Quote Originally Posted by kujowaltz View Post
That is a very valid crowd control point that should be considered....but not when talking about cold hard DPS. Binding targets for AoE or sleeping a running target from a monk is not DPS, but you are right, it does affect it (but that is obvious). Let me refocus you on my initial suggestion/comment on the topic; it was suggested that holy was a better "damage" spell than stone 2. I said in a single target instance, stone 2 is actually more effective - the math is there and so are my parameters. Considering a WHM, acting as a DPS member of the party, on a single target, stone 2 is more effective.
Maybe I'm odd, but I don't see Cold hard DPS in that way. I think of it like this. Lancer uses piercing resistance debuff on enemy with 3 bards. The bards now have higher damage. I count that extra damage as the Lancer's damage, not as the bards' damage.