If You Were A Class/Job Designer...

[Tanathya]

Well if you dodge even just two autos from seph that's like 8K damage you just mitigated so I dunno. Just figured I'd throw it out there, dodging bosses is not impossible.

I'm very, VERY liberal with DA usage, I hit the button probably 80-90 times per fight. In fights with DPS checks as menial as Sephex I don't think I or anyone else will be broken by DAing a DD or two in the first phase (the only one where he AAs).

Again, that's a chance at doing it, if it was reliable, I would use it even if it was a one hit dodge, but it isn't. I'm also very liberal with the use of DA, but not on things like DD on a boss, I'd rather keep using SE. Guess it comes down to the user, so /shrug.

[Syzygian]

Again, that's a chance at doing it, if it was reliable, I would use it even if it was a one hit dodge, but it isn't. I'm also very liberal with the use of DA, but not on things like DD on a boss, I'd rather keep using SE. Guess it comes down to the user, so /shrug.

Reliability isn't a problem when you're talking about AAs. You get hit by a bunch of them, if you dodge even just one, that's pretty cool and worthy of note. I'm not suggesting you pop it to pray for a dodge on a scripted TB. There's also points in your rotation, if you're using BP and BW (tanking Gritless) where you can recover MP faster than DASE alone can spend it, so that's something to bear in mind as well.

Anyway the point wasn't to say that its optimal or a fantastic idea, just to say that boss damage being wholly undodgeable is a myth. You know. For science.

[Tanathya]

Reliability isn't a problem when you're talking about AAs. You get hit by a bunch of them, if you dodge even just one, that's pretty cool and worthy of note. I'm not suggesting you pop it to pray for a dodge on a scripted TB. There's also points in your rotation, if you're using BP and BW (tanking Gritless) where you can recover MP faster than DASE alone can spend it, so that's something to bear in mind as well.

Anyway the point wasn't to say that its optimal or a fantastic idea, just to say that boss damage being wholly undodgeable is a myth. You know. For science.

I make it so that doesn't happen, mostly by timing BW. But yeah, comes down to personal preference, I mean, skipping a SE for a DD isn't gonna make-or-break anything at all, I just keep dealing as much damage as possible, it's also a way to mitigate.