Thread: 4.05 DPS Ranking Expectations

Originally Posted by Chronons

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Uptime for melee vs casters is dependent on fight. Susano is a bad example because there are many mechanics that hit random DPS that cause loss of uptime. Lightning causes one person to move (and melee to lose uptime), stun causes a huge loss of uptime, and Gaol even more so.

Some mechanics may affect a caster more while others can affect melee more. For puddles in Susano, you can often hit the boss while dodging puddles as a melee without losing uptime, especially if party coordinates and baits the puddles properly. As a caster, if you get a puddle at a bad time, you have to cancel your cast (which basically means you wasted that whole period of casting with no DPS), and move (again no DPS while moving), before you can start casting again. On the other hand, mechanics that cause melee to leave boss range for extended periods of time (like crossing chasm for lightning prey) will lose melee more uptime.
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There are other variables that affect these too like gap closers and Swiftcast, however different fights will affect uptime different for either roles.

My conclusion is that I don't agree with you that casters should inherently do less DPS, because uptime will vary on fights and who has more uptime will vary on fight, mechanics and party strategy (a party that babies a BLM for example, will have vastly more uptime than a party that doesn't).