Stone, Sky, Sea

[Kaurie]

The basic premise being "you have 3 minutes to kill this thing. If you can't do it you need to learn your rotation a bit better".

I think it would go a long way if it let you pick your time. I think a 3 minute parse is quite common when testing things (as it lines up with important cooldowns like Raging Strikes); however, sometimes it's important to know how your 1 minute opener is. Other times it may be important to know how your DPS stacks up sustained over a more lengthy period. It may also be useful to have an aoe rotation option.

Start it up, 1. Select Difficulty, 2. Select Length of Time, 3. Select Number of Targets

I can't say for certain that the Stone, Sky, Sea won't have these, but nothing they've shown so far suggests it will.

[Kaze3434]

I think it would go a long way if it let you pick your time. I think a 3 minute parse is quite common when testing things (as it lines up with important cooldowns like Raging Strikes); however, sometimes it's important to know how your 1 minute opener is. Other times it may be important to know how your DPS stacks up sustained over a more lengthy period. It may also be useful to have an aoe rotation option.

Start it up, 1. Select Difficulty, 2. Select Length of Time, 3. Select Number of Targets

I can't say for certain that the Stone, Sky, Sea won't have these, but nothing they've shown so far suggests it will.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3569465
seeing as how the time limit is part of the duty list itself, you have 3 min period.
seeing as there is more info, including a time limit, it can be said for certain.

[Kaurie]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3569465
seeing as how the time limit is part of the duty list itself, you have 3 min period.

Yeah I know, I mean that is my point.

[Bamadeus]

HP of the dummy will not get a HP update
But every boss will get a own dummy

Then this is even better than I first thought.

[Waryax]

Why didnt they add this as a feature on the regular striking dummies is beyond me.
Because well thats what it is, glorified Striking dummies put in an instance.
Resources and time that could have been used for something more useful, like making separate lore sets for healers and casters. ( But thats another story )

I don't want to have to buy a new dummy every time someone tests their dps on it and makes it blow up.

[randysquirrel]

I wonder if PF will get a checkbox to only allow people who have cleared the dummy to join.

Doubtful, but if not this may all well prove to be completely pointless anyway. People dont clear the dummy, then still join groups hoping for carry

[Silica-chan]

Did they say if this is an optional thing or do we have to do this before we enter a fight?

I highly doubt many just as myself will use this if it's optional.