+2 i.imgur.com/04YZx5c.png

Play what you like. DPS/DPM charts are never accurate and you should never base your choice off them.

@nitsua2789: I would go as far as to say to not play Maplestory if you just want high damage. There are other more straightforward games out there to have fun in and be challenged without the need for gear-funding.

+1 @nitsua2789: You do realize that that dps chat was a joke right? I thought the beginner at rank 4 would give it away.

+2 @ragerraging: He's aware. He's also using it as a joke, saying to not pay attention to the damage charts.

@nitsua2789: Thanks, i'm gonna use that.

@ragerraging: Really? The beginner at rank 4 was the give away? Not the assumptions, the 1st 2 ranks, or any of the joke classes listed?

The chart was used as a joke to illustrate a point.

@vicetone: I'm here to help.

@nitsua2789: -looks- Time to change mains! I/L clearly the worst class

@nitsua2789: Just making sure you knew lmao.

A truly accurate DPM test would:
-Test based on the same level of funding
-Test how much damage per minute a class can get on the same monster (not sure which this could be tested on because of boss' attacks and such, which are different per run...I guess you could take an average though)
-(the funding thing) Have every class equipped with the same equipment set, clean (realistically probably Pensalir)
-Have every class be the same level

And if there was enough of a difference between the different DPMs the classes get in their tests, this would show which classes do more damage per minute, with the same level of funding (which is what DPM is supposed to be comparing the way I see it.)

Having pure percentages like that doesn't show anything really, because some classes have lower default ranges than others, and the assumed environment of the % DPM charts is too much of a vacuum--too unrealistic. Hell, I used to time fights with Zakum (subtracting the attack cancel buff he has) on every class, at the same level, with the same equip set, on a pizza slice, and that was probably more representative than the DPM charts.

But I mean...they're not COMPLETELY wrong. Paladins are really, really weak compared to other classes at the same level with similar funding, and the same goes for many classes in regard to where they land on the DPM charts.

wait people still look at dpm charts these days..? lol