Quote Originally Posted by carraway View Post
Comparing other people's damage against your own on a fight like Ifrit (with its huge potential for variance) is a poor test to establish confidence. Instead, you should be modeling your tests after ones like the OP's.
Indeed. Personal play style, player skill, ability rotation, and awareness factor in a great deal into how much damage you can do on that fight.

You need to control those variables and keep more things constant.