DPS checks vs mechanics

[Yukiko]

They aren't mutually exclusive and I'll give you 3 examples of varying difficulty.

People fail the DPS checks in say, A3s, because they can't actually handle DPSing while doing mechanics. They either tunnel vision or fail mechanics, leading to deaths, DPS loss, wipes. I've never heard of a group disbanding there because they couldn't make the enrage timer. When you get there you'll eventually win.

People fail the Sable Price in the Aery all the time, not because the check is particularly hard but because they have to start paying attention to what is happening around them while doing their rotation half-correctly.

Another DPS check that I see people fail so much that I have to issue a warning whenever I get it is Ramuh's Grey Arbiters. People never fail it because they lack the DPS to make it, it's extremely low. They fail it because they can't be bothered doing the mechanic, which requires peeling off Ramuh and killing the Arbiters.

DPS checks usually aren't the problem.

Sounds like you doing that with all 8 having iLvL of 210...
its just not true what you say!

Giving one example: having a bit low skillspeed result in skipping one skill which result in less DPS and in a fight with 8 minutes it sums up to a lot missing DPS...
I have seen statics braking apart just because 3% difference in boss HP and players yelling at each other: "push it", "push it"...
Edit: To add -> Thats why players mostly die before enrage, because they try to push it over the limit and fail on avoiding mechanics because they like to add one more skill on the boss before running...