Originally Posted by Endurah
I haven't been using Dire Beast as from the femaledwarf it has a lower DPS yield, and I've read several forums about how there is a delay in attacks, and when the boss moves that also is also a minus in DPS. Fervor is what I'm using right now.
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I'm not sure that I have much confidence in your sim results as general consensus has been that DB is the highest dps talent in that tier, both in terms of the simulator and real world expectations. It is absolutely true that real world DB sometimes (but not always) underperforms theoretical expectations, and research into that is ongoing. But the attack delay you have read about (perhaps including my own posts on it) doesn't ever drop more than 1 attack in realistic circumstances. If you're firing DB at a time where extensive boss movement / phase changes drop more attacks than the 0-1 lost to the initial delay bug or pathing twitch, you're using it wrong.
Meanwhile, the difference between MS and direct Serpent application is mostly moot. But during DB (or, sure, Fervor), it's a race to avoid focus capping anyway, and the extra damage from MS can be re-imagined as a 60% weapon hit, off GCD, for 15 focus. Which is good -- we'd use that button if it was a real power. If encounter mechanics make MS suboptimal, or the energy cost really bothers you for some reason, that's almost certainly the deviation from optimal behavior that would have the
least real-world impact.