It's freaking silly how, in comparison to other specs in the game, poorly balance/madness parse. I bet that 99 % of all sages/sorcs out there couldnt break 3,4K DPS ON A PARSE in full 180's and I don't think anyone can consistently do it because you have to get extremely lucky with the crits. Also, I will consider all counter arguments on this point anecdotal because I know some of the 1 % sages/sorcs hang around here. You are not representing the reality out there.

 

As I see it the main reason to why madness/balance drop in output are the non-crits on DF/FiB. You can happily coast along at 3,8K ON A PARSE and as long as you get some good crits on DF/FiB but the second you miss one you're gone and with no real way of boosting back up. This repeats itself a couple of times until you're so far into the parse that they make less of a difference.

 

So why isnt it an auto-crit? Another consequence of potential hybrids? For how long are those damn hybrids going to hold back true spec balance?

Edited April 25, 2014 by MidichIorian

That's very strange. My sage is far away from beeing really good equiped (about 1250 Force bonus damage) and I've >3800 average FiB Damage. Crit rate is round about 30%. Other guildmembers experience the same crit rate.

 

http://www.torparse.com/a/653601/2/0/Damage+Dealt

 

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Kinman

Omg u actualy gave me an idea, its also something maybe devs can use.

They want to pull balance equal with other specs right without touching the hybrid right ? Buff it a bit ?

 

Make FiB auto crit if target has a Sever Force on it.

Though would be a bit weird on pvp :/.

 

Just some food for thought.

Omg u actualy gave me an idea, its also something maybe devs can use.

They want to pull balance equal with other specs right without touching the hybrid right ? Buff it a bit ?

 

Make FiB auto crit if target has a Sever Force on it.

Though would be a bit weird on pvp :/.

 

Just some food for thought.

 

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Omg u actualy gave me an idea, its also something maybe devs can use.

They want to pull balance equal with other specs right without touching the hybrid right ? Buff it a bit ?

 

Make FiB auto crit if target has a Sever Force on it.

Though would be a bit weird on pvp :/.

 

Just some food for thought.

I've been thinking the same same thing and it would make sense since the Tele tree has a similar mechanic.

 

And to the guy above you, I'm talking about 3,8K damage per second over the course of a 1M dummy parse, not how much FiB hits for. The DPS in the parse you linked is 2400'ish.

Edited April 23, 2014 by MidichIorian

I've been thinking the same same thing and it would make sense since the Tele tree has a similar mechanic.

 

And to the guy above you, I'm talking about 3,8K damage per second over the course of a 1M dummy parse, not how much FiB hits for. The DPS in the parse you linked is 2400'ish.

 

You should probably have made that more clear in the OP, because the way it reads you're saying people can't break 3.4k hits with it.

I understood he meant full parse, not the skill damage itself.

 

Though I was afraid you were saying FiB/DF always crits on all enemies (which would be ridiculous for pvp, I'd love it but it'd get nerfed immediately).

Having Sever Force/Creeping Terror make the target an autocrit would be cool though, meaning you can have max 2autocrits at the same time.

::edit:: max 3 sry. But realistically 2.

Edited April 23, 2014 by Aerilas

It'll be similar to what focus is, only the target with SF will be critted .

It really sounds good in theory, PvE dps wise. I fear its consequences in pvp though.

 

I can already see 4 sages in arenas one shotting ppl with SF and insta oneshot FiBs .

You could always make it not work on players.

 

I truly think its a better way to buff balance instead of giving SF %40 dps boost. You can give the mechanic to Sever Force as well, which would make it inaccesible for hybrid builds.

A grossly unbalancing effect in pvp is what it would be.

 

Autocrit AOE with 30 range on a class with zero requirement for accuracy. Another idiot proof AOE FOTM can be born.

 

Balance isn't weak in PVP as it is.

You should probably have made that more clear in the OP, because the way it reads you're saying people can't break 3.4k hits with it.

Maybe but I figured that it was in context of a parse, which I mentioned earlier in the same paragraph.

 

Also, BW proved, with smash, that it's possible to have different mechanics in PvE and PvP. And yes, buffing sustained, such as the filler abilties (TkT/Dist) might be a safer approach. I do think that bother tele and balance could need a good dps boost in PvE.

Edited April 24, 2014 by MidichIorian

IDK why is that with you but my F.I.B hits anywhere between 6-8K damage and i'm running a hybrid spec Edited April 24, 2014 by MisterBlackJack

IDK why is that with you but my F.I.B hits anywhere between 6-8K damage and i'm running a hybrid spec

Another one who can't grasp something in the context of a PARSE, it has even been discussed in some of the previous replies. What is so hard to understand about it?

 

My FiB hits for +10K on some stuff, this isnt about the size of the individual hits.

Edited April 25, 2014 by MidichIorian