What are the best melds? I have received mixed answers I know crit is a must. But I have have heard that accuracy, Set, and skill speed. I have both BRD and MCH an will like to swap between both.
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What are the best melds? I have received mixed answers I know crit is a must. But I have have heard that accuracy, Set, and skill speed. I have both BRD and MCH an will like to swap between both.
Not sure if anyone's suggested it, but if you get the torrent chest and hold a steady balance of acc pieces, acc melds shouldn't be needed. The current stat weights on both prioritize crit and skill speed. The only piece you'll ever meld det onto are the pieces that have capped crit and semi capped skill speed. While I'm not using a few of the pentamelded pieces now, this ariyala page shows some pieces I pentamelded for savage. It should illustrate the general mindset pretty well:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/TSLF
I'm shooting for Crit and Skill Speed on my BRD; skill speed for the sake of faster abilities and stronger dots.
The melds between MCH and BRD are a bit different to be honest. Bard gains a lot with skill speed(I never imagined I'd be saying this), while machinist doesn't benefit as much from it(ammo and proc chains rather negate it).
I'd never go with high skill speed on machinist. For bard though you should be looking at minimal ~600 skill speed.
For bard crit is still king due to the nature of our procs.