(Help me out!) How to get over 200 dps on Titan Exteme?

[HoroBoro]

With the new patch, I'm finding less and less reason to play BLM and finding myself playing other classes more and more. I'm about to quit BLM, which is a shame because I would probably have to change my name. Which is impossible.

Can anyone match pug/dragoon 250ish dps? Or I'll even take archer's 210 ish. I'm stuck in 190s-very low 200s when I try and 170s if I'm slacking. I haven't had the chance to parse a summoner but I'm sure it's consistently above 200 easy too.

I'm doing everything I can to maximize damage - delayed start for procs, mana walling slides. Short of maybe eating stuff with manaward.

But then again, I was never looking to be hardcore with this game - just want to do average DPS D:

When am I supposed to pop raging strikes/int pots in this fight? How do I dps in this fight? I don't get it. Feel like it's my fault every time those circle bombs drop. People don't even want me to LB egis.

Felt like such a leeching bum. Especially when those earrings dropped.

[T0rin]

I'm a SMN. I usually do 260-290 DPS on Ex Titan.

BLM have a kind of hard time in that fight with all the moving. The successful ones I know I think like to use manawall during landslides and position outside of teh stack during certain landslides to avoid having to interrupt casts. I really don't know how to play BLM though, but I know I have played with some who can pretty consistently do 210-230 DPS, but I've never seen one parse higher really.

[HoroBoro]

260-290: OTL

I knew it was a big difference but not that much. Any good BLM who can put up a vid or give some pointers? Would be much appreciated.

[Seobit]

SMN: http://i.imgur.com/L2VwoF9.jpg

Highest I've seen from BLM was 255, but he got a lot of lucky procs on that run, he normally does ~220. If you want I could try to ask him to pm you maybe give you some pointers, we're from cactuar too.

Edit: Here's the parse for it. http://i.imgur.com/cFUU3G6.jpg

Sirius stop taking potato mages.

Also don't let ex titan be a deciding factor for choosing what class to play. It's a notoriously hard fight for black mages, you shouldn't make a decision like that based on a single encounter. That'd be like a drg or mnk giving up on their class just because of ex garuda.

[BrandoH]

We usually just don't take blm on that fight, brd uptime is better. Pro-tip, have an off-class or two.

[HoroBoro]

SMN http://i.imgur.com/L2VwoF9.jpg

Highest I've seen from BLM was 255, but he got a lot of lucky procs on that run, he normally does ~220. If you want I could try to ask him to pm you maybe give you some pointers, we're from cactuar too.

Edit: Here's the parse for it. http://i.imgur.com/cFUU3G6.jpg

Sirius stop taking potato mages.

Also don't let ex titan be a deciding factor for choosing what class to play. It's a notoriously hard fight for black mages, you shouldn't make a decision like that based on a single encounter. That'd be like a drg or mnk giving up on their class just because of ex garuda.

Yea - I'm probably gonna stick with BLM but I can't even imagine 255 even if I get very lucky with procs. Does he have a allagan scepter by chance? Buff food? Though even if he did, that doesn't account for ~20 dps.

300+ is just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ followed by (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[T0rin]

SMN http://i.imgur.com/L2VwoF9.jpg

How do you get ACT to combine your DPS with the pet? Probably some simple option I need to find and check. :P

[Seobit]

Yea - I'm probably gonna stick with BLM but I can't even imagine 255 even if I get very lucky with procs. Does he have a allagan scepter by chance? Buff food? Though even if he did, that doesn't account for ~20 dps.

300+ is just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ followed by (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Yeah allagan scepter + allagan shield, full i90.

How do you get ACT to combine your DPS with the pet? Probably some simple option I need to find and check. :P

In options > Data Correction > Combatant Rename

Rename a combatant to a new one, or merge into an old one
Garuda-Egi (You) Before
You After

Or for other people just put Garuda-Egi (Their name) for before and their name for after.

[kro]

I've gotten 250+ on Titan Ex as i86 BLM.

Memorize when plumes are coming next. You don't need to stack until plumes are actually coming out, so just keep casting off-center until you get a proc. Then, use that opportunity to move back in position.

Be smart about where you dodge plumes. Since healers and bards are usually on Titan's butt and they like to dodge left or right, I dodge south. This lets me not stack and not trap anyone if plumes go off. As an aside, people who give well-positioned BLMs and flanking melees crap about not stacking are idiots. The only time you must stack in one spot is during double plumes post heart.

Pre-cast Sprint before plumes as well. The faster you get out, the faster you can get back to casting.

During upheaval/gaol, hardcast Flare early on Titan such that it hits both Titan + DD Gaol. Transpose, target healer Gaol, then swiftcast + Blizzard 3 while being knocked back.

Raging + Quelling + Int Pot + Flare x2 on the first set of Titan egis. The second Flare should be swiftcasted while baiting and dodging landslide.

I use Raging strikes at the very beginning and during the first egi phase. Use it as soon as it's up on the second post-heart cycle since Titan should die before the 2nd superbombs in a decent party.

Use Manawall to absorb the first 2 landslides in the starting phase. I also use it for circle bombs during heart (if necessary) and row bombs post-heart.

This is more general BLM advice, but I find it best to play without macros especially for the main spells in your rotation i.e. Fire, Fire 3, Bliz 3. If you use macros, you lose the 0.5 sec auto-input buffer that lets you recast Fire at the fastest possible speed.

[HoroBoro]

That's very helpful - thanks

I usually eat the first 2 landslides and circle bombs but not row bombs, though I may as well. Raging + Quelling+ int I usually try to get a full fire cycle in, but it seems there's not the time for this fight. I'll try using it on the egis.

Would it be acceptable to eat a plume with manaward? Maybe I should be asking that question in the healer section XD

Everything you've said are things that sound very solid (the flare/gaol/egis thing is brilliant). Will put into practice next time I run for sure.