An alternative to parsing?

[thegreatonemal]

It, however, remains a poor indication due to the lack of raid buffs. Bard and Machinist will both be severely punished, especially Bard, since their damage depends heavily on Crit. Likewise, they are heavily gear dependent, which is far less punishing in actual Savage content. A prime example of that was Alte Roite. With vit melded accessories, you could beat him in i290 AF3 yet you wouldn't come close beating his SSS equivalent.

Yea it stumbles for classes that are proc based no denying that. No system is perfect.

@sigma

Again its not testing mechanical knowledge the entire rest of the game has been teaching you that. All SSS truly test if your rotation is enough to beat the content and by beat i mean make sure the dps is pulling their weight to meet an enrage check. Mechanics by and large don't change your rotation outside of your opener depending on your class i.e ninja.