BLM, Extreme Primals, and Surecast "buff" request

[T0rin]

Cool story bro. My dps on trash is usually between 1200 - 1600. I got up to 1600dps on Binding coil turn 4 with raging strikes and a lot of luck. I wish I had a screenshot, but alas, I run FFXIV App on my 2nd monitor, and screenshots only snap the FFXIV game, not the other monitor. The first pic I uploaded was taken with my phone. Next week I will try to grab better screenshots.

[NyneAlexander]

Can you at least elaborate and tell us which part of which primal extreme you got that parse?

[Bardo]

or give us float

This would be great. The point of plumes, eruption, and weight of the land is to dodge them, right? Being able to quickly cast Float should be a method of dodging.

Can you not already do this with Mana Wall or Aetherial Manipulation?
Seems to me that people are just asking for buffs instead of using all the skills they already have. : /

Again;
Surecast may be almost useless in PvE, but it is plenty useful in PvP, is it not?

Until I start seeing groups purposefully avoid BLM (as LOTS of groups were doing with melee pre-2.1), I just don't see the need for a major change to a skill that already has its niche.

[JetBrooks]

Can you not already do this with Mana Wall or Aetherial Manipulation?

I tested this by eating a plume with Mana Wall up yesterday. It didn't seem to work too well XD

Perhaps I'm stupid and did it wrong, though.

[Exstal]

You people thought Agent was doing 500 dps sustained? Please tell me you did not think that.

[NyneAlexander]

You people thought Agent was doing 500 dps sustained? Please tell me you did not think that.

no. but i will play devils advocate and earnestly ask him to explain his god like tactics

[Bardo]

I tested this by eating a plume with Mana Wall up yesterday. It didn't seem to work too well XD

Well, you can use either Wall or Ward depending on if the attack you're trying to mitigate is magic or physical right?
Some mechanics you can "dodge" this way, and some you can't. Just like float.

[Kenji1134]

Yeah, as a BLM you can cheat on Titan a bit.
ManaWard will let you eat a bomb, it'll knock you down to half health, which is fairly safe.
ManaWall will let you eat 2 landslides within a minute every 2 minutes.

ManaWall is a good dps gain once you get used to the fight, but the uptime is kinda low and only helps against one mechanic. Plus if there are bombs around, you need to move to bait the landslide with the group anyway. Pretty much ManaWall is good after a bomb phase or perhaps right after a jump.

PS. ManaWard and ManaWall do absolutely nothing on Ifrit Extreme.

[Meric]

Cool story bro. My dps on trash is usually between 1200 - 1600. I got up to 1600dps on Binding coil turn 4 with raging strikes and a lot of luck. I wish I had a screenshot, but alas, I run FFXIV App on my 2nd monitor, and screenshots only snap the FFXIV game, not the other monitor. The first pic I uploaded was taken with my phone. Next week I will try to grab better screenshots.

If you don't understand the difference between consistent dps across a fight, and the big numbers your parser throws up when you've done an AoE, then you don't really understand dps.

You did not achieve 1600dps throughout T4 - you managed to do 1600 damage in a second in Turn 4. DPS is a constant figure, not something you measure in an instant. What you're doing is like claiming BLM can do 4k dps because a crit Flare on the big snake in T5 hits for that much.

Perhaps you'd feel a bit less arrogant if you compared actual dps, like everyone else does.

[scarebearz]

Bit off topic:

Can someone tell me where to get this "Parser" dps gauge?

Is it safe/legit to use? I.e. Is it against SE's ToS?

As if it's ok to use, I'd be quite interested to know my own dps for titan.

Thank you