Is there a list?

[Badgirll]

Is there a list of what order to get AAs for maximum DPS?

I got Run3 and Meta3, whats next.

The most efficient way to get awsome DPS please.

[Horcrux]

Depends what you mean by maximum DPS. If you want to maximize your sustained DPS, get every level of DoT crit there is. Theres like 15 of them, so it will take a while. But they max at 38% IIRC, and a 2.0 will bring that up to 46%. Thats basically 38% morer DPS with the AAs. Also, get max levels of GoM and GoRM (along with the prerequisite, SCM or SCE? cant remember which). Those two help a ton at some burst DPS when they proc and if you have Dread Pyre and AG Pyre. And lastly I'd get max mana regen AAs (including increased cap, if you have access to enough mana regen gear). The above will maximize your sustained DPS potential for the most part. Pet flurry/crit AAs do help a little with sustained DPS, but they only really shine when you start maxing WTD. And the various WTD, Skele Army, and whatever AAs are more burst DPS. But IMO, I'd go with sustained DPS AAs first, as those help you increase your AA output per hour rather than burst DPS clicks.

[Badgirll]

ok so these are the AAs I think I need the most, in what order to I get them. Is there a guide posted anywhere?

General:
Run 3
Meta 3

Arch:
Spell Casting Fury 3
Spell Casting Deftness 3
Spell Casting Mastery 3

Class:
Pet Discipline (hold)
Life Burn

Gates:
Fury of magic Mastery 3
Critical Affiction 3
Deaths Fury 5
Quickening of Death 5
Advanced Theft of Life 2
Swarm of Decay 3

Omens:
Improved Critical Affiction 3
Destructive Fury 3
Army of the Dead 3
Soul thief

Dark:
Affiction Mastery 3

Serpent:
Mana Fury 3
Blood Tithe 3
Soul Seeker 3
Zombie Outbreak 3
Greater Blood Tithe 3
Siphon Soul 3
Death's Wrath 5

[Brahman]

mana regen AAs are damn near pointless anymore. Put them way at the bottom of your list, OOC regen is just so powerful that mana regen (while still nice) just isn't a priority anymore.

[Winmancer]

You may want to put Run 5, death peace AA and the extra spell slot pretty high on your list. Run 5 and death peace are big with survivability and the extra spell slot is nice for extra dps.

[Schaeffer]

You may want to put Run 5, death peace AA and the extra spell slot pretty high on your list. Run 5 and death peace are big with survivability and the extra spell slot is nice for extra dps.

Exactly! Nothing will increase your DPS output more than being able to stack two more dots. And run 5 is just so necessary for everything, you'll end up getting due to frustration, if you think you can wait on it early on, you won't last long.

[Minday]

I think I would move Spell Casting Mastery 3 up ahead of Spell Casing Fury3 myself. Also I'ld also put the extra spell slot at teh top of the list, I got it a soon as I hit 55, it's that important. Run 5 is also a major AA, if nothing else it save you from having to worry about sow potions and having sow drop in the middle of a kite.

[Aryse Andenter]

Drop lifeburn down to the bottom or your list if you are concerned with DPS, it is fairly situational and has a lot less value than it used to as well.

[Lilnecro]

well, the path that i went that went really well for me was this...

General-
Run3
Regen3

Arch-
ND3
agility3

PoP Ability-
Planar Power5
IE5

Run5
Death Peace
extra spell slot
GoM

then i got all of my dot crits

went back did the agility line to Omens

got the spell crit blasts to omens, went back to defense and got mitigation to omens

finished crit blasts
finished crit heals
got one expansion of agility then one of mitigation alternating

but seeing as i went through these aa's the first double xp weekend it might be different for you, but this is a good line to follow. Since when you dps it you might tend to get agro so the defense will help there and will keep it sort of in check

[Jebasiz]

Spell casting mastery
death peace
neumonic retention will be huge(even though no directly making your spells do more damage, it'll allow you to cast more).

for straight dps, do your dot crits and spell casting fury. Runspeed 5 is probably a good idea too. All that pet crap..you can drop way down your list. Improve yourself before jabober.