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[OneWingedSora]

563 this week on T12 with 3 Bennus and one blackfire. No Nin & 2 Foes. Purely crit gear.

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[Skeith-Adeline]

563 this week on T12 with 3 Bennus and one blackfire. No Nin & 2 Foes. Purely crit gear.

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Just curious... do you flare the blackfires?

[OneWingedSora]

Just curious... do you flare the blackfires?

Yes, I pop RS+ Int pot a few secs before the Blackfires spawn and use my normal covert+flare rotation since the way our group does it is, they pull the first Bennu to the east instead of the center so my RS+Int+Flare probably won't hit the first Bennu unless I flare+convert mid rotation which isn't optimal.

[Aikaal]

Yes, I pop RS+ Int pot a few secs before the Blackfires spawn and use my normal covert+flare rotation since the way our group does it is, they pull the first Bennu to the east instead of the center so my RS+Int+Flare probably won't hit the first Bennu unless I flare+convert mid rotation which isn't optimal.

D; with the recent reddit drama on levi, people will claim that's a scumbag parse. I got that a lot on Gilgamesh too. They claim it's scumbag because the scholar dot is enough and killing the fight faster is priority.


http://i.imgur.com/DWdd4vT.png That one was 2 bards and 4 bennus, got a really inflated parse of 592.

People prefer something like this:
T12 parse I got 559
Blackfire damage received Proof I didn't AoE.

Was 2 foes like you. We kill the first bennu on Phoenix so I got a flare there. I got really lucky and I had swiftcast up at 400 mana when the second bennu was about to be moved and I got the damage on Phoenix and it also. I also got a firestarter proc rate of 50% and thundercloud was above 5%.

So my parse isn't cheesed but you can claim it's an RNG parse. You also need to proof you didn't flare the fountains which I didn't and if needed I have the sch pov of the fight.

[OneWingedSora]

D; with the recent reddit drama on levi, people will claim that's a scumbag parse. I got that a lot on Gilgamesh too. They claim it's scumbag because the scholar dot is enough and killing the fight faster is priority.
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Except I don't lose any damage on the boss doing that since it's still the same RS+Flare+Convert rotation, just hitting 4 targets.

You also need to proof you didn't flare the fountains which I didn't and if needed I have the sch pov of the fight.

Haha, didn't even know flaring the fountains was a thing. Do people actually do that ? Move the boss close to the fountain so that the BLM can flare ? lmao.

I would also like to mention that during the Bennu phase ,I can only get like 3 flares, and my RS isn't up till mid that phase so it only connects on two of the Bennu and my pot comes off CD after the phase ends.

Since we kill it in less than 8 minutes, I can only use two pots :/

[Aikaal]

Except I don't lose any damage on the boss doing that since it's still the same RS+Flare+Convert rotation, just hitting 4 targets.




Haha, didn't even know flaring the fountains was a thing. Do people actually do that ? Move the boss close to the fountain so that the BLM can flare ? lmao.

I would also like to mention that during the Bennu phase ,I can only get like 3 flares, and my RS isn't up till mid that phase so it only connects on two of the Bennu and my pot comes off CD after the phase ends.

Since we kill it in less than 8 minutes, I can only use two pots :/

Some people can and I agree with you. It's a matter the Scholar can do it and you keep your single target meaning it's an overall better dps usage in the fight. So they're FCs that will say it's a scumbag parse. I understand it because that's what I'm getting from my videos lol. Some people are also mad they feel the new blm get an easy road to get better which... I find useful imho. Makes the community better xD

[Skeith-Adeline]

Should I be AoEing the blackfires? My SCH usually deals with them so I keep on the boss. I've only cleared T12 about 7 times total and my highest is only 519 lol

[Aikaal]

It's up to you if you want efficient dps or a personal big parse.

[CGMidlander]

Can I get a critique on this gearset? Thanks.
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/QG9J
The purpose is mainly to get something with T13 accuracy while keeping poetics spent to a minimum. (And without using expensive HQ Flint Caviar)

EDIT: For food I was thinking HQ Pineapple Ponzecake, since I can make that stuff super easily and Seekers benefit from the extra PIE.

[alphamax112]

That's good, esp the belt. That belt has 4.1 more theoritical INT than poetics one