Its an interesting argument I was having with a friend of mine. So far in our experience, all of the core roles seem to be able to put out good damage...with the exception of the leaders.
Striker - Of course
Defender - Fighter - Lots of multi attack powers with high W's lets him put out respectable damage time and time again.
Controller - Wizard - Wizards get lots of crits due to their area effects, and several of their dailies are actually very strikerish in nature (flaming sphere, bigby's icy grasp).
The core cleric though...he's got some buffs but I've never seen him put out the big pain. Nada for the other leaders, bards and shamans and even warlords (though I'm curious to hear more about warlords as I figured if any of the leaders were high damage it would be the warlord).
Now I recognize by its nature the leader is the most selfless of classes, and you can always chalk up some of their damage to the buffs they give others, but since we have seen all the other roles bust out the damage it seems strange to leave the leaders out. Are we wrong...can some of the leaders bust out the big damage as well and we just haven't seen it?
Striker - Of course
Defender - Fighter - Lots of multi attack powers with high W's lets him put out respectable damage time and time again.
Controller - Wizard - Wizards get lots of crits due to their area effects, and several of their dailies are actually very strikerish in nature (flaming sphere, bigby's icy grasp).
The core cleric though...he's got some buffs but I've never seen him put out the big pain. Nada for the other leaders, bards and shamans and even warlords (though I'm curious to hear more about warlords as I figured if any of the leaders were high damage it would be the warlord).
Now I recognize by its nature the leader is the most selfless of classes, and you can always chalk up some of their damage to the buffs they give others, but since we have seen all the other roles bust out the damage it seems strange to leave the leaders out. Are we wrong...can some of the leaders bust out the big damage as well and we just haven't seen it?