DPS vs Actual Damage

However in game meters that people obsess with may show a drop in dps this is because of the way such meters work. They take your total damage and divide by the time you are actively in combat. If you are having to run around this is treated as dead time for the amount of dps you are doing.

eg: 10 min fight you spend 2 mins running around and do 2.88 million damage thats 2,880,000 / ((10-2) * 60) = 6000 dps.

Now if in exactly the same fight you are still running around for 2 mins but you manage to keep FS ticking on the target for those 2 mins. Your total damage will go up as you are doing more actual damage = helping the raid more by killing boss quicker. However your time in combat will be the full 10 mins.

eg: FS does say 250 dps for 10 mins that's 150,000 damage more taking your total damage to 3,030,000 / (10 * 60) = 5050 dps.

Moral of the story actual damage done is far far more important than your dps figure.