I failed on my first attempt on the new striking dummy

[Whiteroom]

Thats why the dps required to kill the dummy is higher than the dps needed to kill the boss. They took that into consideration.

If you look at a typical A4S clear party on FFlogs each member has much less dps than their respective dummy would need.

It is different fight conditions and the dummy is only a gear and rotation check. Hence it has higher requirements in terms of raw damage.

Given that anyways in raid situation you will have food and potions why not include them in the dummy fight. At least it will help peope figure out how important they are.

I would like to know a bit more about how they came to these numbers. I can remember the number 600 floating around for BEX for the dps to clear the check at the time. The DRGs dummy for BEX is just over 1200 this required. Yet the values needed for the A8S one by the dummy are 1800, which seems much closer to what the actual should be.

Also, thw WHM A8S dummy suggests the WHM should be pulling 1200, which I don't see happening. But the healer ones could just be filler.

Aside from a work around parser, I'm not really seeing too much point in these. The fight is about upkeeping dps while doing mechanics, not jut upkeeping dps. While they can't give away too many mechs, and a lot dont work with only one player. It would be nice to see a couple AOEs thrown in that stun if you don't avoid, or something.

Was going to check when I got home, but does anyone know if the defense of the statues changes based on which instance you pick?