doing big burst dmg for short intervals.

And I know LOTS of people that use that distinction across multiple games including eq1 and 2 as well as Vanguard.

Even parsing programs will give an overall zonewide dps. Which averages the dps of each person in attendance. That is where you truely see who does the most dps.