The melee DPS classesFollow

there just under rogues but suck till they get good gear and a good amount of AAs ..i would suggest going rogue cuz it would be easyer but if u want to be diffrent and are wiling to really push it go berzercker there good but just need time to get good..

I was always under the impressions Berserkers did good DPS but not as good as the other DPS classes. However of the chain classes they was supposed to be the closest to a tank? I know I have done Creator Mission with the Berserker as a tank(they was out tanking a warrior of the same level). Obviously the tank had less AA's and gear.

This is the only Berserker Forums I could find: http://p205.ezboard.com/btheberserker

No idea if it will help - but might be a place to start.

edit: nvm now that I look at it - seems to be pretty old.

This one is a bit more current: http://www.eqberserker.com/portal/

Edited, Sun Oct 16 01:05:54 2005 by Netos

www.thesafehouse.org

http://www.goberserker.com/forums/index.php?

It is very much in the air at this point. Some parses saying berserkers are on par with or even out DPSing Rogues. That added with superior damage mitigation, utility, knight HP table, and ability to damage from any angle has many thinking a rebalancing is in the near future to definitivly push Rogues back over the top.

zerkers fall behind rogues in melee DPS(when they are good and very well geared...).....TBH it ALL DEPENDS on gear(gear for zerker=everything)

I have never ever ever seen any parse that showed that Berserkers mitigate any better than Rogues or Rangers. They're paper tanks - decent HP and good aggro control but no mitigation to speak of. What does it matter anyway, I've never seen a Rogue volunteer to tank, and Rogues can lose their aggro better than a Berserker could ever dream of.

In 3-5 minute or so fights Berserkers might come out on top of equally-geared Rogues for DPS because they have more discs to use, but an equally-geared Rogue with optimal positioning will ALWAYS beat a Berserker in either short burst or sustained DPS.

And utility? Seriously, I would trade my stun (which doesn't work on mobs over level 70) and snare (which almost a full 50% of the classes in EQ get better than we do) for SoS and Evade. That's the entire extent of Berserker utility right there.

I think they're balanced just fine. Equally-geared (and AA'd) Rogues always outdamage Berserkers with optimal positioning (except for the occasional 3-5 min fight, then it's close), but Berserkers win out when the Rogues can't get perfect positioning. Berserkers can tank a little better because they have more HP and aggro generation, but Rogues aren't always the first to go splat after the MT goes down (dead dps = 0).

Edited, Tue Oct 18 13:29:24 2005 by Theophastus

If main tank is keeping agro, rogue will do more dps than beserker. Since rogue gets dual wield, double attacks,AND backstab; they are going to have 4 or 5 attacks per round. Plus, weapons with shorter delays means rogue gets to attack more often.

this is so incredibly stupid, it erases any valid points you may have made in your post.