Quote Originally Posted by ChaozK View Post
I didnt say selfish dps should have lower rdps i am saying being selfish only means you are supposed to have high personal dps not rdps. Which Reaper is 3rd at. So saying RPR being dead last as a selfish dps isnt a correct statement. Either it means you dont understand what selfish dps means or you dont undestand that RPR isnt dead last in personal dps.
It's dead last where it matters. Personal dps is ok to look at but the reality is you always have your party. People are not going to go "oh well I suppose reaper is better on nDPS so I will take it over this other melee"
No, they are gonna see that reaper provides the least to the group and pick the samurai or monk if given the choice. Look how few reapers cleared week one compared to other melee.

"rDPS is great for showing how much damage you really contributed to the raid, For utility jobs like Dancer and Ninja, the metric depends on people making good use of your buffs, so some damage you contribute to the raid is out of your control.

nDPS is great for showing how well you executed your rotation. This allows, for example, Dancers and Ninjas, to see how well they did even if placed with underperforming partners or groups."

And if you think "selfish only means you are supposed to have high personal dps not rdps" why then is reaper not just behind a samurai? Why is the monk ahead of it when it is less selfish?

It is quite simple. If the samurai had high personal dps but the rdps was so much lower than its peers then people would not take it. They would take the job with the higher rdps. It HAS to have high ndps AND rdps to compete with the other jobs who bring damage and raid buff+utility.

The damage difference of a reaper compared to a samurai was very significant and noticeable week 1.