Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Karshan]

Again, we don't have weights yet, trust me you would know if weights were available everyone is in the blur and waiting for them.

We have effects of stats and Dervy is running the tests with it to determine the weights for each class. In the mean time effects of stats is all we have and except if a part of your rotation is triggered by crit (like bard) no stat is mandatory.

Know that the dots are not well measured by act so all dot classes are under-estimated by it (for a SMN you can be 200/300 DPS under reality on ACT).

Honestly if you're rich / lucky on loot and have many test different pieces, otherwise just put on max ilvl gear, if you meld it do so with crit / dh, other than that you'll just have to wait to know for sure.

[KroLeXz]

There is a BIS and there is a dmg calculator. Stat weights we're always based on BIS but didn't make them necessarily correct at lower gear. It's not that there is no stat weight, its just the folks doing the math feel its misleading to give one out.... Crit > DH at different thresholds or vice versa.

Here is the BIS and what you should be shooting for http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/12HO7 - this set outperformed many different variation and it was all done calculating potential dmg output. Credit goes to Nemekh