It appears you have changed the way ranger DPS is calculated or something. What are the details?

Thanks

edit: ah okay, I see patch notes when I log in now.

The DPS caps out on my ranger who is well geared at around 10k dps. This makes my monk very palatable for farming now I can still chain farm all the instances 5 at a time and go several hundred (or even a thousand) in a row without dying, but it's just slower now. This change was probably for the best given that like 6 of the top 10 are rangers and the trend was growing.

Yes, I redid how bow damage is calculated. I have tried to rope the Ranger back down to planet Earth as they have been ridonkulous for a while now. They are a dps class, but not like... 35k dps! In terms of style and design they should actually feel pretty similar to the monk... except with bows. Some healing, strong dps, weak CC, good AE.

Hopefully this will make the other 13 "normal classes" look more attractive, too.

This is my hope as well. It is painful trying to play my necromancer. DoTs just don't cut it when you really need to be killing things fast. Which makes me wonder, why are any of the necro dots on a cooldown at all?

Mostly because the pace of the game has increased dramatically over time. And not every skill set caught up to that pace.

I remember killing my first lightning beetle in the original EQ with a rusty dagger. That took like 10 minutes and I probably died at the end from a green snake add.

The fast pace is nice in NG.

In my Ranger's case, the DPS wasn't quite halved, but it went from around 2400 to under 1500 in my favorite "test zone". Life Leech also seemed to be less effective, but I have no proof.

Only less effective because of less damage. It will be nerfed though. It's slurping way too much.

In fact, this nerf is going in tonight, so be ready. I'll put it in the motd, too.