Originally Posted by
Elexia
You sure? Because even with Soulscourge (for damage) perpcost is so minimal to SMNs these days our auto-refresh can actually negate it, hence why I mentioned the magian trials and/or nirvana (which more are starting to float around.) When I say magian, I'm referring to the staff trials, not the armor trials which while AFv3+2 is nice, some of the AF2+2 augmented are also, but the main thing that separates SMNs from each other is the perp staves and/or mythic. The 75 BPs are boosted at level 99 (if you're not using the higher level BPs) so I wasn't referring to spike damage alone, I'm referring to overall performance that has been boosted outside of Abyssea.
Most SMNs never really reach it due to the fact they think +smn skill will make up for their gimped based SMN skill lol. So depending on when exactly you played, you likely missed out on some of the adjustments that boosted SMN outside of Abyssea. Even PUP shines outside of Abyssea if the master is up to date with everything, so I never take Abyssea into consideration due to the fact Atmas can boost even the gimpest of players into gods.