The Monk Temple Reborn

[Cynric]

'sup again!
Soooo. We looked over our ACT and our SCH was wondering why I only pop PB once in a fight. I am REALLY honest.. I never did it otherwise - only as opening. But then everyone including other monks in voice chat was like "omg whaaat" and now I feel really bad. Heh. What they said did make sense, but I rather ask monk theorycrafter to confirm it ;__; So in a fight I woudn't lose GL3 (T8), is it better to pop PB during my rotations and spam True Strike?

if internal release is up Oppo > raptor > coeurl> pb > true true true snap/demo dk
if b4b oppo > raptor > coeurl> pb boot boot boot snap/demo dk
if both ir and b4b are up use true.

[THETRUESELF]

Thanks you both.
Need to practice a lot on a dummy then.

[ZzPixie]

opening with touch of death is a dps loss
i dont know why its constantly argued.

[Thrustie]

I still wouldn't use PB other than an opener or to get GL3 back up. I'd sooner have it available if a mechanic causes me to lose it or if i just derp and hit the wrong button or something. I honestly can't think of many fights outside of T8 where you guaranteed will not lose GL3. Using it to spam True Strike is so marginal that I don't know why anyone would bother doing it unless the fight was down to 5% or something and the timer was up.

[Sleigh]

Yeah that's pretty much the long and short of it. Opener, and if you wanna burst for a few GCDs at the end with Bootshine/True Strike spam in the last 2-5% of a boss (depending on the boss's HP of course). Then again, sometimes even as an ender it's bad because if you're in a farm you'll reach the boss again before it's up and screw yourself over.=

[ClaireAbigail]

Hey everyone, I need some advice on how to increase my dps. In t8, which is a widely accepted training dummy dps race, I am averaging at 400 dps overall. I am in charge of homing missles and brain jack. I feel like I can do much more than 400 so any tips?

Here's my gears:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OGUS

[Empressia]

Hey everyone, I need some advice on how to increase my dps. In t8, which is a widely accepted training dummy dps race, I am averaging at 400 dps overall. I am in charge of homing missles and brain jack. I feel like I can do much more than 400 so any tips?

Here's my gears:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OGUS

1. get a brd to do homing and BJ

2. get a DK bitch

3. prioritize det gears, use det food HQ

4. use X pot of STR HQ twice, use potent poison pot whenever its up

5. ????

6. 500 dps profit

[Cynric]

Hey everyone, I need some advice on how to increase my dps. In t8, which is a widely accepted training dummy dps race, I am averaging at 400 dps overall. I am in charge of homing missles and brain jack. I feel like I can do much more than 400 so any tips?

Here's my gears:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OGUS

during brainjack move a little to the right or left while inside the avatar and you'll hit your flanks.(just look right or left move for a second then move back to where you were for rear) the tank shouldn't move at all.

for missile you shouldn't lose any positions/dps. if your party is on the left leg stacked and you move homing to the right leg there's a small point where you can still hit the rear of the avatar or the flank by just moving a tiny step over right or left while still having missile not hit your party. I suggest practice.

[dippindots326]

Im i111 and my skillspeed right now is 403, a far cry from what it was at i90 - i105. . Is this a bad number to be at?

I'm not sure how I could even increase the number, as I won't be able to begin final coil for a while and the poetic gear isn't generous with it.

[Eardstapa]

If you truly wish to have Skill Speed, use Crafted i110 left and i90 right. You can easily push the 2 second GCD with a few melds, and have respectable accuracy, crit and det.