Quote Originally Posted by Elusana_Celah View Post
You can't have a competitive MMORPG with challenging content that require very tight DPS checks sometimes several per fight and NOT have a way for players to measure their own performance.
This is exactly the issue. How is a group supposed to know why they can't beat a DPS check if people can't look at the individual numbers to even find where the problem is? Obviously everyone in the group thinks they're playing just fine-- no one goes into high-end content with the intent to play badly. That doesn't erase the fact that someone isn't pulling their weight, and unless there's a way to figure out who it is and what the issue is (bad rotation, not using oGCDs/buffs/DoTs, etc.), the group isn't going to be able to improve. I know that as a DPS myself, I'm certainly not watching what the other DPS in a party are doing because I'm busy making sure I'm staying on top of my own rotation. The only thing I can really do is notice that huh, that other DRG is 6th on the aggro table, but that doesn't tell me anything of real use since their aggro could've dropped due to mechanics/them switching targets to an add.

If you know what your own numbers are and know that they're on target for what they should be, you also know that them dipping during a particular fight is going to be the result of fight mechanics rather than your rotation-- that you aren't the problem, in other words. If your numbers are far, far lower than everyone else's, well, there's the issue right there.