But...I...I don't wanna DPS, I'm a healer...

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This is insane DPS for an AST at this ilvl on a boss fight. I just can't believe you can average 500 dps on for example Waukkeon, unless literally noone is taking damage and playing their best.

Waukkeon is kind of a different beast altogether, the invul phase removes dots from the equation for a lot of the fight and people who don't avoid him during add phase make healing a giant pita. I usually pull about 300 on this as ast, 450 or so as sch. I was referencing bosses like fractal final boss/first boss, neverreap 2nd boss.

Fractal 2nd boss kinda sucks because I have to do tubes on groan/1000, and when I run with FC mates they eat the 100 ton swing to get more dps, when I do it with randoms they still pull crap dps and eat it. Still usually 300 or so as ast on this one.

Neverreap boss 1 it feels like I'm the only one ever going for feathers and 9 times out of 10 the group doesn't kill them all, I get this same feeling as tank when I'm running the bird around to the feathers and dps are still chasing it ignoring them. Since dpsing the feathers down fast=no dotting and finding the bird=no dotting this is also a lower dps fight and usually about 300 or so.

Parsers are against game policy, they aren't allowed to be used. Many of us are on PS4 where you can't use them anyway, so regardless of what one says, it's not expected that you DPS or play a certain way based on it. If it was then they wouldn't be banned by SE and would be on PS4 as well. They aren't going to design a class to be played one way, which can only be maximized by using a tool that's only available to half the player base, as well as being against game rules. Doesn't make sense.

I don't know about you but I would prefer using a parser that does all the work of adding up everything I did for me so I can work on my rotation on any given boss to maximize my dps potential over tearing the logs apart and placing them into a spreadsheet to manually calculate exactly when to use everything. You don't need a parser to determine the order to do things, it just makes your life about 1000 times easier to have one. Most people who care about improving their dps will either download a parser or if on ps3/4 ask someone that they know parses. Sadly people who care about doing well seem to be in the minority.