Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[alphamax112]

Still waiting for a guy with rocket science major to do research with math

[Dervy]

Still waiting for a guy with rocket science major to do research with math

Kenji is working on the Damage Formula at the moment, then Pandabearcat will get to work with a working BLM Sim.

I'm also going to do some BLM work on the side when I have the time (same for all other jobs).

[Aikaal]

Kenji is working on the Damage Formula at the moment, then Pandabearcat will get to work with a working BLM Sim.

I'm also going to do some BLM work on the side when I have the time (same for all other jobs).

If you need help, you can poke me. I might be able of any help.

[Kenji1134]

Still waiting for a guy with rocket science major to do research with math

Mmm... BS. in Electromechanical Engineering w/ a concentration in Biomedical Engineering
MS. in Mechanical Engineering w/ a concentration in Design and Controls Theory

Good nuff? =)

[Xenitan]

Still waiting for a guy with rocket science major to do research with math

The math is pretty simple if you don't factor in DoTs. Just figure out how the procs can go, figure out average DPS casting fire immediately after blizzard 4 and average DPS if you wait before casting it, find out the odds and go.

It's when you throw in DoTs and thunderclap procs that the math gets "fun". Otherwise you can basically use the old potency formula (since we're hoping the ratios stay about the same) and go Potency(WD,Int,Det)*(1+CritBonus(Crit)*CritRate(Crit))/GCD(Spellspeed) as a short term fix-me-up. Won't approximate DPS or give you actual stat weights in terms of DPS, but it'd give you weights relative to each other which would be enough for comparing gear.

Here's something I threw together. You might need to download it and use Excel.