Quote Originally Posted by Energizeric View Post
I have to comment that for my mage the dps does indeed matter. First, I only have 2 attack skills, Fireball and Lightning. I have Gale Force which is more of a defensive thing I save for certain situations, and then I have Heal.

You compared the DPS/Dmg issue to PL where we got 12 skills instead of 4. On my warrior in PL I am indeed always spamming my skills during battle, because by the time I'm done with all 12 it's time to start over at the first one. However, here in AL when I'm done with my Fireball and Lightning, I have 2-3 seconds of waiting until they cool down. During that time I spam the attack button. So for my build DPS will matter. (BTW, I'm assuming DPS, or weapon speed, controls how fast my main attack button cools down).

Yes maybe in your situation dps will be better for you. But like I said your skills would be 150% more effective specializing in damadge.