How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Tenured]

Hello, I was wondering what kind of DPS I should have with the following stats: ilvl 223, STR 1176, ACC 654, CRIT 1011, DET 488 and I have the Seph weapon. I don't have a parser, but I can push the SSS A7S dummy down to 3% usually if that helps. I do not use any food, buffs, or pots for this. Also, is there some formula I can use to figure out how much dps I should be able to do? Thanks.

[enil]

Hello, I was wondering what kind of DPS I should have with the following stats: ilvl 223, STR 1176, ACC 654, CRIT 1011, DET 488 and I have the Seph weapon. I don't have a parser, but I can push the SSS A7S dummy down to 3% usually if that helps. I do not use any food, buffs, or pots for this. Also, is there some formula I can use to figure out how much dps I should be able to do? Thanks.

Use a SSS "calculator", the HP is of the dummies is known so it's a fairly simple process to divide the damage you did (97% of the hp of the A7S dummy) over 3 minutes - giving you DPS of roughly 1644~ you can get more accurate by going to 1-2 decimal places. First one that shows up when searching is http://ffxiv.2digitalgames.de/

[CookieMonsta]

Hello, I was wondering what kind of DPS I should have with the following stats: ilvl 223, STR 1176, ACC 654, CRIT 1011, DET 488 and I have the Seph weapon. I don't have a parser, but I can push the SSS A7S dummy down to 3% usually if that helps. I do not use any food, buffs, or pots for this. Also, is there some formula I can use to figure out how much dps I should be able to do? Thanks.

http://ffxiv.2digitalgames.de/

[JackFross]

Hello, I was wondering what kind of DPS I should have with the following stats: ilvl 223, STR 1176, ACC 654, CRIT 1011, DET 488 and I have the Seph weapon. I don't have a parser, but I can push the SSS A7S dummy down to 3% usually if that helps. I do not use any food, buffs, or pots for this. Also, is there some formula I can use to figure out how much dps I should be able to do? Thanks.

There are models a few people have made to try and reason out how much DPS you should be able to do. My model, for instance, is saying you should be around 1670-1710 or so. If you're pulling 1644, that's pretty much right around where you wanna be, maybe just a bit low.

[Tenured]

There are models a few people have made to try and reason out how much DPS you should be able to do. My model, for instance, is saying you should be around 1670-1710 or so. If you're pulling 1644, that's pretty much right around where you wanna be, maybe just a bit low.

I see, I don't have mercy stroke yet, and some people were telling me it'd help a lot. They also said it's best to save buffs for the dummy as well. Would this help in my attempts? I've tried saving them but I can't notice a big difference. Maybe I'm just not doing it right.

[JackFross]

With a bit of practice and after a while you don't even notice the camera change it really does become second nature clicking off as aoes appear and that and on to new mobs etc. Keep at it!

This is pretty accurate. It's super janky at first, but becomes pretty easy once you get the hang of it. That said: learning when to turn my lock-on off and on is the bit of progression/learning that takes me the longest, personally. You rarely need to use it to avoid AoEs, too, actually. Most of the time, you can just spin around the boss to avoid them. If you do a melee-friendly A7S weight strategy, for instance, you never need to drop Lock-On to dodge.

You'll have to drop it for the corner set, though;;

I see, I don't have mercy stroke yet, and some people were telling me it'd help a lot. They also said it's best to save buffs for the dummy as well. Would this help in my attempts? I've tried saving them but I can't notice a big difference. Maybe I'm just not doing it right.

Mercy Stroke is not a major boon to your damage. You should have it, but it's not gonna make or break you.

And, holding buffs and such will help maximize a three-minute parse, but when looking to actually maximize your dps and such, you want to practice NOT holding things. At your gear level, you should be able to down the A7S dummy (in a halfway lucky parse) without using any minor optimizations. You should theoretically be able to also kill the A8S dummy (I cleared it for the first time wearing this.) if you optimize for 3 minutes, but I wouldn't worry much about that.