Quote (SCXiao @ 6 Dec 2013 10:26)
You failed to see my sarcasm, young padawan.
But yes, splashing 10% multicasts and saving for 200% powershots is a huge waste in actions and time and sadly a lot of people fail to see this
All they care about is
-actions
-average damage
and use this as an excuse to slack off, "because I can go afk for 10 min no problem I still have more actions/damage than you"
I'm not sure what the ratio normally is but I usually aim for about 40-50%. It's gear based and based on my HC gear I need about that much to do approximately 1/4-1/3 of a good portion of monster's health. That leaves 3/4 - 2/3 for the rest of the group to do the same to and kill amazingly efficiently.
I, more often than not, will out total damage anyone waiting for 100% before they use their ability. The only ones that stick close or out damage me are those with ridiculously good gear, as my gear is mediocre at best (nb for HC).
No one is telling you to use your ability at 10%, we're saying you need to find the ratio that will get you to do the most total damage and make the climb efficient.