New to Blu and have a few questions... (can't find answers)

[Trisscar]

There was nothing to address. Nothing you posted was correct. Someone weaponskilling in TP gear is 'doing it wrong', and should be told they can improve their performance with simple usage of macros. If they refuse to listen then they are ignorant.

"They're doing it wrong" is still an elitist statement unless they're not even making the attempt to do what they can with what they have. What part of that do you have problem understanding?

Everything you wrote in the second paragraph shows a complete lack of understanding damage calculations.

You say this than fail to provide the equations to help me improve my math on it? You fail.

The third statement (and end of second statement) is inaccurate and shows you're eyeballing.

Only thing I can do, since I play on Xbox and don't have all those nifty tools computer players have. But I do have a calculator and am capable of using it correctly assuming I have the right equations at my disposal (which you haven't supplied btw).

But hey let's have some fun with mathematical similes to show you just how wrong you are:
You are in a Chocobo (in this simile a fictional maker of cars) car dealership and are looking to buy a brand new Chocobo. There are two brand new Chocobo, a Chocobo NQ model and a Chocobo HQ model.

Now the two cars are visually identical in every aspect down to the coat of jet black paint. However the Chocobo NQ is 1 million gil and the Chocobo HQ is 20% more at 5 million gil. So what is the difference? The Chocobo gets 1 more MPH, 1 more DEF and 1% more MPG. In your opinion do you think such a very minor performance difference is worth a 20% increase in price?

[cidbahamut]

"They're doing it wrong" is still an elitist statement unless they're not even making the attempt to do what they can with what they have. What part of that do you have problem understanding?

The only scenario in which no gear swapping would constitute "doing what they can with what they have" is one in which they only have 16 pieces of gear at their disposal, in which case they're not trying in the first place, and are therefor "doing it wrong" anyway.

You say this than fail to provide the equations to help me improve my math on it? You fail.

Google is hard? Your refusal to take steps to educate yourself speaks volumes about you as a player, but here, have a link and become better acquainted with how completely and totally ignorant you are regarding the math behind the game: http://wiki.bluegartr.com/bg/Weapon_Skill_Damage

[Trisscar]

http://wiki.bluegartr.com/bg/Weapon_Skill_Damage

Seen that a long time ago, but hey let's take a good look at it and see just why it's wrong:

Physical WS Damage Calculation:
WD: Base damage of your WS
D: Base damage of your weapon (e.g., Espadon = 43)
fSTR: difference between your STR and target's VIT. This can be capped (see below).
WSC: Secondary attribute like STR_30 (30% of your STR).
fTP: Multiplier (Please see chart below).
PDIF: (your ATK/target’s DEF) Caps at 2.4 for melee attacks and 3 for ranged attacks.

Let's focus on fSTR, the difference between your STR and your target's (as in the mob's) VIT. Let me clarify just why this particular part of the equation is flat out wrong: Show me the link where (say) Akvan's VIT is shown with any certainty. Can't do that? How about the one with the book's (that which I cheerfully call Necronomicon) VIT? Can't do that either? How about Voidwrought's? Any of the LWNM? Any mob at all? Can't do that?

Want to know why? Because they're not known. The entire equation (while well thought out) has an unknowable unknown, thus it's unreliable. Which also applies to the part with pDIF, because since all other attributes can only be guestimated on the equation is worthless.

[Shadowsong]

Any of the LWNM? Any mob at all? Can't do that?

If you are refusing game mechanics, can you at least use correct game TERMINOLOGY? wtf is LWNM