Quote Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX View Post
I don't have any numbers to back it up, but I am VERY certain that clipping your casts in order to put up all available buffs before you use Wildfire is a DPS increase due to Wildfire increasing all damage by a further 25% after already applying all damage increases from buffs. Losing 1 or 2 140 potency casts prior to Wildfire is likely more than made up for by the 25% increase you get from Wildfire on the ~10 abilities you get in with all those buffs applied during Wildfire.
I'm largely curious because I'm a NIN main and Mudra GCD-clipping causes oddities for the class (like Fuma being as effective as Raiton in many situations, SS being absolutely horrible, etc). Before NIN I never would have thought GCD-clipping could have such an impact. I don't doubt that Wildfire puts out a lot of burst when you clip GCDs leading up to it, but I'm hopeful we'll see more testing. Sometimes math is deceptive so I like having numbers as a foundation.