Class Update - Hunters

[Caanwick]

Was gonna wait till I got home and got some more testing in, but want to get this started before the thread gets any further overrun with over-reaction.

I will use this post as a log for all the tests I do and will edit it to update accordingly. All dummy tests will be "naked" tests in that they will be completely unbuffed, excepting for rotational buffs, IE Burn Hot. All tests will be run with my current Live gear, which is 5 pieces North Mirkwood armor, 2-slot Allegiance gloves and cloak, North Mirkwood earrings, Mordor gold rings, Mordor bracelets, Mordor pocket, and Mordor necklace. I will note which LI legacies I'm running with each individual test, as these may change as I get more comfortable with a specific rotation. I will save any recommendations till I finish all tests I want to run on this build. I will have the Combat Analysis plug-in up for all tests.

1st Test: Red-Line

Dol Amroth training dummie

I chose these dummies as it gives me a common control variable with which to test against the Live server, without the possible environmental changes of the Glan Vraig dummies. This test was performed with my full Live server blue-line set-up, including LIs. The purpose of this test is simply to tryout the new trait line and start to get a feel for the new rotation and skills. For future tests, I will list the legacies used in that respective test.

I opened from stealth with Burn Hot-HS-Up-SB-Barbed-QS from there I dropped into a routine of Focus skills alternating with builders. Exsanguinate was used whenever off CD, as was Upshot and Heartseeker. I continued in this fashion until Burn Out neared the end of its CD, as I was trying to time the big hitters being available with Burn Hot.

Results-
The actual numbers weren't overly impressive, but were higher than I expected. Peak DPS was 51k+ which leveled out around 45-46k while heavier skills were on CD. I expect this to increase significantly as I nail down the rotation and move skills to their optimum spot in my Quickslot Bars, as well as optimizing my LIs with the proper legacies. I was mildly surprised, as the inductions and CDs of certain skills were never as big an issue as I thought they would be, coming into the test.


2nd Test: Red-Line

Dol Amroth training dummie

I chose these dummies as it gives me a common control variable with which to test against the Live server, without the possible environmental changes of the Glan Vraig dummies. This test was performed with my full Live server blue-line set-up for gear. LIs are set-up as follows:

BOW: Induction Bow Crit, Focus Bow Crit, Induction Bow Damage, Induction Bow Power + Upshot Damage, Burn Hot Damage, Swift Bow Damage, Hunter Damage Over Time

MAIN HAND: Merciful Shot CD and Crit Multiplier, Strength Stance Damage, Press Onward CD, Power Restored by Traited Intent Concentration, Agility, Vitality, Fate

My stats: PhysMast=230k; Crit=61k; Finesse=77k; Morale=71k; Power=5800 (These are a little out of balance as I am in the middle of swapping to gold North Mirkwood essences)

This test is a series of 30 parses, most of which are over 3 minutes in length. All parses start from stealth and rotations go as follows: Burn Hot-Heartseeker------Upshot-Swift Bow-Barbed Arrow-Blood Arrow-Pen Shot-Quick Shot-Swift Bow-Upshot--------rinse and repeat till Burn Hot was off CD. I would substitute Barbed Arrow for Quick Shot to keep the bleed active, as well as using Exsanguinate when it would proc. I'm still a little choppy with this rotation but it should smooth out as I re-familiarize myself with the skills, and their quickslot locations.

Results-
As is expected with a redline build, the opening salvoes peak DPS, and it quickly slopes down and levels out, until the opening can be repeated. Every parse, through the first Swift Bow, was over 75k. Some went much higher, including a few over 100k. After the first Swift Bow, the DPS would come down and level off in the 55-60k range. Once Burn Hot was off CD, I'd repeat the opening salvo, minus stealth, and DPS would spike back up to near 70k. These numbers were higher than I expected, especially where they leveled out between Burn Hots.


3rd Test: Red-Line

Central Gondor Roving Threats

Chose to run these since I had just run them helping a friend get brands for 1st Age weapons, and had some data to compare to.

All my stats, gear, and LIs are same as listed in Test 2. As with the training dummie tests, I ran these completely unbuffed. Rotation is the same as I noted in Test 2.

Results-
Gundlag - 69k DPS with a max hit of 195k

Mota - 56k DPS with a max hit of 134k

Haldalona - 61k DPS with a max hit of 230k *Note: This is the green darkwater. He actually dove underground for a couple seconds or DPS would have probably been higher.

Skorkaz - 35k DPS with a max hit of 120k *Note: The DPS for this fight was actually MUCH higher, but he hit me with a fear and I spent several seconds feared before finishing him. He was under 100k Morale when he got to me and hit with the fear.

Amorchant - 62k DPS with a max hit of 110k

All five were nearly finished by the time they reached me, so I never had more than 10k total damage done to me by a single RT. Now admittedly these are level 100 mobs, but comparatively speaking, I'm shocked by what I was able to do on this build versus my blue-line build on the Live servers. I have run these RTs enough to have a mental timer of my Time-on-Target for all of them, and every one of them surprised me with how quick they were down.


I will also test the new blue-line as time allows, but as this is the targeted trait-line for top group DPS, it will be my focus.

Vastin, PM me if you have anything specific you want me to look at in my testing this weekend.