Originally Posted by
DeathKoil
This totally depends on the context of the question. OP at what? OP doing what? Are you talking PvE? If yes do you mean OP at leveling, soloing, farming, instances, or raiding? Are you talking PvP? Do you mean world PVP, random BGs, Wintergrasp, pre-made PvP, or Arena skirmishes?
Also what level are you talking about? Are you talking about top level or while still leveling and if so in which bracket?
You want people to say "yes omg casters are so overpowered" but it all depends.
Melee are absolutely tearing it up at low levels in most aspects of the game. Rets can solo "at level" 5mans up until Sunken Temple, druids can too (kitty/bear). Rogues can one shot people in BGs up until level 55ish. Melee in general are leveling faster since they can kill faster than casters due not having cast times. Yes I know things like energy and CDs exists on melee, but they are still able to level faster and with less down time.
If you are talking level 80...
Mage and Destruction Warlocks deal too much damage on bosses in raids. Most casters are pretty powerful in PvP right now - however if you are in 1400+ resilience like you should be... casters aren't that bad. Its when they have 1400 resilience and you have less than 800 that it looks like casters are stupidly OP.
TL/DR?
Mages and Destro locks at 80 do too much damage in PvE. Casters are powerful in PvP at 80 against targets who are not in full PvP gear.
DK
---------- Post added 2010-10-25 at 07:12 PM ----------
Just wanted to second this... a Skilled player can pick up any class and within 2 hours know and understand that class's mechanics, spec, glyphs, gemming, and rotation/priority. Note that I said "Understand that classes mechanics, spec...". Not "I read this on EJ so I went with it". A skilled players knows WHY they spec, gem, and glyph the way they do, and why their rotation/priority is what it is.
Class has nothing to do with it. A player has skill, or doesn't.
Most players think that they have skill, but don't.
DK