Why is SMN DPS so high?

[glim]

@Ryuko, it's right not to trust the parses at this stage just yet that's true, but I did try to compare the dps showing on the parses and doing my dps on a training dummy. here is what I did, I did a full rotation for 2 minutes on a target dummy while my brother jots down all the dots he sees and add them all up, and get all the numbers in the combat log and add them all up as well, we summed it and divideded it by 120 seconds, the results are very consistent with the parses, give or take a few dps.

[Ryuko]

@Ryuko, it's right not to trust the parses at this stage just yet that's true, but I did try to compare the dps showing on the parses and doing my dps on a training dummy. here is what I did, I did a full rotation for 2 minutes on a target dummy while my brother jots down all the dots he sees and add them all up, and get all the numbers in the combat log and add them all up as well, we summed it and divideded it by 120 seconds, the results are very consistent with the parses, give or take a few dps.

While I commend you for your research, dummy dps isn't going to be accurate... when are we ever going to have two minutes to just stand there and deal out all the DPS we possibly can? Even in fights were we have one target and don't have to move TOO much (Ifrit hard for example), we still have to move a little bit... and sometimes you have to waste mana on other things, like resing someone or helping out by healing yourself after an AoE. Without a bard feeding you mp, you'll eventually have to slow down on your Fester spam and switch to Energy drain as needed. That will lower your dps. If you're going to spend the time to figure out what our 'maximum' damage output is, you should also do the same research with every other possible DPS when they are able to 'stand still' and attack a dummy. As I said, SMN really shines because our damage keeps going as we have to move... so in the end, in a realistic situation, our damage output 'could' potentially be higher... but I doubt it will be on a dummy alone.

[glim]

@ryuko

I'm not addressing the fact that real situation dps can be lower because of movement, since it's plainly obvious, I'm addressing that even though the DPS parses is not accurate, it is somewhat consistent with the numbers in game. I don't even know where you caught the idea that I was somehow saying that dummy dps = real time dps when I never even let out a number.