NIN FCoB DPS plea for assistance

[RenAshdoll]

Your auto attacks? if u are not strafing when spreading for lightning etc, ur dps drops, a lot. For adds that are going down in <20s, don't dot, use Dancing Edge and whack away.

[ChaozK]

The reason I worry is because there are a lot more melee DPS better than I am, which raid groups would prefer over me. A harsh truth; people wants results, not effort. Everyone's going to give me the nay since others can provide better results. By the time I finish polishing myself, it might be too late.

I would say that is because most melees at this point have either an upgraded ironwork or zodiark if not even zeta weapon. A Diamond weapon surely is sufficient for fcob but its obviously not giving you as much dps as those other weapons.

[Kuinu]

I would say that is because most melees at this point have either an upgraded ironwork or zodiark if not even zeta weapon. A Diamond weapon surely is sufficient for fcob but its obviously not giving you as much dps as those other weapons.

While I understand that the weapon I use is not the best around, I'm at a loss of what am I supposed to do. Does it suffice with training and trying to gear up, or is there something else?

[ChaozK]

While I understand that the weapon I use is not the best around, I'm at a loss of what am I supposed to do. Does it suffice with training and trying to gear up, or is there something else?

Well you cant really do much more else rotationwise, if you want substantially higher dps at this point you will have to strive for a better weapon. So you can either accept that your dps will be somewhat lower than others until heavensward comes out or farm your relic weapon or try to get your ironwork via t11.

[Socomlord]

Like everyone else has stated.. Keep calm memorize your rotations and don't worry so much. I'm ilvl121 ninja using diamond daggers also.new patch gives carbontwine for beating the 3 towers once a week. Grab one and get Ironworks daggers.

[Judge_Xero]

Practice, practice, practice.

It took me almost a month to go from 470 to 560 DPS on a dummy. (Includes a few upgrades though i119-i124)

Even in FCOB I'm not doing great though. 470 DPS usually for most fights.

I don't play melee so I only just started to play around. I'm SMN main.

Biggest adjustment for me was to stay on the boss as close to 100% as I can. Dodging around the boss and not away from it.

Memorizing your rotation is extremely important. From what I can see there are three different rotations going on.

Dots
Mudra
Main Combos

You need to be so comfortable at knowing where you are in each rotation for swapping mobs because while your main combo and dots will change your Mudra rotation is mostly static.

[Kuinu]

Like everyone else has stated.. Keep calm memorize your rotations and don't worry so much. I'm ilvl121 ninja using diamond daggers also.new patch gives carbontwine for beating the 3 towers once a week. Grab one and get Ironworks daggers.

Now, if I could get myself an encrypted allagan tomestone for that...

It only drops at T11 though...

[AniCelestine]

It only drops at T11 though...

I would guess that they are adding the encrypted tomestone to WoD when the part 2 from the patch comes, so hang in there.

I myself am a monk, ilvl 119ish with only the soldiery weapon (i110) but have the relic in progress, cause it was said having it done gives you some bonus for the next relic when we get it (with the expansion I'd assume) But as I changed from smn just a month ago haven't had time to complete it.

But with practising alot on my monk I've gotten to 480 dps on T10, beating our blm on dps and total dmg done by quite a marging (he has i125 weapon) Just wanted to give an example of, why practising is mentioned alot. Just practice everything you can, if you find yourself failing something in the rotation, or opener concentrate on getting that done properly. I was a ninja for a moment and I gotta say, not an easy job to maximise in a month (played approximately 1 month at lv50, monk was easier, for me atleast)

[Odowla]

Shameless Self Plug. Here is a link to a video of a moderately high dummy attempt that I've done. This shows the rotation and a good opener that you could use (and yes, I am aware of how absoultely crazy the opener looks).

Another thing to Learn is, in fights like T10, t11, t12, you want to learn how to use the boss' positioning to your advantage - T10 - never get into charges unless you need to. T11 - Predictively move to the opposite side of the boss after a side nerve gas. T12 Learn how to maximize moving away from the boss when you get blue fire, or how to essentially stay on the boss with Redfire.

In General try to keep a 45 degree on the boss (or an add) at all times, and you'll do decent DPS alone - because of autoattacks.