Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Garotte14]

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I understand that part, but it's a flawed logic. To say that lower dps for longer could be better is correct, but that's only because you stop doing damage in the first place. I'm only using his example. So yes, doing 54,000 damage over 30s is more damage than doing 40,000 over 20s because, it's 14,000 more damage. But assuming both rotations decline at an even pace, starting off stronger will always be better if you spike up to 3000 damage on an a opener then steadily decline into a non burst rotation, you will always be higher than someone who starts at 2000 dps and declines at the same pace. It is why openers are so important. If your opener is weak, it forces you to play catch up.