“BRK!!!”

AAH! What? what! Hello? Who’s screaming at us?

“Have a 24 level hunter “Bazooka” with ravager pet “Joe” and my question is, where in the h3ll does one train rank 5 and 6 gore at? … That aside, in your opinion, is gore an equal skill to claw? … Great site! I it were not for you I would still be running around with a spider thinking I was doing well for myself.

Bazooka on Korialstraz
US Navy

Alright, just a sec, the ole ear drums need some time to recover.

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Thank you. So the Lieutenant has a good question about Gore, unfortunately he’s not gonna like the answer: there are no known sources to train Gore ranks 5 and 6. None, nada, nope. Sorry, thank you for playing.

As for Gore vs. Claw, let’s take a quick look at em.

Gore Rank 9 - Gores the enemy, causing 37 to 61 damage. This attack has a 50% change to inflict double damage, costs 25 Focus, instant cast.

Claw Rank 9 - Claw the enemy, causing 54-76 damage, costs 25 Focus, instant cast.

Since they use the same Focus mechanics, we can easily exclude that aspect of our calculations. /crinkle /crumple /toss

Now we just want to see what the Gore-double-damage looks like over time.

A Claw attack will inflict, on average, 65 damage. A Gore attack will inflict, on average, either 49 damage or 98 damage. Since the proc rate for Gore is 50%, we’ll just average those two numbers and say that a Gore attack will inflict, on average, 73.5 damage.

Gore = 73.5 damage
Claw = 65 damage

Over time, Gore will do more damage than Claw, won’t it, Sir. Heck, the entire purpose of getting a Ravager is to get Gore. But, as we previously covered, a Ravager comes with the cost of extremely low health. Boars can also use Gore, but their white damage DPS is extremely low; a Boar with Gore will not out-dps a Cat with Claw.

Is Gore equal to Claw? BRK says it certainly is the bomb-diggety dps-wise. Would we turn in Hobbes for a Ravager? Never; we detest the super-low health they bring to the party.

OK Lt? Can we go ashore now?