Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
I understand that a fair amount of the community just kind of wants to loldps and do content for the story, but if you're going to make fights with DPS checks, then tools to know how much DPS you're actually doing seems really invaluable. I heard they where going to let us measure our DPS on target dummies - which is nice, but target dummies don't fight back. They don't put fire under your feet, they don't force you to target switch, or AOE. So really, this isn't a good compromise.
People need to use dummies a lot more than they currently do and having a built-in dps meter for them would be amazing. The fact that you think they aren't a good compromise means you have failed to see the value of them just like the countless others who have never practiced their rotations on them. It's not just practicing your maximum sustained dps rotation that you can do on a dummy. You can turn away from the target for X amount of seconds to find out what would be the best option of where to pick up your rotation again. Or you can see if applying dots in the 6 second window you have would do more damage than a pure damage combo. You can also practice when using buffs would be most beneficial for both your normal rotation and your aoe rotation.

On top of all that and the many other scenarios a little thought could generate, you build your muscle memory for actions which lowers the chances of mistakes and will allow you to spend less time thinking about what skill to use next and instead focus on what skill the boss is using next.