Is this truly wrong?

[KaldeaSahaline]

Is that my most recent run? Oh, that was a really terrible run for me. I think I died once or twice. But comparison wise, I missed a lot of holy spirits, which I do know I tend to forget about in sword oath. Same with requiscast.

Nah it was from like Mid Feb. You didn't die at all. I chose it to make sure it was as close to a 1:1 comparison as possible (a tenet to ensure good log review).

Looking at it:

• You can see you have too many fast blades and that they don't align with your riot blades
• I didn't show it here, but I'd bet your Goring Blade uptime was a good bit lower than mine too, as evidenced by the fact you cast it less
• Your Riot Blades don't line up with your GB + RA casts
• You missed a staggering number of HS casts and Requiscat
• Poor usage of Sheltron -> Shield Swipe
• Sub-optimal defensive CD usage as well

Now I know that PLD isn't the job you're referencing, but I wanted to just paint a picture that a PLD is actually a pretty mechanically easy job to play, and there's a lot of mistakes here, that will absolutely translate to SMN, which is considerably more in-depth to do well with.

This is just comparing casts too. There's a lot more to look into, but this is a great place to start. To look into where you're missing things.

No entirely. Because if you change the jobs on that link to say monk

You see a very similar pattern where something like an 8-10% difference in damage will throw you up or down 40 percentiles in much the same way it does for a bard. Sam and blm are about the same..

It really doesn't take a lot of lost dps for any number of reasons to have a significant impact. Even being just a few points lower could put you down significantly.

Dzian - is there any reason you ignored my post to you a few pages back? I'd really appreciate it if you'd take the time to read it and respond. It's good for the community to make sure that we don't spread misinformation and I want to help clear up any misconceptions you might have.