DPS calculation for dungeons

[MXMoondoggie]

I'm not really a big fan of DPS calculators they are used by certain types of people and it takes the focus off things you should be doing and turns everything into an e-peen contest. When i run a dungeon i just want to get it done and move on i don't really want to stop for 10 minutes while people argue about who's is bigger and crying because i don't just heal them through all AoE damage because they don't want to dodge and stop their precious DPS.

[ChickensEvil]

Both groups play for different reasons and hate each other with a passion.

This is a very true statement. Me personally I would say I fit somewhere in the middle. But generally it seems like there is only 2 sides of this coin.

I'm not really a big fan of DPS calculators they are used by certain types of people and it takes the focus off things you should be doing and turns everything into an e-peen contest. When i run a dungeon i just want to get it done and move on i don't really want to stop for 10 minutes while people argue about who's is bigger and crying because i don't just heal them through all AoE damage because they don't want to dodge and stop their precious DPS.

There is nothing inherently wrong with DPS meters (although keep in mind that SMN should not be checked here, since there are no good ways to get their numbers). I use it to judge DPS based on their gear. If you are full DL but pulling under 100 dps (I have seen it) then there is something wrong here. If we are getting through the content I don't really care what the DPS is at, because as a group we met the minimum, but if you are dying because you aren't DPS'ing fast enough then adjustments have to be made.

There are only 2 classes that should ever be caught standing in the stupid, BLM and SMN. Everyone else, with their instant casts should be able to constantly move (I suppose there is that one DRG ability that locks you until the animation finishes, but still). Besides that, I pride myself on being the highest DPS AND taking the least amount of damage. Was running Titan with two other BLM, both of which had one or two drops from Coil (me I am just full DL/Relic+1), so they had slightly better gear than me, yet I was consistantly pulling 10 or more DPS higher than the both of them. And of course with it being Titan, if you stand in the stupid you are going to wipe the group, so you know I wasn't doing that.

Anyway, I say this to point out that there are good places for the meters. I can't wait until addons are supported and we can capture all the data correctly to get things for the SMN DPS calculated.