Quote Originally Posted by Babydoll View Post
Yea this. ^^^^^

I run parser each fight and most of the BLM was in full AF parsing 8k-9k lol >.> That is umm...awful by Garuda's "expected" standards. They have to push out like 16k+ for it to work. So yeah...gear does matter. You need materia gear to do that much damage. >_<
Hello,

I do not wish to sound contrary but I would have to think that your suggestion of needing materia and gear do matters may be slightly incorrect. I too have run a parser. I consistently do 16-18k in damage. And I am not wearing AF (it is ugly). I am often wearing sub-par weak unhelpful equipment that children in the street point to and laugh saying 'you BLM in that.. lol' and other things (by 'children' I mean egotistic players who measure their self-worth by how many tripple melds they have).

I further analysed the data and noted some very consistent trends:
1) A lot of BLM miss (or get resisted). This can harm DPS.
2) A lot of BLMs do not do combos (I do not know why!). They do Thunder I -> II, and that's it. (Maybe refusing to do III if II did not land).
3) Very few BLMs make use of Blizzard/Freeze.

So whereas I have seen BLMs in full AF and 'expected' gear do battle, they can sometimes do half of me in my weak/pathetic gear.

Yes, gear helps. What helps more: Understanding how to use all your skills and abilities for the best possible outcome.