Hi, a few questions... Hibernia needs help right? :>

How big is the concentration pool of a level 50 druid on this server?

What is the casting cap on this server? Rather... can you even reach it with
max buffs, gear, and augmented dexterity (5)?

How viable are spear-Heroes on this server (DPS)? I'm talking LW or
spear, straight out damage comparison. Also how do they compare across
the board. Yes, I know Savages are #1. The question is: how do Heroes
compare?

I haven't heard anything positive about Bms, BUT how do they compare?
Their old problem was that their DPS didn’t start to kick in until the fight
was over, look bellow.

Finally, the DPS over a LONG period of time is not interesting to me.
This means that classes that need more than 150+ swings to get a decent
DPS score are... (a 5 minute fight with an average 2.0 swing-speed, no
celerity remember). If you disagree feel free to show me an Uthgard fight
that lasts 10 to 15 minutes or more. Talking 8 Vs 8, NOT zerg fights.


Thanks.

druid can buff enough.. will have 2 druids in grp and bard/warden can do base buffs.


2h damage sucks here, so spearo's dont do that well offensively.

bm's are weakest offtank

Infamous wrote:Hi, a few questions... Hibernia needs help right? :>

How big is the concentration pool of a level 50 druid on this server?

Decent enough to buff a whole group with everything when you have 2 druids.

Infamous wrote:What is the casting cap on this server? Rather... can you even reach it with
max buffs, gear, and augmented dexterity (5)?

Casting speed is terribly slow compared to live. Reaching cap with 3.0s spells is impossible in normal circumstances.

Infamous wrote:How viable are spear-Heroes on this server (DPS)? I'm talking LW or spear, straight out damage comparison. Also how do they compare across
the board. Yes, I know Savages are #1. The question is: how do Heroes
compare?

2h damage is poor in comparison. Tops you can hit is 450ish on low abs neutral or vulnerable armor (casters, stealthers, savages, zerkers, BMs) with high growth styles, and hits like those are rare. They can vary from 280-450 in my experience, on the same targets using annihilation.
Regarding 1h damage I've seen blademaster hits for up to 320 ONLY with mainhand, if you cummulate offhand hits and faster swings it doesn't take a genius to figure out how much dual wielding outpreforms 2h here in every way possible.

Infamous wrote:I haven't heard anything positive about Bms, BUT how do they compare?
Their old problem was that their DPS didn’t start to kick in until the fight
was over, look bellow.

BMs are the only tank choice in hibernia if you want any kind of damage.

Infamous wrote:Finally, the DPS over a LONG period of time is not interesting to me.
This means that classes that need more than 150+ swings to get a decent
DPS score are... (a 5 minute fight with an average 2.0 swing-speed, no
celerity remember). If you disagree feel free to show me an Uthgard fight
that lasts 10 to 15 minutes or more. Talking 8 Vs 8, NOT zerg fights.

Even with really slow weapons, 2h "frontload" damage isn't the least bit scary on uthgard. Not to mention the really high blockrate and evaderate this server has, making 2h nearly obsolete.

Unfortunately you can't have a tank fight last longer than maybe 1 minute or two. Support is very low on power compared to the high damage of offtanks, doesn't take long before they run oop and people start dying

Thanks for the replies guys.

As for dying, it's part of the fun :>


The only thing I need made clearer is how many concentration points you
have. Taken a generic character, with generic stats etc. 100? 150? This
covers all druids not being the same spec etc. Or if you want to experiment.

I did a quick test myself on Eden (with a Druid), removed all the TOA stuff
etc. It worked. The question is: do a Druid on Uthgard have the same amount
of concentration points?

Neju wrote:druid can buff enough.. will have 2 druids in grp and bard/warden can do base buffs.


2h damage sucks here, so spearo's dont do that well offensively.

bm's are weakest offtank

Why Bms are weakest offtank? they make more dmg then a mercenary because of triple w , mopain and flurry have both classes. Apart from that when they are atacked using triplew they r imune to other crit dmg in melee, mercs have 27% abs and bm s 19% yes this is true, their rr5 is a life sav also vs AT .
Zerks have better growth styles from backchain , but as dmg even in vendo mode you can crit for 300+10:P ..so?
PS side stun.. i dont even mention it..