This topic is something I wanted to discuss for so long...
I'll try to keep it under 500 words long
I've had a lvl 70 DW for over half a year now. I have to say
that I am extremely disappointed.
As a class, DW is utter garbage. Yes in Papaya they are farming machines, but that's
ALL they can do.
I have +10 +9 and +10 on my Gear (6k or so DEF) and I feel
like I have the same DEF as my Dende...
Hell, with the dende I can now put Over Time Heals and I'd
recover over half the damage that I take (over 1000 LP Recovered every 2
seconds)
In CC, I literally cannot do anything and I have +9 Weapons.
Hitrate is so low I can only hit 1 out of ten times on bosses like F60 and f70
Boss.
DWs do such low damage that any other class could be more
effective in any party trying to do anything.
DW as a class has been a general let down. For a fact DW
can't Dodge, and in PvP they can almost hit no one.
My friend has an SM without any DEX gear and is still able
to dodge almost everything I throw at him when I had FOC gloves.
The only thing you can wish for is a lucky Crit, which
usually doesn’t end up one-shotting the opponent due to the fact DW crits
aren't high enough.
(I can do around 8k crits with my Hellzone, but that doesn’t
help me with if it's almost the only thing I can actually manage to land)
The only reason to play DW is ... well... no reason at all.
No matter what you'd tell me, I'd tell you SK could do it better as it stands.
SK has amazing PvE (Stun + AoE crit increase).
I used to think DWs were better than SK at hunting...
My experience with them shows that I have been incorrect. I
wanted to believe they can be good, but all I got is ... nothing... I
got nothing.
To those who want to protect DWs as if they are a great
class, you are sadly mistaken. They are FAR from even being
"decent"...
If everything was fixed, the class might even be worse than
what it is right now.
At least I can take on low damage classes in PvP due to the
fact I'd at least have a bit of a higher Crit on them.
If everything is fixed, even that is taken away.
It requires TOO MUCH to make them even do what a poorly
geared SK can do.
SK > DW in all aspects as of now, whether it is to keep Agro (which
DW can’t do at all actually :D), do damage, be more effective at parties, do
UDs, do PvP, and even TAKE damage… even they can tank just as high because…
well… my Dende only takes 20 more damage from mobs than my DW does when he has
around half the DEF … I guess that’s logical
DW didn’t get nerfed from what they used to be, it’s just
that now a lot of things that didn’t work back when you thought they were good
have been fixed, and DW have revealed their true colors.
I was challenged by a friend long ago to make a DW as my AoE
based class, I won the challenge but he earned the last laugh
I don’t usually come to a place just to complain, but TBH,
DWs SERIOUSLY need a rework.
I obviously failed at the objective of keeping it under 500
words.
I’m not here to argue with some people saying DWs can still
be good, because those who say that either didn’t experience the class long
enough or just came here to troll.
Have a good day, Regarderino