Morning. And I'll go ahead and state this off the bat - this is not a follow-up to past threads. I actually have a legitimate question this time (and I got over myself and started hitting green).

I've been reviewing some of my statics past few clears on O10S, and I notice that during the transition when you have to deal with the keys, there is a drop in DPS. It seems to affect the melee DPS more than anything else (even flip/spins). Lately, I noticed that I go from a consistent 6.2k from before the boss flies away to 5.2k when you're done dealing with the keys and the add. That's a significant drop. What I'm asking is suggestions that would minimize that huge dps drop. Not sure if it's normal to drop that hard during this particular section.

I am a ilvl 393 NIN, if that helps.