sub-optimal dps, lol
This coming from someone who is using flare after transpose?
You do realize casting flare in UI is less dmg then if you would cast in AF? And practice on dummies, yeah not optimal at all.
And i only transpose after 3 flares, also you will want to use both Quelling and Raging Strikes in your rotation
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Doing three Fire II at the start is better than going straight to Flare. Not by a lot, but it is overall higher DPS.
"F3>Flare is 62.4 pot/s.
F3>F2>F2>F2>Flare (so, using all MP) is 61 pot/s."
It is quite true that going straight to Flare is higher potency per second, but this doesn't take into account the duration over which you're achieving that potency per second. Both have higher potency per second over Transpose > Fire III > Fire II > Fire II > Flare, so you want to do as much damage in the opening rotation as possible. The rotation including the 3 Fire IIs last twice as long, so it does more damage overall.