Quote Originally Posted by Ephier View Post
Until balance is removed from the game FFlogs parses will remain padded. AST artificially inflates DPS way too much. I like doing bigger numbers, but in a competitive sense like FFlogs, it ruins it. Look at how the ranks shift when you take balance out. Its crazy.
They've started separating balance parses vs flat numbers for this very reason now. There is actual DPS vs Balance DPS now.