The Real Problem with Parsers

[Craiger]

Well the game does force you to run instances many times, so you will see a good cross section. So the counter that it depends on who you get in your run, becomes moot fairly quickly.

The sad part about the numbers you posted is that an ilvl 186 DRG with a 180 weapon can do 600 just spamming the thrust combo and nothing else. No buffs or procs. Just three base actions. That people are in defense of people doing half of that as just fine is a little crazy.

You would think so... But maybe I'm just unlucky or something, because last time I saw someone do 80%+ of their maximum DPS output, was like 2 weeks ago, and before that was another 2 weeks... I'm happy if I see the other DPS doing 800 DPS, even though that amount of DPS in 2.X (relative) wasn't really that good. The DPS getting out-DPSed by the tank isn't too uncommon actually, and that's with tanks that isn't doing amazing themselves (not bad though)

My point is, if I were to determine the average DPS I should be having (MNK), without looking at any other info except the parser, I would put a goal at around 600-700 DPS... Which is half of what my goals should be pretty much.

EDIT: To clarify, I don't expect everyone to do maximum or even near maximum DPS, but you're not gonna improve if you set your goals that low... You should always aim high