Quote Originally Posted by thegreatonemal View Post
That's not the purpose of SSS. The purpose of SSS is to test weather or not the rotation you are using is enough to pass the dps checks and contribute to damage in a boss situation.
Which is all fine and dandy, but SSS doesn't account for doing said mechanics of the fight. You could meet the DPS checks on Byakko EX or Shinryu EX just fine on a training dummy because nothing, and I repeat, nothing is getting in your way. Now, try meeting the DPS checks while dodging AoE's, other people, aligning stack markers, etc.

The SSS only lets you know two things: 1) You know your job and rotation intimately enough and 2) You're appropriately geared for that fight. Person A could do legitimately well on a Byakko EX training dummy and still under perform in the actual fight because they're not that intimate of how to maintain a constant flow of damage while following the fight patterns. And there's nothing in the game that is teaching said things except the fight itself which makes parsers a variable learning tool for some because you're getting actual numbers to represent how well you're performing during the fight in real time.

This is what makes SSS fall short and flat of being extremely useful.