Quote Originally Posted by BMihawk View Post
Im not actually relating to the PB opener but rather when you already have GL3 up and you pop PB to use a move. Usually SNAP or BS. Which is more rewarding while taking into consideration that you have IR and BfB available.

Reading some other post, some people suggested going BS as it crits 100% of the time as long your on the rear of the mob, making sure to hit snap once the GL3 stacks are dying while keeping TS up to ensure that 10% damage buff are up as well.

So the other day while doing coil. I pop-ed PB while already in GL3. Without BfB, Bootstrike hits about 520 while with BfB it hits about 530-540 range. It seems not beneficial using BfB here as to me it seems as if the crit damage is "capped" as compared to using SNAP + IR + BFB which could sometimes go as high as 700+ and hits about the same as BS without BfB.

So my question is, do we usually use SP as a damage dealing move when already in GL3 and PB is popped to use the non form bonus or is Bootstrike the better option.
Overall I'd suggest against using PB for anything other than GL3 recovery, unless you're absolutely certain you won't lose it for whatever content you're doing.

Also, on MNK BfB is only a 10% increase in damage. That said, even then what you're suggesting seems off. Idk... I've seen my Bootshines get the expected increase in damage from BfB.