Why do so many people FAIL at dps.

[Craiger]

Once had a SMN in my FC who was pulling 500 DPS, so I figured I'd see if I could help them. Before doing that, I tested myself.

I wielded a ilvl 90 book, but kept the rest of my 180 gear on. I then parsed on a dummy with just applying dots. I didn't use Ruin/Fester etc. Between my pet and I, we did 450 DPS. It was at that time I realized I wouldn't be able to help my buddy.

Yeah, exactly...

Some time back I tried doing some test like that too, but with my MNK and I kept my gear the same. I only used Bootshine -> True Strike -> Snap Punch or something like that... So no DK or Twin snakes, and no oGCD skills at all. I don't remember what I got in DPS, and it was some time back, so would be higher now, but I know it was actually much higher than I thought it would be, and it really painted a picture of how little some players actually do.

[Eul]

http://www.fflogs.com/rankings/chara...3/4/#boss=1029

Who is lying again?

Also your NIN DPS isn't all that great either.
http://www.fflogs.com/rankings/serve...bal&spec=Ninja

Now there's web that show our DPS? I'm feeling insecure now ; ; (Although I play healer and tank... Sometimes SMN)

[whiskeybravo]

Now there's web that show our DPS? I'm feeling insecure now ; ; (Although I play healer and tank... Sometimes SMN)

Only if someone has uploaded it

[Ashkendor]

Now there's web that show our DPS? I'm feeling insecure now ; ; (Although I play healer and tank... Sometimes SMN)

Either you or someone that's been in a party with you for that content has to upload the logs. I felt kinda the same way as you at first because I was a little afraid of how my numbers would compare up (and was actually pleasantly surprised in that regard) but we uploaded a few logs anyway just to see what it was all about. I talked with a few people in my raid static and other friends that have been using it, and I think it's a really amazing tool after seeing more of you can do with it. You can look through parses for some of the game's top players, go through them second by second, and see what skills they're using, the order they're using them in, and when they're being used. This can be really game-changing, especially when it comes to openers/burst DPS phases.

[Adire]

I have to wonder if the NIN in the OP's post was new to having access to Armor Crush. A skill refreshing Huton is something completely new to NIN's gameplay, it takes some adjusting when you're in the habit of using mudras for it. Maybe be a bit more forgiving when people are learning skills that change everything, assuming he was indeed new to it?

[Starbirth]

Hmmmmm... where to begin...

1. There is no bridge between easy and hard content.

2. DPS is too idolized for a trinity game.

3. Alex was handled very poorly by the dev team.

4. There is a strong discrepancy between gear level and content difficulty.

5. Dungeons have no punishing mechanics.

6. FF14's melee dps classes have inflated difficulty rotations.

7. You are not a unique snowflake.

8. This game is designed around playing too many classes and mastering none.

9. Secondary stats are a joke.

10. No in depth information on any stat.

11. The dev team behind content difficulty has no creativity.

12. SE is playing it safe.

13. Failure on the devs to fix mistakes earlier.

14. Dev team is too small.

15. Lack of server memory and funding

16. All of these contribute in some way to your problem.

17. Solutions?

18. SE either fixes the problem or you find another way to spend your time.

[stanrir]

http://www.fflogs.com/rankings/chara...3/4/#boss=1029

My DPS Isn't even recorded on this ;__;

[UBERHAXED]

I had a SMN who would only apply DoTs if they had aetherflow stacks for Tri-Disaster. Then they would spam ruin 3 till almost out of MP, then spam ruin. Oh, and they would use Deathflare immediately, instead of using ruin 3 while in dreadwyrm trance until it was almost over.

But according to this board, the smn probably wasn't bad.

What? Do you even play summoner?

[RiceisNice]

What? Do you even play summoner?

That's sorta the problem; the summoner he's talking about did just that.

[UBERHAXED]

That's sorta the problem; the summoner he's talking about did just that.

The summoner he was talking about did some wizardry then because that's not how tri-disaster works... He literally typed bullshit and expected people who don't play summoner to believe him (which apparently worked...).