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Slayer and Zerk low dps?

PastelGothPastelGoth
in PvE Discussion
I've come to the forums looking for an overall opinion on a topic....
I love my burst DPS classes and decided to continue my Slayer since it has around $2000 of costumes on it.
After having problems with DPS amounts with Zerk I decided to go see if Slayer was any better.
Which was not...
My slayer rotation is a standard normal rotation for slayer... yet I still find myself doing minimal damage, but I have no idea how to fix this.
I play from Australia and have around 250-420ping constant and don't have any spikes, but I'm saving for a new PC since my game will randomly freeze anywhere from 1-5 seconds.
So I'm wondering if theres any advice people can give me to do about this since I'd like to keep playing my slayer... or should i just give up on burst dps all together and stick to playing my ninja and level a gunner as well.. because I'd like to stop being kicked from dungeons for low DPS
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  • UltemeciaUltemecia ✭✭✭
    Slayer and zerk dps can be great, it just takes a lot of practice to be good with them. Not only that the classes are pretty gear dependent. (At least zerk is for sure). So I'd say check your gear rolls and compare to a guide and make sure they're optimal.

    But I have a pretty good feeling that your ping is what is really holding you back. That high of a ping is gonna make it hard to be effective.
  • PastelGothPastelGoth ✭✭
    Like I've played slayer and zerk for 3-4 years and mained zerk for most of that time. My slayer is in full +12 Slaughter gear, but since the combat update done around vm3 period, its gotten very laggy to say the most, and I've found the further the progression the more mobility I need. So it sucks that I cant really perform much higher than 7-8% but with the ping, and freezing... a lot of content gets harder again...
  • DarkomaxDarkomax ✭
    Slayer is a bit weak for this patch but not far behind. Zerk can be pretty strong but it requires a lot of skill. I don't have one myself but it really seems to be the hardest class to play at its best in current dungeons. With such a ping, zerk is probably poo tho.
  • CezzareCezzare ✭✭✭
    edited July 2016
    I don't think slayer is weak in PVE at all -among old classes, of course- but while it's more ping-friendly than others, playing with such latency will always hurt your performance: your combos sometimes don't come our as smotthly, you need to stop attacking sooner than your team mates when a boss mechanic comes, etc... at that point (I know cause I used to play with over 220ms) roling cd reductions or attack speed is almost useless, depending on your crit factor you can start stacking power to compensate your slower attack pace.
  • RikterRikter ✭✭
    As a slayer main I can out DPS a lot of ppl. However a very skilled player with a newer class will out DPS almost every time. But me getting just over 1m/s and a ninja getting 1.75m/s doesn't make me feel too far behind. It did take a while of tweaking my gear and getting an optimal rotation to get to a good DPS. Overall I love slayer and wouldn't change.
  • PastelGothPastelGoth ✭✭
    I'm not saying I don't love my slayer I do, but when you have gunners doing 35% of the damage and I'm only doing 7% when you come mainly from whhm and mchm days it sucks :/
  • CezzareCezzare ✭✭✭
    PastelGoth wrote: »
    I'm not saying I don't love my slayer I do, but when you have gunners doing 35% of the damage and I'm only doing 7% when you come mainly from whhm and mchm days it sucks :/

    That's normal -as dumb as it might sound- average skilled players with gunners, reapers, brawlers and ninjas will outperform any player of similar skill who uses an old class (the original ones), currently the most common party composition for 5-man high score dungeon runs is a brawler, ninja, two healers and, well, another ninja or a gunner, there's no use in feeling down because of it, it's the developer's fault.
  • Deleted UserDeleted User
    The only class that you could say is weak is sorc and that can even do decent dps, [filtered] even mystic can do 1mil dps in the right party comp on slaying runs. Some classes take more skill and knowing boss fights more than others to play as well as ping and gear dependant.
  • UltemeciaUltemecia ✭✭✭
    Tyrant666 wrote: »
    The only class that you could say is weak is sorc and that can even do decent dps, [filtered] even mystic can do 1mil dps in the right party comp on slaying runs. Some classes take more skill and knowing boss fights more than others to play as well as ping and gear dependant.

    This is probably the first post I've ever seen from you that wasn't a complete waste of text. Most are angry or derogatory. I'm actually pleasantly surprised. :awesome:
  • dinnersdinners ✭✭✭
    1. slayer's dps is decent. Normally, still little better than archer, sorc and zerker.
    2. zerker and archer (charging class) depends on low ping. Charging time is faster with low ping.
    3. slayer is one of the class which is least affected by ping among dps class.
    4. I don't know your gear setting or rotation skill. I suggest 270+ crit and rotation =
    5. without buff - heart thurst > evis > overhand > slice. with buff on- heart > overhand> evis > overhand > slice.
    6. use manual skill rotation. Don't use auto spacebar.
  • dinnersdinners ✭✭✭
    Brotherbros wrote: »
    dinners wrote: »
    1. slayer's dps is decent. Normally, still little better than archer, sorc and zerker.

    pfft HAHAHAHA.

    Just stop man.

    Maybe you are not using mana pot with mp gaining rare defense crystal. I have seen slayers out dps most of old dps classes.

    No one needs to compare dps with Ninja. Ninja is just OP.
  • DarkomaxDarkomax ✭
    edited July 2016
    Just because you see slayers doing more DPS than other classes doesn't mean it's strong. Personally, I've never seen a single slayer outclassing me since archer buffs (which isn't meaningful but it doesn't match with your experience)
  • VladimirPutin215VladimirPutin215 ✭✭
    edited July 2016
    Is it me or does @dinners in every thread seems to be kissing a$$ over the Slayer Class. Jesus..
    Even in the old TERA forums you could see his major hate for the Berserker class.

    And yeah, I main Archer. Now with these buffs I have been able to DPS much more better now. I've been doing more DPS than Slayers in most of the dungeons I've ran. With the recent Berserker Buff I have seen that they do much more DPS now than what they did before they were f*cking trash before this patch arrived. If the Berserker is well geared has low ping they could easily outDPS a Archer, Slayer.
  • KaaiYuKaaiYu ✭✭
    Slayer DPS is pretty okay.

    You just have to put in a lot of work to get good results.

    People crazy.
  • MinazukiMinazuki ✭✭✭
    Both class still fine on DPS... but your ping is what killing it...
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