Thread: SMN 4.1 patch notes

Originally Posted by Ariomi

SMN vs BLM

One is a speed run parse, the other is a dedicated padding parse.

The BLM got every dmg buff, including single Balance, Contagion from Garuda, Dragon Sight,.....while the SMN only got AoE raid buff.

Not a good comparison if you asked me.

One that note thou, SMN dps IS LOWER than BLM on paper. The only time SMN would pull ahead is when there is a lot of movement involved. So on a cherry-picked parse of utmost possible padding/catering, there is no surprised that SMN is lower than BLM. The percentile graph is pretty inaccurate too given there are much more BLM's parses than SMN's parses. The top 100 BLM might be the 99% percentile while the top 10 SMN is 99%.....

In general, I would say SMN and BLM are pretty close. SMN might be better for speed-run thou.

Originally Posted by Miridori

One is a speed run parse, the other is a dedicated padding parse.

The BLM got every dmg buff, including single Balance, Contagion from Garuda, Dragon Sight,.....while the SMN only got AoE raid buff.

Not a good comparison if you asked me.

In general, I would say SMN and BLM are pretty close. SMN might be better for speed-run thou.

thx Miri you covered almost everything which is rushing through my mind everytime if anyone started to compare "raw" numbers between top parses on different cls. its just not about the numbers... there are way more facts to consider and most of the comparisons you read here just skip those facts. : /

Originally Posted by Miridori

One is a speed run parse, the other is a dedicated padding parse.

Not a good comparison if you asked me.

The Smn got trick Attack from the Ninja, 98% balance uptime.
The Blm got Contagion and 45% Balance uptime.

Otherwise the two parses are mostly identical.

They are a good comparison when you consider the fact, The Blm had his Summoner die in his parse, had his fight a minute longer, and a team that had significant lower dps. The only real difference, is dragon sight, which is a 5% dps increase to the blm that the Summoner didn't have access to. However, this is rather small, when you consider the difference in balance uptime, and the duration of the two fights. The Summoner had the fight end sooner, which boosts their dps numbers. While the Blm had to sustain his damage for longer.

For example. https://www.fflogs.com/reports/vCGkn...pe=damage-done

Here's a 6k dps parse back in heavensward. Despite my dps normally being around 2400 usually.

So considering everything? Yes, it's a good comparison. The Summoner had the bigger advantages. No deaths, Quicker Kill, Better team, More balance uptime.

Originally Posted by Ariomi

So considering everything? Yes, it's a good comparison. The Summoner had the bigger advantages. No deaths, Quicker Kill, Better team, More balance uptime.

You say the difference between 2 top players, a SMN and a BLM, was 350 dps eh? I wonder if Devotion (raidwide 2% buff with a 12.5% uptime) and Radiant Shield (2% phys damage buff that lasts potentially 24 seconds on a 60 sec CD) bridges that gap.

Raidwide DPS for SMN's group was 36.6k dps and there were 6 physical damage dealers, I'd be willing to bet that when you take into account the rDPS the SMN brings to the table it beats out the BLM in every/most scenario(s).

Also, now that you've compared the top SMN parse to the top BLM parse, lets look at the vast majority of average-great players: When you look at the top dps across all savage fights, SMN is #2 only behind SAM in personal dps from the 50%-99% range of players. This doesn't take into account Devotion, Radiant Shield, or Contagion.

Originally Posted by Music4Therapy

Also, now that you've compared the top SMN parse to the top BLM parse, lets look at the vast majority of average-great players: When you look at the top dps across all savage fights, SMN is #2 only behind SAM in personal dps from the 50%-99% range of players. This doesn't take into account Devotion, Radiant Shield, or Contagion.

well you have to consider that top parses on both cls got a proportion of idk 1:10? maybe the best smn out performed the best blm but I bet there are still way more blms with high top tier parses than top tier smn parses even after 4.1.

Originally Posted by Music4Therapy

Also, now that you've compared the top SMN parse to the top BLM parse, lets look at the vast majority of average-great players: When you look at the top dps across all savage fights, SMN is #2 only behind SAM in personal dps from the 50%-99% range of players. This doesn't take into account Devotion, Radiant Shield, or Contagion.

You also completely ignore how few Summoners there are that skew the ratio, when most classes can have upto 20,000 more parses. And
2% damage increase seems so small it's barely worth noting. If you have a group with 36000 dps, a 2% damage increase is 720 dps if you have it up for the whole fight. But at 32% uptime, it's only about 230 dps increase. So Still not enough to beat a blm. This may change with Devotion and radiant, But maybe not. However, this is made slightly smaller as Radiant shield is only physical. And if that's the argument you want to play, Guess Machinist beats Summoner then. 6% damage increase to all damage types, Not just physical or magical, and lasts 20 seconds. Same cooldown as devotion. But three times as powerful and lasts a longer length of time. Hyper charge is a 367 dps increase via all damage using the same math.

https://www.fflogs.com/statistics/17#boss=46&dataset=99

Originally Posted by Ariomi

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Without a doubt MCH beats out SMN, but we're comparing casters I thought? And SMN reigns supreme now, RDM is leagues away and you'd need a really good BLM if you're going to consider taking one over a SMN considering most current SMNs outdamage most BLMs in personal DPS alone, and at the highest level of play even though the BLM may potentially outdamage the SMN, the rDPS the SMN provides puts it over the top now.

MCH+BRD+DRG will p much remain the meta until they do something about the pierce debuff. NIN, MCH, and BRD have the best raid dps increases in the game DRG basically gives MCH and BRD a 100% uptime ~4% damage buff with the piercing debuff which alone is a massive rDPS increase... thats not even including the DPS increase via their utility. Something significant is going to need to happen in order for those 4 classes to no longer be considered "meta", aside from using RDMs in progression due to rez-spam.

Originally Posted by Music4Therapy

Without a doubt MCH beats out SMN, but we're comparing casters I thought? And SMN reigns supreme now, RDM is leagues away and you'd need a really good BLM if you're going to consider taking one over a SMN considering most current SMNs outdamage most BLMs in personal DPS alone, and at the highest level of play even though the BLM may potentially outdamage the SMN, the rDPS the SMN provides puts it over the top now.

The supreme caster right now on FF logs is Blm. By about 130 dps adding radiant shield/contagion. Until we see how the ruin 3 nerfs, and devotion change Smn. My guess? The ruin 3's lower potency will roughly even it out.

Originally Posted by Ariomi

The supreme caster right now on FF logs is Blm. By about 130 dps adding radiant shield/contagion. Until we see how the ruin 3 nerfs, and devotion change Smn. My guess? The ruin 3's lower potency will roughly even it out.

We'll see. BLM only overtakes SMN at the top 1% though in personal dps. From 50-99% SMN is ahead of BLM. I will say that if there is a fight with minimal movement and the BLM is able to turret the whole time and perhaps gets lucky with procs it'd win out.

I do think saying BLM outdamages SMN is similar to saying SAM outdamages NIN, and while that may be true from a personal standpoint trick attack puts NIN ahead typically, considering all skill levels are equal.

Originally Posted by Ariomi

If you have a group with 36000 dps, a 2% damage increase is 720 dps if you have it up for the whole fight. But at 32% uptime, it's only about 230 dps increase.

Not quite, isn't devotion's coolown 120 seconds ? Max Uptime is 15/120 = 12.5%, so it's 90 DPS increase in raid form for SMN, with 36 000 group DPS (btw a 36 000 raid group DPS means tanks at 4k each, heals at 2k, DDs at 6k each, not quite your everyday expert roulette group is it ? So what's 100 points inside that kind of numbers ? Ok at that level it means several ranks, but...)

Based on that I agree with your message though, non SMNs complaining about devotion are welcome to take a breath.
+ now it seems radiant shield already is taken on SMN's account by fflogs, since a recent patch. Or was I misstold ?