Quote Originally Posted by givemeraptors View Post
Gah, you're missing the forest for the trees. Just...nevermind.
I don't see how I'm missing the forest when you said this:
Quote Originally Posted by givemeraptors View Post
To clarify, I meant they don't mean anything in telling you that someone is doing good DPS
It does mean something. If a monk is able to keep GL3 all fight, he is doing much better DPS than if he didn't. It takes 9 GCD or Perfect Balance to get back into GL3 mode so the attacks you're padding during then is not doing as much damage as it should. With my gears, a True Strike can do upwards of 1050 damage. Without GL3, that same True Strike would do 826 damage. That's just a single skill. So yeah if I spot a monk losing GL3 when he shouldn't, he's not doing good DPS.
Quote Originally Posted by givemeraptors View Post
I play a healer too and I prefer seeing it. So...I don't get your point. Also "cripple" is overreacting. The DPS loss is utterly negligible and there's no reason to lose GL3 when doing it either. It's not required to drop GL3 to perform the switch.
It's different for different people. I play healer and I agree with the one you're quoting. Like I said, Fist abilities has a recast timer of 3 seconds so the best you can do with it is to sacrifice 1 GCD ability to keep up GL. Sometimes you don't have that kind of margin. For example, in Titan EX, you're about to hit Snap Punch but Titan jumps so you didn't connect so you have about 5 seconds left on GL3 timer. Now when he lands for Geocrush, you have to hit Snap Punch immediately as soon as he's targetable or you would and will lose GL3 and end up in GL1. Factor in the Fist of Fire change, you either do 5% less damage on that Snap Punch or not even able to get GL1. I'd prefer keeping Fist of Fire compared to the alternatives. Why? Because sometimes you don't have the leisure to wait 1 or 2 seconds. My first turn 8 kill was with 2 seconds left on the enrage timer. If I had chosen to take less damage, it would have been a wipe. I know you haven't gotten to encounters that you need to push your DPS as best as possible so you probably wouldn't know.