Thread: Predictions: Which class will have the highest initial DPS?

As much as every game designer would wish it, classes are simply never going to be completely balanced within RPG's. With that in mind, which class do you think will have the highest DPS at launch?

I'm looking towards the Bounty Hunter and Agents. I'd love to see what it will be like once the game is actually out.

When talking about highest "initial dps" we really must think the Jedi/Sith will have the highest simply because they are the "elite" if you will. Now I am not talking elitist attitudes or anything, I am refering to the movies and how the Jedi/Sith were all powerful and there were really no troopers or bounty hunters that could survive against them 1v1 and all things being equal.

A dual wielding Knight/Warrior, in my opinion, will probably have a slight edge in the dps department.

In an aesthetic and lore sense, you are absolutely right, but I would really hope they don't make it that imbalanced come time for the game to be released. My main reason for saying that the ranged classes would do the highest initial DPS at launch is because I'm assuming that BioWare will have the exact thought process you have, and will try and keep the force users as toned down as possible in an effort to keep any imbalances as unnoticed as possible.

I think it will really all depend on the opponent that you are going up against. Say, if I am a Knight facing a ranged class...the ranged class cannot touch me if I have enough defenses with the lightsaber and force skills. When I get into melee range on the ranged class though its probably going to be over very quickly.

That's just an example, and I hope that the Devs have taken things like this into account.

Still, a dual weilding Knight/Sith is going to be a problem no matter what, right?

I would imagine. Sentinel/Marauder's are designed for destruction, so with that in mind it only makes sense that they can topple the opposition in a timely, and fun manner. My only hope is that BioWare is mindful on their mitigation and balance everything accordingly. I'd hate to be playing as a Marauder and literally get sniped by a Trooper before I even have a chance to react, even though realistically it shouldn't pan out that way.

I am very curious to see how the ranged class does overall. It seems on one is happy - the ranged class wants the CC class to die before he gets into combat while the CC class wants to survive in order to get into CC then see the ranged class die.

Whoever does not get their way will complain. Whoever complains the loudest gets their way. Sigh

I dont usually reply to old threads like this but, from what I have head and read, no 1 class is better or does a higher dps output then the next. Thats all pre launch dev talk and what not so who knows what the future holds.