01-11-2007, 03:17 PM
Quote:"Losing damage" as you level up is a little bit of a misconception with the 'rating' based system. You still do the same amount of damage to the same opponent as when you were 60. It decreases only when your opponent's level increases, which makes a lot of sense, really.
This was true for many stats before the rating system was implemented. Armor, for example. If you show at something like 45% DR at level 60, you'll mitigate very significantly more than that if you start running Wailing Caverns or The Deadmines.
The rating system is a necessary fix to bring the +x% modifiers back into line with the normal stat bonuses like +agility, armor, etc... that already scaled in exactly the same way as the 'ratings'. I think the rating system is very clean, it just needs a page in the spellbook or character sheet that mentions what rating = what % at various opponent levels.
Yes, but using the same gear, with straight +damage I will do, say, 500 DPS against level 60 mobs at 60 and 500 DPS against level 70 mobs at 70, but with scaling ratings, against level 60 mobs I might do 500 DPS at 60, but it might be only 400 DPS against level 70 mobs at 70, using the same gear and spells.
I understand your point, but when I am leveling, I only care about fighting mobs at or around my level. And against those mobs, my DPS is actually decreasing, unless I upgrade my gear and spells.
Ratings are needed for balance for a specific reason - these "ratings" are applied to percentage spells, where you have a certain ceiling to how for you can go - your crit rate can only get as high as 100%, your armor can only mitigate up to 75% of damage, etc. There is no such ceiling for spell damage, hence there is no need for rating. And I prefer it that way.