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Wednesday, December 28th 2011, 8:24pm

Tried to look in guides but they are all old and couldn't find any decent ones.

I made Druid because i like them more than priests, so i want my druid to be dmger, AFAIK D/R is the one im looking for but wouldn't D/M be better for pve? I still would love to have the D/R.

-IF D/R then staf or daggers? and mostly int stats right?

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tsundae

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Wednesday, December 28th 2011, 8:45pm

No druid is good dps pve. If you are insistent on dpsing I'd recommend d/m over d/r, it also has some more healing capacity.

Druids can't use daggers. Staff.

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Fuumaz

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Wednesday, December 28th 2011, 9:41pm

im not really seeking into best dps, i already knew that because of choosing druid, i wanted to self heal soo i want my secondary to boost my dmg. Any more advices?

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ghostwolf82

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Wednesday, December 28th 2011, 10:00pm

In the world of RoM, old guides still apply for the most part. Rarely do things change to such a degree that a new guide is needed.

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Ravesden

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Friday, December 30th 2011, 4:30am

Quoted from "tsundae;497428"

No druid is good dps pve. If you are insistent on dpsing I'd recommend d/m over d/r, it also has some more healing capacity.

Druids can't use daggers. Staff.

They can, actually. Every class in game can.

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BJHawk

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Friday, December 30th 2011, 10:11am

Quoted from "Ravesden;497766"

They can, actually. Every class in game can.

Not to nit-pick, but Priests cannot wield daggers, nor can Knights, IIRC.

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Ravesden

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Friday, December 30th 2011, 6:19pm

Quoted from "BJHawk;497810"

Not to nit-pick, but Priests cannot wield daggers, nor can Knights, IIRC.

This is correct, ya got me there

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Malignatus

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Friday, December 30th 2011, 8:58pm

Quoted from "BJHawk;497810"

Not to nit-pick, but Priests cannot wield daggers, nor can Knights, IIRC.

Quoted from "Ravesden;497863"

This is correct, ya got me there

Absolutely! Knights would generate too much DPS and Priests would hack you to death with Ice Pick. :eek:

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AngelIsrafel

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Saturday, December 31st 2011, 7:30am

Quoted from "Malignatus;497930"

Absolutely! Knights would generate too much DPS and Priests would hack you to death with Ice Pick.

That would be fun, a whole new line of Crafting weapons that anyone can wield. Priests with hatchets, Druids with pickaxes and Warriors with herbalist gloves!

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HerHeartMyFate

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Sunday, January 15th 2012, 2:05pm

The responses in this thread really make me sad.

I was looking forward to coming back to ROM as my old D/R, but it seems there really is no point in it?

It's a shame. This game prides itself on being a game where you can be anything and still accomplish whatever you want. We have class combinations that are caster tanks, for crying out loud.

Even P/S is quite deadly in damage dealing.

Yet, there can't be a Druid that deals damage competitively.

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AngelIsrafel

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Sunday, January 15th 2012, 9:00pm

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Yet, there can't be a Druid that deals damage competitively.

Personally i've never seen a Druid that was purely geared for damage, but you'd think as a D/R with all the DoT's and extra damage dealing spells they would be at least decent sustained DPS

Also, Druids best learned skill is Kiting. There is nothing like taking down a level 63 rogue/55warrior as a 61 druid/50 rogue because you DOT'd and Kited them to death XD

61/55/50 D/W/R

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Ravesden

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Monday, January 16th 2012, 12:33pm

Quoted from "AngelIsrafel;501983"

Personally i've never seen a Druid that was purely geared for damage, but you'd think as a D/R with all the DoT's and extra damage dealing spells they would be at least decent sustained DPS

Also, Druids best learned skill is Kiting. There is nothing like taking down a level 63 rogue/55warrior as a 61 druid/50 rogue because you DOT'd and Kited them to death XD

Was discussing this very topic with my guidits the other night. The problem with d/r is they have no competitve burst dos to rely on. They have DoTs. In this game, if you can't burn the boss, you're not dps.

Druids also do not have the xINT modifier at the end of their spells. This had brought some balance to mages, but without that INT modifier, Im afraid they'll always be last in any dps fight.

Another part of the problem is the mdmg portion of the dmg formula. Druids are still at 1 mdmg, while mages got boosted to 1.3 at the beginning of ch4, and then to 1.6 a couple weeks ago.

Without the above necessities, Im afraid d/r will never be competitve in dps at or near endgame. They can be great gate destroyers though

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Galenwaithien

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Monday, January 16th 2012, 2:09pm

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Druids also do not have the xINT modifier at the end of their spells. This had brought some balance to mages, but without that INT modifier, Im afraid they'll always be last in any dps fight.

the impact of the int modifier is negligible. It works like Intensification. Well, at least till September. I left RoM afterwards so I'm not sure if anything has changed, although I doubt it.

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Another part of the problem is the mdmg portion of the dmg formula. Druids are still at 1 mdmg, while mages got boosted to 1.3 at the beginning of ch4, and then to 1.6 a couple weeks ago.

Can you please point me to the thread that shows this? I must have missed it.

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KatalanOrk

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Monday, January 16th 2012, 2:29pm

I;ve not tested it but as far as I have read, the 1.6 coefficient refers to all magical damage, not just Mages. I'm too lazy to look now but I am sure I read someone saying that both RT and IC on Priest also received the boost. In this case it would make sense that Druids are also effected.

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HerHeartMyFate

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Monday, January 16th 2012, 2:41pm

Quoted from "Galenwaithien;502121"

the impact of the int modifier is negligible. It works like Intensification.

...?

That doesn't seem very negligible to me. o_O

A permanent intensification connected to spells.

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Galenwaithien

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Monday, January 16th 2012, 4:27pm

as far as i know, it's damage added at the end of formula, not modified by crit, matt/mdef, staff mdef -> very low impact.

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Abaishtona

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Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 12:48am

My D/Wd's spells got noticeably stronger, especially the upgraded Rockslide (with Avalanche Elite). My Rockslide hits players like a mac truck even after I am long gone now, and accounts for roughly 1/3rd of my kills in siege.

I've heard other casters (not just mages) say their spells got a bit stronger as well. Curious indeed.

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Popeyedsailorman

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Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 8:58pm

Its all what you make of it, I made a d/r and do plenty of dps, but you won't be seeing any burn parties with it. I personally hate burn parties anyway, takes all the fun out of the game and in a game struggling to hold my attention anyway I'd prefer to leave in as much fun as I can squeeze out of it anyway. That being said, it does work well in siege if you can be sneaky enough, does quite the number on the gates as buildings too as was mentioned earlier. I wouldn't give up on it completely, never know when some uber update will come out for it then all the people that deleted theirs will be behind the curve when they try to hop on the new fotm lol. One last note, I did have to make a whole new set for d/r dps-ing. If you stat it completely like a mage and stat for almost all mattk/pdef/hp and not worry about wisdom so much you can really do some nasty dps. Was told that you will get resisted by high wis casters though, but I usually don't waste my time on them anyway, my targets are those silly melee's that think they can get to me before i get to them lolz.

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AngelIsrafel

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Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 6:55am

If Shadow Contract was boosted up to the same level as Knowledge of the Earth, or even higher by taking off the level 50 cap on the skill, Druid/Rogue has the potential to be a MASSIVE damage dealer and a SW champion (What with having a permanent reduction to Mdam and all the Mdef they'd get from statting)

61/55/50 D/W/R

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Popeyedsailorman

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Wednesday, January 25th 2012, 7:17pm

That will never happen Angel, the mages are already nonstop QQing, just imagine what would happen if they had caster competition....holy crap I can just imagine the chaos that would ensue :p

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