I was wondering, why does people count dps instead of total potency?

[Fannah]

Ah maybe we don't speak about the same total potency. I mean the base potency, like "Maim" of the War will always make 200 potency, even with a char lvl 30 which obviously never will inflict as much dmg as a ilvl 314 war which still only did 200 potency. Which explains the difference. But maybe did you mean the total potency of Maim with a crit wouldn't count as only 200 but like (for exemple) 350 potency thx to the crit?
And of course I believe both to be taken in count when talking about balance.