So I went into the 24 mans just now by myself to see how things would go for fun - I love me some NieR and hearing Emiko.

Keep in mind, I am almost bis for this tier barring one crafted accessory. I haven't done any of the encounters for months, so some mechanics caught me by surprise meaning some muck ups. I didn't have dnc partner, no pots and I am playing with more ping than any sane person should play with. At best I had BV, TA and some AST buffs when the folks in question were alive (plot twist - I had to raise).



99% for SMN over the last 2 weeks vs mine are as follows:

Serial Jointed: 17,402.02 vs 18,705.8
Hobbes: 17,785.19 vs 18,189.6
Engels: 14,907.33 vs 16,455.8
9s: 13,203.75 vs 13,857.2

With DNC, better alignment and pots the first two fights could easily be pushed to over 20k observed DPS. Engels more around high 17k-18k and 9s at >15k. Otherwise, this would put the results I recorded much closer/higher than what the typical margins for the site is showing for 99% over the last two weeks.

What does this mean, given the gap of the observed vs the 99% threshold? That the 24 man raid is not the content that raiders are competitive in because they don't need to do the content, nor particularly want to parse it. That SMN numbers, in fact, numbers across the board for all jobs could be way higher in general, especially with stronger alignment and buff factors. 24 mans are content aimed at the more casual player and are a means for people to catch up in gear, have fun with some cool content with friends, obtain some glamour items and earn tokens to eventually upgrade their tome gear. Again, they aren't representative of people truly pushing the boundaries of what jobs are capable of. Sure, some of the better-geared players might go in, but the sampling is going to be low given the lack of incentive for raiders to return.

It's useful to look at and acknowledge all data, but do not for one minute draw the wrong conclusions with a lack of context. Why does it not echo and reflect savage and ultimate? Because it's not savage and ultimate. It's aimed at a much different demographic.