Observations on DPS in End Game

[bokchoykn]

in MOST dungeons and endgame content, if a dps is doing 70-80% of their potential damage the enemies will still die. A tank doing 70-80% of their potential in tanking will likely end up eating dirt and wiping the party.

Again, dealing excess amounts DPS reduces your margin of error. 70-80% of damage potential is enough to kill anything in the game. Especially since most of us are overgeared for the content we're clearing. That's if everything else is going perfectly, which isn't always the case. Why do you think EX Titan groups fold when one person dies? Why do you think i90 parties can't beat Twintania without 5 DPS?

Anyway, how do you define "70-80% of potential in tanking?" 70-80% of threat generation? 70-80% of HP pool? 70-80% of damage output? Anyway, I don't understand what you mean by that, but whatever you meant by that, I can't see how it can be both relevant and correct.

As for parsers, first off they are illegal in this game~ second Ps3 players can't use them, so that line of "improvement" is out~

I agree on both counts. They are illegal. PS3 players can't use them. For those who can use them, they're pretty damn useful. For those who can't, sorry.

Telling people "L2PB!" because they aren't able to do 100% of what you think they're capable of is stupid~ any number of reasons could be holding them back. A disability that reduces their motorskills, a laggy connection so they're getting frequent hangtime on their commands or it's a new dungeon or method to them. All of these are legitimate reasons for not "pulling your weight" and besides, They've paid just as much to play this game as you all have~ Should they be excluded from endgame because they aren't "the elite of elites"?

Is it really stupid? A person with a disability, laggy connection, or lack of experience is NOT entitled to victory by virtue of his handicap. THAT is stupid. While these may be legitimate reasons to you for someone not pulling their weight, Titan EX does not give a flying fuck about your disability, laggy connection, or lack of experience. Landslides will still knock you off the platform. You still need to X damage in 10 minutes to kill him. You still have to heal the damage he puts out. The conditions of victory and defeat are set by the designers of and the boss fight. You either pass or fail. It's black and white. That's the way it should be.

Paying the same amount as someone else for a video game does not entitle you to the same level of progression as they have. That's preposterous. I can't believe you even brought that up.