Curse

SnipiousMax · Sep 21, 2006, 07:00 PM // 19:00

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Originally Posted by ubermancer

You must compare the difference, not how far they are off of the baseline.

I think it's perfectly fair to compare them for what they are. The reasoning behind using an IAS is to increase your damage output, whether we're talking about Rangers or Warriors now. If we're talking about Rangers, then we have one skill that costs the expertise reduced equivalent of 10 energy which will increase our damage by 33%, and one skill that costs the expertise reduced equivalent of 5 energy that increases our damage output by 50%. That's an easy and fair comparison. If we wanted to compare overall damage, then we might as well start throwing in things like skill usage and the effects of a vampiric/sundering mod, actual duration, energy requirements... etc. For simplicity's sake, a comparison of the effect of the IAS rather than overall damage is sufficient to make the point.

If we're talking about warriors, than there are even more things to consider, as adding Adrenaline into the mix will only complicate matters further.