Quote Originally Posted by Martyn View Post
Hey Dervy, when you start the new DRG Thread could you please just put in some DPS numbers. Something like approximately expected DPS at Ilvl 110, 115, 120, etc. Maybe the thread finally gets rid of "is 650dps any good? " and "how much dps should I do ".
I don't think that will help. One reason is because item level is a deceptive number. Not all slots are made equal, for one: jewelry counts the same as a chest piece, while providing less than half the stats. And there is a significant difference in DPS between i110 with a Liberator versus i110 with a High Allagan Spear. Another reason is it doesn't translate to fight performance all that well. Even an innocent question like "what DPS should I do in T10" is going to be confounded by factors like "do you tank it on top of the puddle?" and "how many times do you get stunned for Wild Charge?".

If you want to know how much DPS you should do on a dummy, try it in-game, because that's 100% accurate to the game and it's not unrealistic to expect a near-perfect performance on a dummy (just keep trying). If you are trying to test a gearset you don't have, well, it takes a simulator to get in the right ballpark (they can't be super accurate until we have a super accurate damage formula, which we currently don't). Unfortunately, the sims that are available have some significant problems, sometimes with accuracy, sometimes with user-friendliness.

I think http://sim.ffxivguild.net/ would be okay if (and only if) several things about it got changed, some trivial some not.