DPS Balance Thread

[HyoMinPark]

The problem people in this thread think exists is that Disembowel is too strong

I think you aren’t considering how skewed the benefits of Disembowel are compared to other rBuffs. Like I said in my long wall-o-text above, in a DRG/BRD or DRG/MCH comp, that ~300 DPS is for 1 person. In a DRG/BRD/MCH comp, that ~600 DPS is for 2 people. Compare that to any other rBuff (save Embloden since it won’t benefit other magic users outside of the RDM that uses it), which are benefits for the entire raid of 8 people. Benefits for 1 or 2 versus benefits for the entire 8. 860 rDPS for TA (or even 900+) seems massive, but it’s spread across 8 people. Disembowel benefits 1 or 2. 900+ for 8; ~600 for 2; ~300 for just 1. That’s heavily skewed, and that’s why people say Disembowel is so strong.

I’m not some orange-tier BRD, but my highest for this tier is 90th percentile in V6S. It was several weeks ago and I don’t think anyone in the raid had BiS (though the NIN had consistent orange parses), but I got a +264 DPS benefit from Disembowel. Trick, for comparison, gave the raid +476, but it only gave me +97.4 DPS. +264 versus +97.4. +264 for 1, versus +476 for 8.