07-10-2006, 10:25 PM
Quote:Excluding catform (mainly just a copy of Rogue), the only other damage-centric skill I can think of that cannot be increased through gear is Execute (does +damage help Hammer of Wrath?). But it's a % life based restriction that is spammable. More rage generation = better Execute potential. Nothing that scales ever makes Eviscerate/Rupture better.
Hammer of Wrath benefits from spell damage and melee crit, yes.
Off the top of my head, other damage abilities which don't scale with weapon damage, attack power, or spell power are:
Thorns
Retribution Aura
Blessing of Sanctuary
All hunter and warlock pet abilities.
Rend
Deadly and Instant poisons (effectively)
Garrote, Rupture
Rip, Ferocious Bite
Arcane Shot (effectively)
Mongoose Bite
Curse of Doom
I'm probably missing a few (and some of these are obviously more significant than others), but Eviscerate isn't entirely on its own. Rogues are complicated by the opportunity cost issues they get from having a fixed energy regeneration rate, though, which doesn't apply to the other classes (other than druids, of course) in most cases. I suspect Blizzard is worried about balance issues they'd introduce by making Eviscerate scale with weapon or attack power. They're obviously concerned about the number of "one shot kill" cases that are already in the PvP game, for example.
Arcane shot might be an interesting comparison case. Are highly geared non-Marksmanship hunters better off saving their mana in long fights for multi-shot than working Arcane Shot into their firing order? It's never been entirely clear to me if multi-shot is an extra attack or if it consumes a regular attack, though, so the question may not be relevant, or might apply more to multi than arcane.