I want the game designers to show us WHM-s how to play optimally without clipping

[Roeshel]

Just clip lmao

Clipping is the same as being afk.

In normal content is possible to achieve the 1x Dia - 12x Glare - 1x Dia rotation which is WHM's GCD rotation for optimal performance. In savage that's not possible to maintain under any circumstances.

From my pov we are being given a puzzle with an image, the pieces build the correct image but for some reason, the pieces, when put together, do not match, so we have to cut them and glue them with the others so that we build some semblance of the initial image of the puzzle. It is not right.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Embrace the clipmage, and cry together we shall!

[BungleBear]

Clipping is the same as being afk.

That seems like an exaggeration. When you clip, you delay your next GCD by a small amount. But the gap between GCDs is filled by an oGCD. So it's not like you stop doing actions.

I do personally find that it feels bad to clip. Back in Stormblood it was optimal for SCH to clip in some circumstances, and I never liked doing it. But I wonder if this is because we've been conditioned to think that clipping is "wrong", because it's usually suboptimal. In situations where it's optimal, I'm not sure why we should be bothered by it. In a similar way, overhealing feels bad. But sometimes it's optimal (like using Whispering Dawn just to heal the tank during dungeon pulls). Why should we care if it's optimal?

By the way, whether or not clipping is optimal is a somewhat subtle matter. It depends on whether clipping results in losing GCDs over the course of the fight, and this depends on things like kill time. A single clip probably won't cost you a GCD. But obviously the more often you do it, the more likely you are to lose one.