Stone sky and sea question

[Nhadaly]

SSS is more for mastering your rotation rather than seeing what your dps is like, a 3 minute encounter has too many variables.

You can notice mistakes in your rotation for sure if others can clear and you cant(provided you and them dont have any buffs and have similar gear), but it shouldnt be used as a representation of your dps.

That being said, you can get a friend to parse for you while you hit the dummy, but make sure they are not a class that provides a dps buff while in your party otherwise you'll get skewed results.

[KaivaC]

SSS is more for mastering your rotation rather than seeing what your dps is like, a 3 minute encounter has too many variables.

You can notice mistakes in your rotation for sure if others can clear and you cant(provided you and them dont have any buffs and have similar gear), but it shouldnt be used as a representation of your dps.

That being said, you can get a friend to parse for you while you hit the dummy, but make sure they are not a class that provides a dps buff while in your party otherwise you'll get skewed results.

Oh I more or less use the dummy to practice and see the results of the information given to me from the Balance. NIN is actually good for me because my rotation generally follows a 60 sec rotation - I just want to be able to actually see results, know what I mean? I'm good on DPS right now, just would like to optimize and set some things in memory. I don't necessarily have anyone that could parse me when I need practice runs, hence my reliance on the SSS.

edit: Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not asking for how to improve, per se. I'm in a general optimization phase right now. I really was just looking for a particular answer on what the deal was with the SSS site and the missing Alphascape data. That's all.