Stop pretending that stone, sea, sky is good practice.

[kizumiayamame]

Congrats, you watched a youtube video at 2x speed to figure out your class rotation and now you're memorizing the wrong buttons to press. On a stationary dummy. Please tell me more about how you're comfortable doing that while moving for mechanics, while swiftcasting, while staying max melee if need be, adjusting for forced downtime, grouping up with partners (or spreading!), and delaying raidwide buffs. Bonus points for all you armchair experts who still don't have feint or addle on your hotbar, I'm sure you'll weave it in between damage downs. Get this: the same people saying with a straight face that a glorified sandbag improves their rotation are the same ones dying to raidwides because they didn't move in for heals.

[Vahlnir]

Even the best rotations require adaptation when it comes to dealing with real mechanics. A target dummy is indeed good practice for the real thing, regardless of how you feel.

[Conundrum]

We can all only aspire to your level of 133+n355 one day.

[Krotoan]

It's a tool to see if you can put out raw damage necessary to kill a boss within a certain time frame. I don't think anyone in their right mind or who is "competitive" in their approach to the game is thinking "I beat SSS, I can do savage farm parties now"

If you fail it you need to up your gearscore or work on your rotation. If you barely pass it you probably need the same improvements. If you pass it with time to spare it's a good indication that even doing mechanics and possibly missing a few perfect rotations, you are contributing your necessary DPS to not be a burden.

Doing a rotation over and over and over is pretty good "muscle memory" practice as well.


It's not useless, but it is also not the only learning necessary.

[kizumiayamame]

We call all only aspire to your level of 133+n355 one day.

Sorry it's elitist to expect my teammates to have more than one brain cell active during fights?

[Rongway]

Congrats, you watched a youtube video at 2x speed to figure out your class rotation and now you're memorizing the wrong buttons to press. On a stationary dummy. Please tell me more about how you're comfortable doing that while moving for mechanics, while swiftcasting, while staying max melee if need be, adjusting for forced downtime, grouping up with partners (or spreading!), and delaying raidwide buffs.

The point of SSS is not: If you can beat the dummy, you can beat a fight.

It is: If you cannot beat the dummy, you cannot contribute fair DPS to clearing the fight.

Because even without all of the stressors of an actual fight, you can't put out enough distraction-free DPS to kill a stationary dummy. In this way, it is good practice and very accurate at demonstrating when someone is definitely not ready to attempt a particular fight.

[Conundrum]

Sorry it's elitist to expect my teammates to have more than one brain cell active during fights?

I bet being in parties with you is a blast.

[kizumiayamame]

I bet being in parties with you is a blast.

You're right, duty complete parties are a blast

[Chie_M]

Sorry it's elitist to expect my teammates to have more than one brain cell active during fights?

Sadly, that's asking a lot.

[LittleImp]

SSS is pretty crap, but dummy practice has its place. Sometimes I'll practice fight-specific optimizations on a dummy in sync with a clear vod on my second monitor, which is useful for feeling out new SkS tiers or seeing where everything ends up lining up with an alternative opener.