08-23-2007, 09:04 PM
I took another look at Rampage and it looks like in addition to it being refreshable, it costs quite a bit less rage than its initial conception, so things get a bit more difficult to figure out.
For trash fights, it is probably only going to be up at half strength or less due to having to start it out and ramp it up. In that case, you're looking at a 125 AP bonus so with the assumptions I've made before would turn into a 4% DPS increase. Thus, you'd be looking at a 12% DPS upgrade for 0/41/20 versus the 10% upgrade via 0/31/30. Pretty close. If that were the main point, I would personally stick with the 0/31/30.
However, for boss fights you could assume it to be up basically all of the time, giving 250 AP, at best. This would result in a best case increase of around 8%. Thus, the 0/41/20 would have about a 17% to 10% advantage over the 0/31/30. So now there would definitely be a DPS vs. tanking ability trade-off between the two specs. I guess this would really depend upon which way you want to lean. :)
Both of these cases are probably overestimates given time to ramp up and rage used to keep them both rolling, but it certainly does make things more interesting. I guess I should go give Rampage another look on my Warrior if I ever get around to playing her some more.
For trash fights, it is probably only going to be up at half strength or less due to having to start it out and ramp it up. In that case, you're looking at a 125 AP bonus so with the assumptions I've made before would turn into a 4% DPS increase. Thus, you'd be looking at a 12% DPS upgrade for 0/41/20 versus the 10% upgrade via 0/31/30. Pretty close. If that were the main point, I would personally stick with the 0/31/30.
However, for boss fights you could assume it to be up basically all of the time, giving 250 AP, at best. This would result in a best case increase of around 8%. Thus, the 0/41/20 would have about a 17% to 10% advantage over the 0/31/30. So now there would definitely be a DPS vs. tanking ability trade-off between the two specs. I guess this would really depend upon which way you want to lean. :)
Both of these cases are probably overestimates given time to ramp up and rage used to keep them both rolling, but it certainly does make things more interesting. I guess I should go give Rampage another look on my Warrior if I ever get around to playing her some more.
-TheDragoon