The dirty truth
Added 2021-05-10 19:36:31 +0000 UTCI must take at least some responsibility for DPR being used as a primary metric to evaluate builds, so this video exposes the truth - DPR is a pretty lousy tool in build evaluation. I go over the various reasons why, and discuss how useful DPR actually is in build evaluation.
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CharOp forums' glaring problem in a nutshell. Thank you.
2021-05-17 23:53:47 +0000 UTCYes I am convinced. While you are absolutely right over and over I still feel like DPR calculations if done consistently and intelligently (how much damage can this creation do with the moons align is not useful) is a great way to set expectations. As a War gamer I am amazed at how people get frustrated when they get a bad result. Often times after I run the numbers for them off the top of my head and they are shown that the dice did not betray them but instead they got a reasonable outcome. That can be useful in D&D also. As almost always you are spot on with this video. I have my own way to calculate damage with the many (but not all) the flaws you list in this video. I do it to set my own expectation and I like to work the numbers. Sometimes the exercise is the point :) Be Well,
Bryan S. Warren
2021-05-11 05:22:47 +0000 UTCThey will not like it I assume.
Treantmonk's Temple
2021-05-11 00:11:35 +0000 UTCGood video. I'm curious to see how it's received around the communities.
Element Zero
2021-05-10 23:04:34 +0000 UTCCan't wait for the non-patreon version of this to go live so I can re-post it for discussion with my DPR friends :)
Mistwell
2021-05-10 21:46:19 +0000 UTC
