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Instead of all these threads complaining about AST...can anyone talk about their dps rotations as scholar?
My groups first attempt in A1 savage...i was doing just over 300dps but i saw parse of sch over 500 while also outhealing the whm
Im not that far off top gear at this point and have ravana book so just not sure why there is such big gap.
Maybe they got lucky and didn't miss miasma a bunch.
This is what I've been wondering is if people are using melded acc accessories or maybe even non-mnd law accesssories with acc.
I usually do bio II-> miasma -> bio -> Swiftcast shadowflare -> broil spam, keep dots up, blow aetherflow on energy drains mixed into ruin IIs when aetherflow is on CD, otherwise I like to keep them in case I need them for heals.
If you check out the Lucrezia SCH who pulls some great dps, yeah..crafted right side:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/6286844/
The question is: is this going to stick or will it be replaced by 210 gear. I guess once you overgear the encounters it doesn't really matter any more. Especially if your dps outgars the dps checks.
ACC is of even greater importance now that we have Broil as a filler nuke. Missing Broils and Energy Drains while BV Foe is up makes me cry and kills my opener.
That's the difference between someone who mains scholar and someone who obviously just picked up the class. In the hands of an experienced player SCH can put out decent numbers and heal at the same time, in the hands of one of these FOTM players I have seen horrifically low heals and damage and it drives me crazy as a SCH main.
I can pull pretty high numbers off DPS and HPS wise if I play smart. Can be stressful at times mindyou.
But I see no reason why a SCH wouldn't pull good numbers. Hell, in A2 an Astrologian spamming gravity WILL top the DPS charts so long as a Bard/MCH cans their ego and feeds them mana that entire time. Don't tell me I made that up, yesterday I had an AST continuously dominate DPS on AOE fights where I fed him mana intentionally for that purpose.
Healers can do good damage in this game, I don't think healers should be forced into DPSing but lets be serious... if you're not then you're not going 100%, or even 80%. Sitting back spamming cure is easy, going all-in and DPSing while healing everyone isn't. (Moreso without a reliable HoT you can apply and strong aoe heals.)
Im not arguing healers shouldnt be able to get decent dps...im trying to figure out how to close the gap between my 300ish and the 500 someone else got.
My group did run with bard but i cant say for sure BV foes was up when i was in dps mode. The whm does all the healing along with eos until 4 adds up. But even after that i sneak in dots between heals tho dont exactly get much time after that point to stance dance. I definitely miss broil a couple times in process. We just got 180 crafted accesories so might look into those.
Im just wondering if something else i should be doing.
I usually do bio-miasma-bio2 -swift shadowflare-miasma 2-bio then broil spam until time to refrsh as needed using energy drain to get some mp back until they start being needed for lustrates.
Do i skip slow casting shadowflare to refresh? Do i skip miasma 2? Is that 500 inflated with add dps because the OT is tanking and dpsing Faust?
I main scholer. I go into a fight with Cleric stance on. (If i have time shadow flair ) Bio 2, miasma, bio, aero, and if i feel like it i run in close for a miasma 2. Then i either spam broil, or turn off cleric stance and heal depending on if i need to. Then repeat when all the DOT's run out. At I lvl 150 i saw about 1000 damage per tick.
Its all about how comfortable you are with dancing in and out of cleric stance. Good thing i love to dance.
I forgot to add that i do them in that order because its the longest to shortest duration. That way they're all in effect at the same time for longer.
Shadow flare on 3 sec timer on tank pull macro>bio II>energy drain>miasma>energy drain>bio>energy drain>aero>broil. This is my opener.
After this its refresh priority system on DoTs, so start the cast to refresh DoTs at around the 3 sec mark, try not to let any fall off. When not DoTing or healing, its broil spam. For aetherflow stacks, if people dont need healing, use energy drain in clerics, i tend to use a minimum of 1 stack per aetherflow usage on energy drain.
In the faust fight this nets me 450-550 dps, depending on how much healing needs to be done and misses etc.
In prolonged fights broil will eat mana, so ruin can be you age old friend in dpsing there :).
Edit: energy drain weaving adds a lot to your dps, but is at the risk of no lustrates.