Why are low standards for dps acceptable?

[Jim_Berry]

I know this might not be the whole conversation, but giving the OP the benefit of the doubt here. When someone wants to respond with the tired old defense of 'are you telling me how to play my class?', followed by 'shut up' (I've gotten this before whenever I pick out the occasional 50s and 60s that still don't know how their job works as if they didn't level it), the person deserves no sympathy. I asked a DRG much the same question in arbetorium the other week, and he wanted to learn, so I taught him what I could without slowing down the run.

If not me, if not the OP, SOMEONE will call them out/question them on their dps. Treating anyone who is possibly reaching out to help you like that in a 4 man where there's less pressure before you risk wasting even more people's time in harder content is self-destructive pride, willing ignorance, stupidity, and just plain being an ungrateful jerk.

Mentally, some of us just simply feel like, if you're on Job A and I'm on Job B, you must really not be doing much at all if you can let auto-attack kick it while you type lol... I'm usually quiet in dungeons, because someone ALWAYS find something to say. NIN (me) and DRG in a dungeon. Tank pulls three mobs. I Mutilate and Shadowfang each mob BEFORE focusing on burning a single mob down. Why? Because I wanted to try something different. They WHM stopped healing the tank to tell me to just focus on burning the same mob as the DRG. WHM had to use Benediction because he was too busy typing.

[Reilyn]

Mentally, some of us just simply feel like, if you're on Job A and I'm on Job B, you must really not be doing much at all if you can let auto-attack kick it while you type lol... I'm usually quiet in dungeons, because someone ALWAYS find something to say. NIN (me) and DRG in a dungeon. Tank pulls three mobs. I Mutilate and Shadowfang each mob BEFORE focusing on burning a single mob down. Why? Because I wanted to try something different. They WHM stopped healing the tank to tell me to just focus on burning the same mob as the DRG. WHM had to use Benediction because he was too busy typing.

I might not detect that, and even if I did, I'd let that slide because it make some sort of sense (not about to run numbers in my head when I'm SCH dpsing).

Things that do make me put someone under the microscope include: no heavy thrust buff, no dancing edge/storm's, no maim, no disembowel. Basically, not doing the obvious stuff makes me question if a player does anything else right. That's the only reason I paid enough attention to one lvl50 DRG that was pressing buttons literally at random in stone vigil hard mode

There never was a single disembowel for that whole run, but a great many random impulse drives.

[Jim_Berry]

I might not detect that, and even if I did, I'd let that slide because it make some sort of sense (not about to run numbers in my head when I'm SCH dpsing).

Things that do make me put someone under the microscope include: no heavy thrust buff, no dancing edge/storm's, no maim, no disembowel. Basically, not doing the obvious stuff makes me question if a player does anything else right. That's the only reason I paid enough attention to one lvl50 DRG that was pressing buttons literally at random in stone vigil hard mode

There never was a single disembowel for that whole run, but a great many random impulse drives.

Oh, I agree. Some abilities are a no-brainer (NIN and Mudras). In comparison, if a NIN isn't using, say, Armor Crush, but is manually refreshing Huton with Mudras, I feel like that's his business. My THM is only 26 (since 2013), so I do not know how Enochian works (nor will I research it), but it sounds like an optional ability like Armor Crush, versus a mandatory ability like Viper or Wasp.

[RickXRolled]

Oh, I agree. Some abilities are a no-brainer (NIN and Mudras). In comparison, if a NIN isn't using, say, Armor Crush, but is manually refreshing Huton with Mudras, I feel like that's his business. My THM is only 26 (since 2013), so I do not know how Enochian works (nor will I research it), but it sounds like an optional ability like Armor Crush, versus a mandatory ability like Viper or Wasp.

No, it is mandatory. Without it blackmages cannot use their level 60 rotation(fire4 and blizzard 4)

[Jim_Berry]

No, it is mandatory. Without it blackmages cannot use their level 60 rotation(fire4 and blizzard 4)

That's informative. See, I did not know. Everyone only mentions Enochian makes you stronger, so I'm thinking a damage increase on current skills. Thank you!

[PArcher]

That's informative. See, I did not know. Everyone only mentions Enochian makes you stronger, so I'm thinking a damage increase on current skills. Thank you!

It gives an overall damage increase of 5% (all spells), and allows the use of Fire IV (combined with Astral Fire III) and Blizzard IV (combined with Umbral Ice III).

[Jim_Berry]

It gives an overall damage increase of 5% (all spells), and allows the use of Fire IV (combined with Astral Fire III) and Blizzard IV (combined with Umbral Ice III).

Jeez... Must be a pain to make room for those spells on the hot bar for console lol...