Feral DPS BenchmarksFollow

i would say you have enough spec to do kara now, ive start with 2200AP 26% Crit, 9000+ HP, but hp doesnt matter that much to dps as the tank should be good enough to keep agro

You're way above the stats I started Kara with.
To be honest, you're not that far away from my current stats and I've been running Kara nearly every week since October.

I'm presently at (self-buffed, no elixirs etc): 8714 HP, 2441 AP, 33.7% crit, 145 Hit rating, 0 expertise. I currently use the T4 gloves and helmet enchanted and gemmed for DPS for my cat set. On a boss where threat is no issue, such as Shade, I can easily top 750-800 DPS provided I can stay behind Shade (not exactly an easy task). I can count on having 650-675 DPS on fights where my threat is an issue and likely count on about 500-525 DPS on non-bleedable mobs (I haven't had a chance to accurately measure my DPS in my cat gear against a non-bleedable mob yet)

Anyway, a feral DPS benchmark before getting the 2-piece T4 set would be 500-525 DPS on a bleedable mob; the 2-piece T4 set can easily increase that by 100-150.

My expertise comes from the fact that I'm DPSing with earthwarden. I know it's a tank weapon, but (if you count the agility and strength on my old staff) I got about 400 more AP out of switching, and the crit I lost was more than made up for by the expertise.

EDIT: EW isn't a staff...

Edited, Feb 19th 2008 8:43am by skribs

Mobs can dodge any incoming melee attacks, regardless of direction.
Players can only dodge in the frontal 180 degree arc.

Assuming that a boss has a 5.6% chance to dodge my attack (and I have no reason to believe otherwise) my 6 expertise gives me only a 4.1% chance to be dodged. And hey, on trash I can swap out some hit for expertise, still be hit-capped, but have like 2.25% dodge reduction.

All my gems are agility.

Yes, that is the claim.



I'm not saying that it's possible, but rather that it's a guideline for use in gemming and comparing future gear. You should value +8 Agi gems more than +8 Str gems, as they will increase your sustained DPS. You don't always get to choose how the itemization points are spent on a piece of gear, but you can better plan what upgrades you want to get.

It's not really clear to me if there is any correlation regarding how much more you should value agility over strength and how far away from the balance line you are. He just advises that if you are above the line 1 Agi > 1 Str. I'm not sure if as you get farther away if 1 Agi > 1.2 Str, or what (for example).

Remember that it's just a guideline. You'll still be increasing your DPS if you increase your AP while maintaining your crit rate. It may just not be as much as if you maintained your current AP while increasing your crit rate.

Emmerald rates Str = 2.06 AP and Agi = 2.4 AP (at 2.5k AP and 30% crit with no BoK)

and Str = 2.2664 and Agi = 2.8654 (at 4k AP & 45% crit with BoK)

Last night I was able to accurately gauge my DPS on a non-bleedable mob (Attunemen). I had the following buffs:
• Well-fed 20 agility
• Elixir of Major Agility
• Ret Pallie's improved Sanctity Aura, Improved Judgement of Crusader
• Blessing of Kings, Might and Salvation (Might was standard issue buff)
• Standard Gift of the Wild, Omen of Clarity (my standard buffs)

I came out with an average sustained DPS of 530 on that fight. I may have been able to do better, but not being able to bleed him costs about 200 DPS (easy).