Causal to Ninja

[LitheSuxman]

The reason people seem sort of horrified at what you are saying you do is how much of a loss Hurajin is over doing a proper rotation. Even in casual content, it slows things down.

You do you, just understand why someone would be unhappy if they saw you doing this in a party.

An neglectable dps loss is what I expected, I am quite curious if you perhaps know a way to calculate the % difference in overall damage between
1) Spinning->Gust-> Aeolian & Huraijin (every 60second);
2) Spinning->Gust-> Aeolion & Spinning->Gust->Armor (Every30s)

I don't do savage and rarely do extremes, but the idea of not wanting to see absolutely fat numbers just perplexes me. It's like picking up a Greatsword in Monster Hunter then only using the kick because you just want to relax and not lop some monster's tail right off.

Not trying to reply in her defense, but by your logic, people that buy sport cars should disregard all speed limits because they should want to see absolutely fat numbers on their panels.
Obviously that's not how most people drive, it maybe is your way though.

Joke aside, people play however they want in pug, even in pug extreme, people make mistakes all the time, most people play video games for fun I presume, and fun is subjective, just like the way you choose to maximize your damage 24/7 and maybe driving.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/ninja/

Right off the bat you should be able to see that Armor Crush's combo potency is a whopping 140 potency higher than Huraijin's 200 potency, and 200 potency higher when executed from the flank.

I'm not some Ninja guru, but the only reason I could see someone using Huraijin is if they just died and need to reapply Huton asap or after a phase transition/boss coming back from being unable to target them.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
For the sake of this calculation, presume skill recast is 2.00s and run on a duration of 120s
Neglect all OGCD such as nintsusu & presume huton is already up at 0s
Aeolian Edge combo potency= Spinning edge -> Gust Slash - > Aeolian Edge combo = 210+320+420 =950
Armor Crush combo potency = Spinning edge -> Gust Slash -> Armor Crush = 210+320+400 = 930
Since a combo has 3 skills, that equals to exactly 6s, so 5 combos every 30s
So if we use both combos in a rotation:
0 0
30s 950x4+930 = 4730
60s "
90s "
120s "
Total: 18920 potency (4730x4)
If we only use Aeolian Edge combo and mix in a Huraijin every 60s:
*For simple math, let's completely remove the Aeolian Edge from the one combo right after casting Huraijin to keep the skill cast time frame consistent at 6s
A Huraijin Combo: Huraijin -> Spinning Edge -> Gust Slash = 200 + 210 + 320 = 730
0 0
30s 950x5 = 4750
60s 950x4+730 = 4530
90s 950x5 = 4750
120s 950x4+730 = 4530
Total: 18560 potency

So in 120s, the potency loss for not using the armor crush combo is 18920 - 18560 = 360 or 0.02 (0.019)%
In current savage content a 2% damage loss is impactful, but in those matches people also pick which jobs get to join because of extreme optimization.
In the rest of the game, meaning PUG and solo content, a 2% damage loss is trivial compared to knowledge of boss mechanics, ability to weave, and your positionals, let alone job (in)balances.
In 120s, if you use both combos on a boss that requires positioning and miss one positional, the overall potency will drop by 60, meaning in 120s if you miss 6 positionals (6x60=360), you wasted your effort positioning.
And don't forget this is a lazy calculation that completely removes one Aeolian edge in every 60s window/