Stereotypes exist for a reason. Show your dead dragoons!

[Krindor]

Learn to read before you comment, mr. elitist.

If you're dead, you're not doing ANY DAMAGE AT ALL.

Not everyone plays the same way or cares about the 0.000000000001% damage that min/max nerds care about. Deal with it.

Good day.

/ignore

Would you be surprised if I tell you that it's possible to do both?
If you are a DPS you're supposed to deal damage, if you can't survive while doing damage without having to limit yourself you might wanna rethink your class choice, BRD can more safely deal damage.
Also that 1% extra damage can mean a lot, I've had bosses die at 1% and that 1% extra damage could've made a difference, but as the guy was telling you that you weren't using stuff, that would probably mean keeping up HT, CT, Phle as those are easy to notice if not used and that is not a 10^-9% damage increase but quite a lot.