Why doesn't pve have pvp combo structure?

[Goji1639]

This is incorrect. When one does a fight enough on a specific job, they learn exactly how many GCDs they can get away with before a boss jumps—or how to time their attacks to maximize uptime. Even people that don’t do “extreme min/max”. For example, in UCoB, I know exactly when I can get away with using Heavy Shot, and when I need to Iron Jaws refresh my DoTs before a Trio so that they are still there when Bahamut returns. And I am far from min-maxing BRD these days. Likewise with DNC in E12S: I know how many GCDs I can get in before the boss goes truly untargetable during Advanced Relativity. This is just something perceptive players pick up naturally the more they do a fight.

Alright, so in how many fights exactly do you end up at the first step of your basic combo exactly 4GCDs before an invuln phase or an add phase? I wasn't saying that optimization was something that rarely happens; I was saying the specific example provided rarely happens.

Even if that actually does happen a lot, it's literally 1 tick of the PLD's incredibly weak DoT you're gaining... Who cares? I get that these kinds of optimizations are fun for some people, and I'm not really looking to take them away. The reality is, however, they're not a compelling argument against button consolidation.

Regardless, the answer to this talking point was already provided in this thread. Make consolidation an option.

Edit: Now that I think about it, the example given likely isn't even a DPS gain. With 4GCDs to use it's 1212 then 3 on the add to get the dot up immediately, as opposed to 1231 then 2 and 3 to get the dot up on the add 1 GCD later. First off, 1231 is more damage than 1212. Second off, the combo modifier on 2 is probably worth more than the extra tick of 3 you're losing.