Originally Posted by
Perin
I don't think crit atk was ever buffed. The crit change I remember was in the patch back when dragoon's weapon skills lost their accuracy penalty. I believe all they did there was reduce the dLvl penalty in the crit rate formula though. Being able to significantly boost your crit rate against high level mobs got people interested in stacking crit power to complement that. It was a while ago, and I'm too lazy to go look for the post. I'm fairly sure it was in the patch notes though.