Mordenkainen
Please SSG, no more nerfs. Thank you!
Our need to chase DPS over everything in this game is really a consequence of poor monster design and lack of creativity.
Yes and no. Quest design (and even more so, raid design) is largely to blame, but the devs have added a series of additional immunities to the monsters to those that already exist in D&D that make everything that is not dps, is of second category.failure of quest design not monster design
I think that is a fair point. So off the top of my head we have—instead of dps:Yes and no. Quest design (and even more so, raid design) is largely to blame, but the devs have added a series of additional immunities to the monsters to those that already exist in D&D that make everything that is not dps, is of second category.
D&D already has enough immunities to balance out the monsters, they didn't need to add even more.
And then there is that any non-dps option that the characters have that is effective is going to be nerfed from orbit sooner rather than later, so in the end we have... that dps is the only thing that universally serves you to finish a quest.
The OP often complains about not being able to solo stuff on melee; if they're not applying CC effects like cower/etc. and only chasing DPS instead of a mix of survival stats, CC, and DPS then it explains why they have issues. Even in raids only some people are on DPS duty, while others are filling in needed roles to let those DPS go to town.AOE CC and helpless damage trumps dps in the vast majority of DDO content. DPS chasing is almost entirely relegated to raiding.
really depends on the content. In R10's it's hard to keep up with your insta killers.Our need to chase DPS over everything in this game is really a consequence of poor monster design and lack of creativity.
AI? Maybe AS? These polls make me doubt the first choice. For now I am going with this unlisted option:I am still waiting for the big reveal that this account's talking points are generated by ChatGPT or some other AI.
This is why Claw of Vulkoor remains one of my favorite quests. You can sneak it easily or hack your way through. Reaper made it tougher to sneak, sadly.No matter what you still have to kill reds witch are immune to everything but dps