Quote Originally Posted by ufufu View Post
I've been pretty frustrated with my MNK DPS. For some reason I've been finding it impossible to get much higher than 335-340 on dummies, and I'm i88. I've tried tons of different opening rotations, clipping DoTs vs. not clipping, etc, but I just can't break past right around there. I'm really not sure why.
Breaking past 340-350 starts to be more about optimal gear set, food, etc. You also get a bit higher if you can do a longer run, like using 2 invigorates for uninterrupted ~4:10 min run, but a dummy parse isn't really that important. If you can pull 340 on a dummy, it just means you're doing the simple things right. Live fights have a lot more variables that affect performance numbers like AoE, multi-DoTing, keeping GL up, directionals, timing buffs, party setup. And in the end live is all that matters, so get good at it, your base is fine.