Are DPS check mechanics too biased against mages?

[Mercutial]

Man... as a BLM, I LOVE the snake phase of that fight. Step 1: Find safe spot (hint: where you start). Steps 2-???: Nuke the ever-lovin' hell out of the snakes.

[Tuathaa]

and how is bismark better for ranged when u need to be on melee range to dmg the boss? u mean tornado phase?

The boss phase is nothing compared to the add phases. In my experience so far I usually have to run further to get on his back if I don't save a jump.

[Zumi]

I remember in 1.0 you could run all over the place while casting then they took that out fast.

[Rin_Kuroi]

/shrug

We SMN are amazing for breaking the chitin with properly timed cooldowns. While a good melee will beat me overall we still hold our own with the sanuwas. The tornados move in a slash from one side to the other. I try to watch out and see where the tornado is headed and move before it gets to me. Often that csn save me time later allowingme to choose when I interrupt my rotation.

[m3eansean]

SMN is amazing dps and can more than pull their weight in Bis EX.

Blame the player, not the job.

[Korashy]

dps checks are biased against bad players....

You also have to realize that some classes shine in burst moments, while others shine in sustained. So far I have not encounter any dps check that wasn't easily beatable with a balanced group setup and decent players.

[Higashikata]

um no?

Bismark EX was practically made for summoners as you can always DoT everything on the field.

[Kiara1]

I main summoner and dealing lots of damage quickly is super easy with our new abilities.
During killboss phase make sure you can enter dreadwyrm trance, dot up, buff pet, fester, ruin 3, deathflare.
During adds just dot up everything and your damage spikes like crazy. Ifrits shield is good too.

I made us wipe twice though my first time because fiirst I put up shadowflare which killed bubbles when they were supposed to live. 2nd time I was all like "okay no bubble of dps this time..." *uses bane*
And ofc we got lightning weather again...

Maybe blms have a harder time, but summoner is great in bismarck ex

[Sylkis]

Raging Strikes > Trance > Tri-disaster other snake (the one that reflects damage at you) and Contagion it > Fester own snake > Manual DoTs on own snake > Fester > Ank Morn

Much damages

[Fyce]

Raging Strikes > Trance > Tri-disaster other snake (the one that reflects damage at you) and Contagion it > Fester own snake > Manual DoTs on own snake > Fester > Ank Morn

Much damages

This is only possible if you get carried during P1.