Zenxion
09-06-2009, 02:02 AM
My Situation
Last Wednesday, when Anub'arak was finally released, I was part of my guild's 10 man team that got one of first kills on our realm (not exactly sure of the number). During that run I was the only plate wearing dps and I received several upgrades. Following that I am now one of the best DKs on my realm gear wise.
My Problem
However, I find myself often out-dpsed in raids by people with gear that is not as good as mine. Unfortunately I do not have any exact numbers to hand, but usually my dps is in the 4-4.5k range. Weirdly, I very rarely find myself beaten by fellow DKs; it's almost always other classes.
Possible Reasons?
My first thought was that DK dps is just not up to par with other classes, but I regularly see people like Krenian quoting dps figures beyond my imagining, so I know it cannot be a problem with the class.
Gear is definitely not the source of the problem, as I find myself looking at other people's gear and wondering how on earth they can pop out so much more dps than me in ilvl 213-219 gear.
Part of the problem may be due to rotation, as I do not stick to a strict rotation (but that's not really too much of a problem as unholy is it?). However my 'rotation' ends up as something very similar to the norm most of the time, albeit with a few BS and OB swapped around here and there.
The only thing that I can think of that would cause the amount of dps lacking that I experience is my spec, but nowhere have I seen anyone saying that Unholy is just not up to the standard of the other specs. If needs be I will change, but I have been unholy since the beginning and would really like to stay that way if possible.
Thanks in advance for any assistance any of you may be able to give.
Last Wednesday, when Anub'arak was finally released, I was part of my guild's 10 man team that got one of first kills on our realm (not exactly sure of the number). During that run I was the only plate wearing dps and I received several upgrades. Following that I am now one of the best DKs on my realm gear wise.
My Problem
However, I find myself often out-dpsed in raids by people with gear that is not as good as mine. Unfortunately I do not have any exact numbers to hand, but usually my dps is in the 4-4.5k range. Weirdly, I very rarely find myself beaten by fellow DKs; it's almost always other classes.
Possible Reasons?
My first thought was that DK dps is just not up to par with other classes, but I regularly see people like Krenian quoting dps figures beyond my imagining, so I know it cannot be a problem with the class.
Gear is definitely not the source of the problem, as I find myself looking at other people's gear and wondering how on earth they can pop out so much more dps than me in ilvl 213-219 gear.
Part of the problem may be due to rotation, as I do not stick to a strict rotation (but that's not really too much of a problem as unholy is it?). However my 'rotation' ends up as something very similar to the norm most of the time, albeit with a few BS and OB swapped around here and there.
The only thing that I can think of that would cause the amount of dps lacking that I experience is my spec, but nowhere have I seen anyone saying that Unholy is just not up to the standard of the other specs. If needs be I will change, but I have been unholy since the beginning and would really like to stay that way if possible.
Thanks in advance for any assistance any of you may be able to give.