T8: BLMs and dreadnoughts

[scarebearz]

I was using HQ x-pots of int for a long time before I was mega-ethers. Doing an extra flare just comes out to more dps than the x-pot of int.

The x-pot is going to get you roughly an extra 100-110 damage every fire cast, and you are gonna get roughly 5 casts off during the duration. Even with the best crits and a firestarter proc, this comes out to roughly +900 extra damage.

An additional flare is going to hit for, at the very least, 1300 damage. If you prioritize these extra flares during the dreadnaught phase, thats +2600 damage minimum.

That is true, but in terms of "DPS" you also have to consider that extra DPS from an X-Pot is additional DPS over the time spent.

But with the extra Flare you have to cast it as an additional spell, i.e. more time taken.