Is DPS food even worth using?

[TheKingSlayer]

If 1str=1DPS.

This is your problem.... That is not a formula. By that math I should be doing 572 dps! So something that adds 5 str does not only add 5 dps. Would you please just go parse yourself on a dummy, with and with out food so you can see it is a significant increase in dps... Then we can end this stupid thread.

[Spot]

YES! Because I cook it and I like making gil.

[Kuroyasha]

Unless you have it on complete and utter farm. Its worth it.

I havent had a single successful raid group that didnt use food.

TL;DR: USE FOOD ON EVERYONE, NOT JUST DPS.

I feel so sad for you T_T

[Nikup]

People not using DPS Food are just lazy. Why not push towards doing more DPS? That's literally your only job. I don't want people to barely be able to beat content. I want to stomp content into the ground. If you're okay with being passable, have fun being a filthy casual.

[Itseotle]

Honestly I don't see any difference between using 2 star risotto food over not using in regards to DPS.

Aforementioned food gives a paltry +15 det for my MNK which would increase my DPS by practically nothing.

So, would the best food to use be the ones that the main stat buff is Vit? just to give that extra couple hundred HP. Over DPS food which, practically, gives no real tangible benefit or boost.

My groups first T8 kill happened at 11:05 combat time. Imagine what would have happened if none of us used food.

[Orophin]

It comes down to whether or not it makes an impact on the overall outcome of the fight. 1 second too short on killing that green golem before the color swap in T9? Didn't push Allagan Field before the 3rd set of towers? Then yeah, you should have probably used food. Otherwise, probably not a huge deal.

If anything, I like the VIT gains to ease the pain of Megaflare and such.

[LunarEmerald]

People not using DPS Food are just lazy. Why not push towards doing more DPS? That's literally your only job. I don't want people to barely be able to beat content. I want to stomp content into the ground. If you're okay with being passable, have fun being a filthy casual.

Because it's a waste of money for something not needed. It's even more of a waste when you're learning a fight. Literally just throwing away gil.

Turn 8 is only fight in the game where even with a perfect run, you will come very close to enrage. Food definitely helps there. But only if you're not learning the fight and can actually hit enrage reliably. If you're repeatedly wiping to other stuff then it's a waste. The food isn't helping you.

[Empressia]

Doesn't answer the question XD Black truffle Risotto is the 2 star version of Buttons, and gives a paltry 15 determination. I agree on using Acc food if needed as there is then a tangible benefit, but 15 Det adds practically nothing to your DPS. Hence the original question.

I know which foods to use. Question is it worth it?

15 det is equal to 5 str/dex/int/mnd which means an EXTRA LEFT SIDE HA UPGRADED STATS

[Alcyon1]

Because it's a waste of money for something not needed.

You don't NEED a comp, why waste money on one ? You don't NEED to play FFXIV, why wasting money on the game ?

During training, the extra VIT can sometimes save your life and give you more time to the current try. Yesterday, I survived the Mega Flare with 21 HP after someone made a mistake and the WHM had no time to stoneskin everybody. That extra HP gave us time to train the next phase. Our first T5 kill was a few seconds before the timer. With a little more DPS, you can skip a phase, Leviathan is a wonderful example.

So what, just because you don't NEED something, you shouldn't use it ? And about gils, someone in our FC craft them if we bring her the materials.

[Felessan]

Because it's a waste of money for something not needed. It's even more of a waste when you're learning a fight. Literally just throwing away gil.

Every little bit helps. It waste of money when you comfortable pass fight without food as it just gives you mere tens seconds in best case. If you are still learning fight, each bit of damage/heal/hp makes this fight easier, just look at Echo which do the same and made all encounters easy and more prone to errors then before.

Turn 8 is only fight in the game where even with a perfect run, you will come very close to enrage.

Food really helps in T9 especially if you are still learning it as there are a lot of soft dps/hp checks there.