Quote Originally Posted by Asiaine View Post
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.
1. BLM in full af would assume that they are getting resisted since they don't gear properly.
2. If you bring a blm that doesn't know how to use their spells (lol?) then that is just ya.
3. What? IDK if you are trying to say this is DD or for lowering enmity. Lol on the blizzard and freeze is not a DD spell. So I didn't know what to really think.