You posted them as proof of MNK > WAR when that's isn't entirely truthful and that is my point. Ok, what you seemingly avoid is the constant reminder that your data isn't necessarily accurate, but you avoid confirming it based on the large pool of data. All I suggest is there is possibilities of errors and each error corrupts the data. To you a single DC or death may not effect the parser stats significantly and while it may be just one or two cases, the effect compounded with others can effect the data significantly. I used those as an example because you may or may not consider them significant individually, but if you consider them all as a whole it does have an effect on the results. What you may have neglected, may be important to the results. I used a death or DC mid fight as an example, but what if those weren't the only errors. What about if the warriors lacked haste. Is that something you noticed? I'm sure you knew when you got hasted, but do you know if they did? Do you know the haste order? Everytime there was down time for whatever reason, when the haste order is restarted, someone is going to miss 20, 40 or 60 seconds of haste compared to other members, did you include that information when posting? Perhaps there was never any downtime for the whole duration of the party, perhaps not. But it does matter. Plus, I can guarantee the warriors also lost a lot of damage by subbing NIN. No, not because of the STR loss based on other subs but because of Utsusemi. Unless the tank was able to keep hate at all times during the fight, I am positive the warriors were expected to keep shadows up so lessen the damage taken, unlike a monk who sits there and takes the damage like a sponge. Mind you, a warrior is a lot more likely to pull hate due to the +enm on almost all WAR gear. So while a MNK has very few interuptions, a warrior probably has to put shadows up quite often.
And the worst offender of corrupt data, you. When I was in grade school we did an experiment, a very basic experiment to prove the most fundamental of laws. I took a test tube and filled it with two unknown reactants, covered the beaker with a rubber balloon and placed a rubber band around balloon and test tube to make sure no gas could escape. The test tube, both reactants, the balloon and rubber band were massed and the data was collected. The test tube was placed over a bunsen burner and the reactants chemically reacted forming a gas in the tube, expanding the balloon. Once the reaction was complete, I removed the test tube from the flame and allowed it to cool. Once it was cool enough to touch, I massed the entire system and compared it to my original data. At first, I didn't know what to expect with the data as I was very young and the whole experiment was unexpected, but once I gained my bearings, I knew what the data should reflect. But and I stress BUT the data didn't reflect what I knew should be true. So I did what any self respecting kid does, change the data so that it does. I knew immediately once we began comparing the data that we were dealing with the Law of Conservation of Mass which states matter can neither be created nor destroyed. I knew the sum of the masses should be exactly the same as the final mass of the entire system, but when I measured the final was 2 grams less. Upon reflection, I could have easily called it experimental error and suggested the gas leaked out of the balloon when the balloon expanded which I am sure was probably the case. My point? You went into your experiment with some expectation of the results and you immediately skewed the results in your favor. I am not accusing you of falsifying results or cheating much like I did, but whether you do it willfully or unintentionally does not matter, you still went into the fights expecting some outcome and it's very possible, your attitude had an effect on the data more than you care to believe.
Did you know that by just observing small particals, you have effect on it? By observing an electron, you affect it's future. By looking directly at it, instead of moving around the atom clockwise, it suddenly moves counter-clockwise (dramatic, but you get the idea). The same goes for your parser. By merely observing and parsing you experience fights you have an effect on the fights. You went into those fights expecting to have see how you compare to a elite warrior and you got the data you wanted. But is it good data? I am going to assume you went into those fights trying your hardest to get the most damage while those other warriors did... what? Did they even know you parsed it? Did you inform everyone in the parties to try their hardest to do the maximum damage? Probably not. So while it's possible you tried your hardest, they may have not. You could have been playing your A-game while they were sitting afk pressing the WS macro every 60 seconds meanwhile their real attention was on Grand Theft Auto, the next screen over. But did you include that information? Does this information matter? Again, all I am saying is your data is just data. YOu can make anything you want from it. You can say your gear is greater than warrior gear. You can say MNK > WAR, but the truth of the matter is, it doesn't say very much besides your damage was greater during that one particular experience party.
Skaw said:
What WSM probably doesn't realize, is that while Ridill might not be commonly dropped, you don't need to tackle all 3 kings to do it. Also consider that about once every 8 days, theres a chance for Ridill to not drop at all. As opposed to about once every 8 days, a complete black belt set is around. Notice: Not necessarily a complete black belt. Just a complete set.
Also I'm not saying that ones more rare than the other, just putting up the chance for either to be obtained.
There is a change a BB item can drop every Fafnir, Adamantoise, and Behemoth spawn plus a guaranteed drop every 8 days with KB, Aspid and Nidhogg. PLus the 3 items needed to obtain the BB drop from a KS99 fight. With Ridill, it's just a chance to drop 7/8 days. No offense, but the way you stated it makes it sound like the BB is harder to get, when it may very well not be. Then again it could be.
