Quote Originally Posted by WeekendSoja View Post
striking dummies teach DPS. I got NIN 60 like fairly recent, youtubed an opener, practiced on a dummy for 15 minutes and now I hit harder than most people who maimed their job since 2.0...
Admittedly that is true...

Striking Dummies are exactly how I could figure out how to push high DPS numbers. You get to see how much damage you are doing too... because DoTs don't show up in the battle side chatlog.

Its especially helpful for stacking DoTs and seeing just how much you can squeeze out of it when combined with other things.

And using Rouse and Spur on your pet to see just how much the damage increases. You start to see the full potential of the DPS class.

Granted sometimes your DPS is very situational and you have to make sure the mobs are lined up right before doing it, but at least knowing how much DPS you can push when its time... is pretty big.