dps is a thing you do, not something you can be

Tsuhana Profile Options #61

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Don't know if stupid are just stupid in here but oh boy sure is stupid in here.

Lets start like this:

Tank = Role is to Tank stuff - Tank is also a DPS - Tank is not Damage Dealer; its role is to Tank.

Healer = Role is to Heal stuff - Healer is also a DPS. - Healer is not Damage Dealer; its role is to Heal.

Support = Role is to support while doing stuff - Support is also a DPS. - Support is not Damage Dealer; its role is to Support.

Damage Dealer = Role is to do damage to stuff - Damage Dealer is also a DPS. - Damage Dealers are the damage dealing class; it is their role and is what they're.

By term alone DD is right and DPS is wrong, DPS is the amount of damage that is done over time which can be done by any class.

DD (Damage Dealer) IS WHAT THEY ARE, DPS (Damage Per Second) IS WHAT THEY DO INCLUDING EVERY OTHER CLASS THAT DO DAMAGE.
EasymodeX Profile Options #62

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The term DPS is accurate for PvE, because your role is to execute sustained damage, measured by damage per second. If that is not your role, then you are not a DPS class.

End of line.
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fragnstein on 04/25/2012, 08:26 AM - view
HaruSoul on 04/25/2012, 08:25 AM
Your character does a certain amount of damage per second, thus making him a dps.


You said it yourself. DPS is what you do, not what you are


Seems like this language discrepancy is the source of most of the mad here.

Painters paint. Welders weld. DPSers DPS. Most people abbreviate that to DPS...I don't see what the problem is
Rxile Profile Options #64

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And who are you to tell people what they have to call things? I can say DPS as much as I want, I don't like the word damage dealer, get over it? Everyone knows what you mean anyway. Language is fluid and you're in no position to decide what wording other people have to use. Words, acronyms and their meanings keep evolving over and over and as long as everyone knows what you mean it's fine. You just have to stop being an elitist [filtered] and find something better to argue about than semantics.
Edited by: Rxile about 1 year ago
Castellan Profile Options #65

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As an EQ veteran I always abhorred the use of DPS as a noun to describe a Damage Dealer. The roles were always Tank, Controller, Damage Dealer, and Healer. WoW pushed the concept of Controller out of the picture. It's as bad as when people use the term PST in ways that indicate they don't understand it means Please Send Tell e.g. Please PST me for invite. Apparently some people have taken PST to be onomatopoeia (pssst) instead of an acronym.
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EasymodeX on 04/25/2012, 09:14 AM - view
The term DPS is accurate for PvE, because your role is to execute sustained damage, measured by damage per second. If that is not your role, then you are not a DPS class.

End of line.


Then I am not a Damage per Second class? Who was your English teacher?
Rxile Profile Options #67

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Castellan on 04/25/2012, 09:16 AM - view
It's as bad as when people use the term PST in ways that indicate they don't understand it means Please Send Tell e.g. Please PST me for invite. Apparently some people have taken PST to be onomatopoeia (pssst) instead of an acronym.


Actually this is exactly the case for me. I haven't played any MMO before Tera and I had no clue what PST meant, but I still figured out the meaning because of context... so I felt like it was probably related to "whisper me" -> pssst (whispering sound) but you know what? I don't really care where it's from or how wrong it is as long as I understand what they are trying to say. Not saying I will personally use it the same way, I'd rather say "whisper me" or something, but I couldn't care less if other people do because I know what they mean.
Edited by: Rxile about 1 year ago
Tsuhana Profile Options #68

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DPS is the measurement of damage over time, just like a speedometer in car(MPH).

Every class can sustain their damage, you're wrong go back to school.
fragnstein Profile Options #69

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Razza on 04/25/2012, 09:15 AM - view
fragnstein on 04/25/2012, 08:26 AM
HaruSoul on 04/25/2012, 08:25 AM
Your character does a certain amount of damage per second, thus making him a dps.


You said it yourself. DPS is what you do, not what you are


Seems like this language discrepancy is the source of most of the mad here.

Painters paint. Welders weld. DPSers DPS. Most people abbreviate that to DPS...I don't see what the problem is


"Damage per Seconders Damage per Second" is what you said. See what the problem is?









(grammar)
Edited by: fragnstein about 1 year ago
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DeadX on 04/25/2012, 02:54 AM - view
Scamp on 04/25/2012, 02:34 AM
DeadX on 04/25/2012, 02:26 AM
it's the hive mind


English evolves. Faster than other languages. English speakers are naturally innovative with language, because of the inherent flexibility of English (and likely the American culture that mirrors American English).

I don't really think it's groupthink. I also don't think you can regulate it. But you can try.


it is group think/hive mind, 'everyone else does it so i will too to fit in' and you are correct, can't really be regulated...but you can try. futile effort i'm sure, since stupid breeds fast (the one thing that requires no intelligence or forethought whatsoever) and the herd mentality reinforces itself by choosing like minded people to be with. and as rebuttal, those herders will attempt to derail anything that pokes at what they consider the status quo. usually using common memes.

but that's more of a societal/philosophical discussion...not really good subject matter for a game forum >.>



Oh, so something like emoticons? >.>