Quote Originally Posted by Yukiko View Post
I just like to say: the so called "weak" or (as you like to call them: afk) player, may do all right and still cant compare because the other one have taken some of his damage...
One Example from experience: BLM casting while MNK is killing the target before cast finished -> MNK getting all the honour for DPS and BLM is kicked for being lazy...
(Sidenote: I know some who said they do it on purpose and have fun when BLM could not cast, gives them an edge of thrill)
That's weird and doesn't make sense.
In a real situation, They're both hitting the target at the same time. So they would be hitting 1000 DPS for whatever time it takes the target to die.

In your MNK and BLM comparison.
The only difference there is the way their damage is done, The MNK damages in small hits while the BLM does a big hit in the end of a cast.
So yes, If the MNK is strong enough to kill the target before the BLM finishes the cast, then the MNK will have a bigger DPS than the BLM simply because the BLM had 0 DPS.
But in savage and current raid content that will never happen. As there is ample time for both to do DPS.

One question though, what mob in a dungeon dies to a MNK before a BLM finishes their cast if they started at the same time?