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Quoted from "Inferiority;523382"

One of the M/W elites modifies Berserk so that it increases matt.

D/W, like P/W, is set up to become a melee fighter rather than a healer.

Quoted from "Inferiority;523382"

One of the M/W elites modifies Berserk so that it increases matt.

D/W, like P/W, is set up to become a melee fighter rather than a healer.

Quoted from "Drigr;523449"

I would love to see more healer elites in D/W myself, but we get what we get. Patk/Pdam buff (the melees love this), Healing Wind (non mana based group heal, whats not to love?), and honestly, I like Glory Wand too, The increased healing to yourself, and the little shield that procs can be the difference between an add killing you or not.

Quoted from "maomiai;524711"

*D/S jealousy brewing* ... We get this oh so 'useful' skill for 50/50 ... idiot here got that skill since she was playing S/D more at the end of chap 3.....I so regret doing so >.<

Quoted from "Cike;524788"

That stupid skill that pretty much broke my d/s for me...i regret ever getting it and actually was thinking about using a FoF to drop druid, get druid back, and lvl it back up, and then get all the elites except 50...

Quoted from "maomiai;524790"

if scout isn't a class u use then drop scout lol

i also play s/r so can't bring myself to drop scout

Quoted from "Cike;524788"

That stupid skill that pretty much broke my d/s for me...i regret ever getting it and actually was thinking about using a FoF to drop druid, get druid back, and lvl it back up, and then get all the elites except 50...

Quoted from "Lilamayi;524895"

That won't work, I believe. /: Once you get the elites you're stuck with them, and they all appear at level 1. So if you drop the druid class and pick it up again you'll still have that horrible Spring Flower Eulogy skill at level 1 druid. It's kind of a shame... that borked elite is one of the reasons I dropped my scout side on druid too.

As for d/w being melee, I have to disagree as well. With the exception of Cross of Thorns Attack all of our other elites are beneficial to healing, buffing, or maintaining rage and/or nature power for healing. I suppose that's not to say that a d/w melee isn't possible... I've heard of people attempting it but never heard of one that turned out well... >_<

Quoted from "Ravesden;579463"

Alright, gonna chime in before we get some new people gearing up some melee D/W's and thinking they're going to get anywhere with it.

Because they're not.

The problem with d/w being melee (or lack of melee) is it has no spammable fillers when the main attacks are on cooldown. And they have loooong cooldowns. You're just not going to be able to have sustainable damage to be worthwhile to any party. Now, if you go in as a pure healer, they yes, you will be viable, useful, and more than just a "buffer" for the party. D/W can solo heal a party, or even a raid if you're good enough. But melee? Forget about being useful.

Just because it has melee elites, does NOT make it a melee viable combo. Its just bad implementation by the developer. It's viable as a pure healer, treat it strictly as such.

Quoted from "Kefkai;579464"

I have to disagree that is completely sucks, the main problem with D/W was it lacked the weapon mastery besides that slash spam isn't bad for dps. However, it's now completely outclassed by all the classes with charged chop spam-ability. (This didn't use to be the case but taking charged chop and giving it no cooldown was one of the most ridiculous changes this game has made)

I could see maybe getting away with using it inside PvP but you lack the surprise attack of a warrior, it's a strange combo to be honest.

So usable as a Melle? Completely. I leveled as D/W as a melle originally with cloth with patk stats, painfully slow since you don't get a mastery and it only comes at of all levels level 70, as far as leveling it went though slash spam worked, it worked well, but if you missed a hit there goes all your rage.

Is it a good Melle? Better than P/W but still pretty trashy, probably better than the W/D combonation who knows that's for someone else to figure out.