SMN 4.1 patch notes

[KarstenS]

The problem with the Ruin IV proc is that it is a proc and outside of controll. Some of your CD's need to be used exactly at one certain point, having no Ruin IV proc ready for that or even delaying your proc so long until you are at that point might most certainly end up in a DPS loss.

Before this patch Ruin 4 was a cast. So you had to use Ruin 2 for every oGCD except you had swiftcast for it. From my point of view it is a buff, which makes it way better to use Ruin 4 proccs now.

except make you more mobile than a RDM for 16 seconds every minute.

SMN has been more mobile all the time. SMN is the bard of the casters.

Alte Roite for example. The top Monks and Black Mages are currently at 6.2-6.3k dps.

Never look at the top numbers. That are all try hard pushes where the entire group is focussing to push one member.

Getting back to your example, look at the statistics: https://www.fflogs.com/statistics/17#boss=42

These give a better point of view.