Practice dummy to test DPS

[Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame]

It would be nice to have a practice dummy in the hideout to check the dps of your combos.
Maybe even show the damage dealt above the dummy or make it have like 1 million HP to simulate a boss.

[Nordomus]

They are thinking about it but there are a lot of variables that's why it's not in a game yet, hopefully they will do it though.

[Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame]

Originally posted by Nordomus:

They are thinking about it but there are a lot of variables that's why it's not in a game yet, hopefully they will do it though.

The only variable to figure out IMO is how minions deal/react to the dummy.
I don't want them to infinitely attack it, but I want them to attack on my will.

The rest is probably simple.

[Nordomus]

Originally posted by Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame:

Originally posted by Nordomus:

They are thinking about it but there are a lot of variables that's why it's not in a game yet, hopefully they will do it though.

The only variable to figure out IMO is how minions deal/react to the dummy.
I don't want them to infinitely attack it, but I want them to attack on my will.

The rest is probably simple.

I thought so too but one of the devs explained it in one interview and there is question for example which monster the dummy should simulate, what resistances etc. Still there could be dummy with no resistances whatsoever just to compare some numbers overall but it won't be totally reflective of actualy combat.

[Drake]

I would rather have a screen with the accuracy of path of building than any dummy.

A dummy will never tell you how your build will fare on a juiced specific 8 mods t17+ map.

You already know what happens in a white map, it's the mods that actually matter.

Plus the dummy won't ever have the most common dps reducer, mob mechanics. Hitting a dummy while standing in place is all well and good, but if you can't reproduce the same thing in a boss room because you have to move every 2s because of the aoes, high theoritical numbers don't really mean anything in an actual situation (if a build with lower numbers can stay longer in the field than a high dps one, then it's the first one that actually gets the real higher dps).

What would be better would be a map simulator. Like you put your waystone in the simulator and you run the map and it gives you a spreasheet afterwards.

The downside being you don't loot anything and you don't get xp, but you don't lose the waystone and can try any number of times you want.

[Gnasty Gnorc]

go to literally any boss, fight it, look at the numbers.

There's your DPS

[Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame]

Originally posted by Pure Havik:

go to literally any boss, fight it, look at the numbers.

There's your DPS

Sherlock.