Cant find a good class,Need burst dps

[Diomano]

Ive tried cipher out and a tiny bit of rogue,cipher takes way too long to cast spells,and rogue isnt too bad,whats the best burst dps class?And i refuse to play monks since they dont use weapons too much.

[Mordefroy]

In this game you need to take your time

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

A rogue wielding two weapons is deadly. As is a fighter with a two-handed weapon. To beat a two-handed weapon fighter's damage output with a rogue, you may need to sneak-attack very often.

I don't understand your remark on monks. Nobody forces you to avoid weapons when playing a monk.

And don't forget, you can create arbitrary party members by hiring adventurers at an inn. It costs a bit of money, but you can level them up from level 1. And you can retrain from level 1 even the NPC companions for a bit of money. Retraining makes it possible to redistribute even their attribute points.

[ojaiike]

Probably cipher

[la_nague]

monks can use weapons no problems!

[Darth Hernia]

...Why ask that question when the game already specificially tells you in the instructions that rogues have the highest DPS?

[Gregorovitch]

Barabarians do awesome damage through carnage engaging a group of enemies. Espeically if you get Firebrand from the crusader Knights smithy. Rogues do massive damage dual-wielding 1-on-1 especially once they get Deathblow and you have their targets down with two qualifying afflictions.

Probably the biggest damage dealer of all is Durance (priest) by proxy so to speak. This is 'cos of the spell Dire Blessing. 20% hits converted to crits. If the enemies also have their deflection stripped (by Aloth blinding them or worse for excample) and Durance buffs the team's accuracy everybody's DPS goes through the roof.

[Dorok]

For my party Aloth got the most damages, Party AI set to damages plus some micromanagement. Aloth had 25% more damages than my Cipher character with also party AI set to damages. But I micromanage the Cipher a bit less and more for non damages. And then Sagani with 25% less. The Rogue Corac joined the party only at level 6 so it's hard to compare, and also the party AI was set to cautious.

Without looking the numbers I would have guess Aloth result but not Sagani + Pet versus the Cipher, it's more the result of AOE damages, because for killing an enemy the Ranger+Pet+Rogue was rather demonstrative.

For the number of kills, all 4 was rather close, Aloth/Cipher/Sagani and Caroc not that far and joined party at level 6. Sagani got the most kills but only for few more in comparison with Aloth or Cipher.

EDIT: But if there's two characters major in that party they are Eder and Durance that don't appear in those basic stats. :-)

[Dorok]

Originally posted by Speakeasi:

...Why ask that question when the game already specificially tells you in the instructions that rogues have the highest DPS?

Against a single enemy, overall I doubt it can compare to a Druid or Mage focused on damages.

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

A rogue wielding two weapons is deadly.

I wonder seeing the DR in the game I gave up on dual weapon for Caroc, instead used 2H weapon and Pistol or 6 bullets pistol.

[Singrave]

Rogue good with two sabres and DR bypass modal.

[Dorok]

Two same weapons? Seems bizarre. I noticed some DR bypass but felt it wasn't enough, I should have experiment a bit the dual but got too lazy to do it. :-)

EDIT: I wish I could get Caroc sooner, would like get her for a replay. I think I'll have to create a Rogue character is I really want try the class.

[Darth Hernia]

According to my in-game Devil of Caroc did the single highest burst damage at 330. Can't remember the circumstance but I use the pistol you get at Galvino's and have 2 status supports in Hiravias and Aloth.

[Planeshifter]

I finished the game with a rogue, mage, fighter and a priest as main character. Also have enough idea about the remaining classes through npcs. When I compared the total damage done at the very last save of each, the max damage was the mage with a huge difference. Ofcourse that is probably because of all those amazing aoe/chain spells. However the max damage done in a single shot is always the rogues who had a blunderbuss/arquebus with a finishing blow+bloody slaughter crit.

So if you enjoy big damage numbers, go for a rogue with gun, however if you prefer obliterating everything that is coming to your general direction, go with mage. With the Citzal and Minoletta spells you will deal loads of damage, both melee and ranged.

Tl:dr rogue one target 150-200dmg, mage all within 5meters 75-125dmg (Geared high lvl example)