NIN Opener / Rotation

[Ooshima]

i'll check for you when I can log back in, the sustain parse I was getting with just party buff was 480-490 with a few mistakes in my rotation. I wasn't full 110 when I checked it though had full 110 except my ring was i90 and using the tomestone 110 weapon.

I have to have a friend check the damage with me though since I'm a ps3 player. So I might not get back to you till tomorrow.

If you are not that far from full IL110 then it doesn't really matter if your secondary stats (determination in particular) makes up for it and you have a party buff (which is 15DEX onwards).

For me I have been practicing a rotation that maintains at 480 without any buffs but requires a skill speed of 488 (I've checked your profile, you have a lower working skill speed) so that my GCD with Huton is 2.0s in order not to drop my Dancing Ede debuff. I'll probably give your rotation a test run to see if there is any improvements. I think theoretically there should be.

But I am trying to avoid the Huton pre-pull thing because it is a risk - you have to ensure that the tank pulls exactly at the time you want, a little troublesome. I may take into account your buff calculations and modify my version.

(Edit: I noticed that you intentionally opened with DoT and you clipped it with half time left with the buffed version).