Monk's Heavensward abilities

[RapBreon]

My mistake then, disregard that part of my post. I did not know that.

My point still stands though on the other parts though. 3% is quite an insignificant buff, and DRGs at launch were parsing higher than monks. The 3% buff is not going to seal that gap by itself. What's more likely at the moment is that dragoons are struggling to reach their damage ceiling currently, but it is higher.

I've tested with FoF on, and with it off. The DPS increase from it is almost unnoticeable. The 3% buff monks got would be even less noticeable. Feel free to test yourselves and prove me wrong. If you can, I'll back out of the argument and admit I'm an idiot.

If you consider ~30-40 DPS unnoticeable, then I guess we disagree at a fundamental level about what is and is not sizable. The gap will be wider (in absolute value; relative value is unaffected) or more narrow based on gear level.

The increase does exist - regardless of your perception. More likely there is a flaw in your testing methodology. Rotational errors, RnG and number of parse attempts mainly. Though it could be a perception issue, as in what you determine is a 'sizable increase' (my personal wager).

Additionally, the 5% from FoF is worth more than the 3% (besides the obvious 2% difference) increase on GL. FoF being multiplicative with all the other buffs; the 3% being added onto a 27% buff (ala diminishing returns). FoF should be adding anywhere from 40 to 80 DPS (depending on gear and mastery of the class). If that's unnoticeable to you, it is almost entirely a perception problem. Because I consider that hefty, not almost 'unnoticeable'.

I haven't looked into though; but I'm fairly certain MNKs scale better because of all their multiplicative buffs. I could be wrong on that point however. If this is the case its the gear upgrades inflating the 'perceived value' of the GL buff.