Quote Originally Posted by BalmungAzuresky View Post
Yeah, I'll check the front page one more time later today or tomorrow. But if you managed to pull 1500+ since ilvl210, doing 1470 as ilvl218 is no good at all.

Thanks again for all the tips, I'll try and see what I can do.
Yeah, your dps is pretty low for your item level. It could be a lot better. My opening rotations differ from most people's here, but I like them a lot better, and the calculations I did have said that they're optimal.
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Theory behind it - the way I do it (holding BL until the end of the first gcd) gets me 9 gcds of BL, 9 gcds of B4B, and IR wears off after gsk but before FT.

BL, B4B, and IR can all gain an additional GCD if you delay them ~1s into the gcd spin. BL and B4B 8 at the start, 9 at the end. IR is 6 at start, 7 at end. In my rotation, BL covers everything from ID through the second FaC/WT proc. B4B covers Disembowel until the following Heavy Thrust (which, due to being buffed by Disembowel, is actually higher potency than the initial Impulse Drive).

I also did a quick recording and am very upset by it.

I ran the A8S dummy using my no-potion opener and didn't optimize for 3-minutes. 1743, came within 1% of killing it with no food, no potions.

I hope that video can help you see a bit of how my buffs line up as I go through the whole thing. I screwed up Leg Sweep at the start, though, (used it after Disembowel the second time, rather than after Impulse Drive) which almost screwed me out of a Leg Sweep at the end. D:

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