01-17-2005, 04:53 PM
Roland,Jan 16 2005, 04:07 PM Wrote:The ONLY way a Paladin could out-damage a Warrior is if the Paladin was SOLELY built for DPS, and focused ALL his efforts on it, and even THEN you'd have to have a Warrior that was semi-gimped.
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Sorry if I'm beating a dead warrior here, but please don't compare warrior DPS to rogue or mages. Warriors have some great melee damage abilities, but while a rogue starts a fight with 100 energy that recharges automatically, and a mage starts a fight with thousands of mana, a warrior starts a fight with *zero* rage (or a dozen if you charge) to power their skills.
Even when the warrior I group with is quaffing rage potions, she cannot approach the DPS our mage does. If the mage dies, our kill rate slows to a crawl and if we want to kill a mob quickly, my priest has to switch from healing to nuking.
I will admit that warriors can do good damage under the right conditions, but my point is that while they are very good at tanking, overall they are not melee damage-dealers. And as you confirmed, the fact that pallys can tank decently as well as heal themselves only rubs salt in their wounds.