Quote Originally Posted by silentwindfr View Post
because if you really think that positional will result into an increase of dps, you don't know well how this game did evolve... i will take an example, really close of us, the damage of impulse drive of the dragoon, was 100 potency if you didn't match the positional recquirement and 180 if you was in the rear.... now after they have take out the positional recquirement it's 180 potency. it's how work the combo system, either it allows you to add a buff or debuff... or increase the potency of the skill. it's made as a restriction, for force player to move from side to rear.
That is an incorrect example. The rear positional was removed from Impulse Drive and instead added to Chaos Thrust, which would normaly deal 200 potency on its non dot portion, which it still does, but if you execute it from the rear it now deals 250.

So your example is proven wrong, adding positionals can be a dps buff, because it was for DRG.