In Game DPS Meter

[sharazisspecial]

What does this even mean. Nobody needs a parser/DPS meter to see that a summoner's Garuda is killing Renauds/Spiny Plumes, someone is standing in Bind+s incorrectly in T8 and wiping the group, or that a DPS is messing up meteor placement in T9. Your eyeballs gauge that. But DPS's primary way to contribute to a group is DPS, not correctly executing gimmicks that are needed to avoid insta-wipes.

The clearest example of this is in turn 8. It has a very specific AND high threshold that a group needs to reach as a minimum in order to win. If you don't meet that standard you will wipe to the hard enrage. Period. This is where a parser/DPS meter matters. You need to see what EVERY single member of your group is putting in order to calculate whether you meet the threshold needed to avoid a wipe. This is the clearest instance of a DPS meter gauging group contribution, you can see which DPS(es) are getting carried and if needed remove them.

You may be willing to carry someone else by pulling their weight but the fact remains that the threshold is so tight with current gear ilevels that you would also need 3-4 other DPS, a whm willing to effectively solo heal the fight and a scholar willing to play in cleric stance for most of the fight in order to carry that persons weight and most people aren't willing to do that since they often need 5 DPS optimally played DPS and a SCH in cleric stance to beat the fight the first time to begin with.

LoL when we first beat avatar he was casting his enrage D:. Everyone was playing perfectly too 5 dps 1 tank. But you know Gormogon he is so bad ass he can carry a scathe only blm through turn 8...
As long you manage to do all the straightforward boss mechanics , who cares how little you hurt the boss. What a great mentality for second coil .