Some CON Questions

Hi all,

CON is my main and only job but I realize I that I really don't have a good grasp on how it works. Was hoping some of you could answer some questions I have about the class. I know a lot of these may seem stupid or are things I should already know, but I figured "he who asks a question looks foolish for a minute...". Anyway, here they are:

1) Is stoneskin modified by any attribute?
2) Is repose modified by any attribute?
3) When I'm filling a main healer role, what attributes would be best to stack and in what order?
4) Can cures critical?
5) What restores more HP, 2 cures or 1 cura?
6) What restores more HP, sacred prism + cura or curaga?
7) What is the soft attribute cap at level 50?

I'll probably add a few more to the thread as they come to mind but that's about it for now.

Thanks!

Edit: I know this probably belongs in the CON forums, but they seem kind of dead...

1) VIT
2) MND
3) Ionno, MND?
4) I think so, but there's no text I've seen to denote it
5) About the same for Cura and Cure. Curaga is weird, it depends on how much HP the people in area of effect need.
6) You mean Sacred Prism. That and Cura, hands down.
7) No clue.

We have a class section, and every question you ask has been discussed, explained and tested, in that section, check it out and enjoy.

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Originally Posted by Coglin

We have a class section, and a majority of your questions, if not all will be answered there, several of our questions have already been asked in threads there. I am honestly surprised you hadn't checked there already.

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Most of my questions weren't answered in the threads I looked at.

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

Most of these weren't answered in the threads I looked at.

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http://c.static.memegenerator.net/ca...3/13592181.jpg

Here's what all the stats do:

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Strength
Attack Power
Damage dealt by puglist, gladiator, marauder, and lancer arms

Vitality
Damage taken
Enhancement Magic Potency
Maximum HP
Damage dealt by marauder arms

Dexterity
Accuracy
Block Rate
Parry
Damage dealt by archer arms

Intelligence
Attack Magic Potency
Damage dealt by pugilist arms

Mind
Healing Magic Potency
Magic Accuracy
Damage dealt by gladiator, thaumaturge, and conjurer arms

Piety
Magic Evasion
Enfeebling Magic Potency
Maximum MP
Damage dealt by archer, lancer, thaumaturge, and conjurer arms

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Stoneskin is enhancing magic, so I guess it's effected by your enhancing magic stat. But I don't know if it really does or not.

Yes heals can crit, but it not displayed as a "critical heal" in the chat log, you'll just sometimes heal for more than usual, and it's effected by magical crit potency and magical crit rate.

For hp/mp I think cura is probably better, although you get more enmity with cura.

On 6.) I think you're talking about sacred prism ? If so yes I would do sacred prism+cura instead of curaga, as curaga gives you a lot of enmity and costs much more MP. You basically get the same effect from doing sacred prism+cura. Curaga heals about the same as cura but it's AoE.

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Originally Posted by Answa

1) VIT
2) MAGIC ACCURACY
3) Ionno, MND?
4) I think so, but there's no text I've seen to denote it
5) About the same for Cura and Cure. Curaga is weird, it depends on how much HP the people in area of effect need.
6) You mean Sacred Prism. That and Cura, hands down.
7) No clue.

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fixed number 2

Hmmm thanks for the replies so far.

Anyone know about #7?

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Originally Posted by Zetsumei_Tsunarashi

On 6.) I think you're talking about sacred prism ? If so yes I would do sacred prism+cura instead of curaga, as curaga gives you a lot of enmity and costs much more MP. You basically get the same effect from doing sacred prism+cura. Curaga heals about the same as cura but it's AoE.

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Enmity from cure is not based on the type of cure you use. It is calculated at .75 points of enmity for each 1 hp cured, assuming 1 point of damage = 1 point of enmity. Thus, Sacred Prism + Cura will give much much more enmity than Curaga if you hit every party member.

Edit: Curaga will never heal as much as prism+cura if you hit more than 3 party members. Curaga has like a cap of HP it can cure, that is distributed amongst those in range with the lowest hp first and caps at around 2000 hp. However, sacred prism will make your Cura hit for everyone in range for 1k+ hp.

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Originally Posted by Vexerus

fixed number 2

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He asked for an attribute, not a stat. I associate attribute with MND, INT, PIE, STR, DEX, and VIT. Otherwise, I would've said MAcc. lol

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

Hmmm thanks for the replies so far.

Anyone know about #7?

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I'm not sure about it, it's hard to test it these days because you can't freely modify your stats all the way to the cap anymore. You'd have to get a lot of materia and even then you won't know for sure because the amount you can increase your stats via materia is also capped.

Actually both 2 and 3 have multiple modifiers. Vexerus didn't fix anything, he removed one of the correct answers to add another.
If the OP read the clas forums he would see where we have already had this debate and explaination of its mechanics.

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

Most of my questions weren't answered in the threads I looked at.

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then for one, why did you post it here anyway, and two, yes, all of these are answered and explained.

#7 is also tested and explained in the CNJ forums, contrary to OP "claiming" his answers cannot be found there.

I take no issue with curious people "re-asking" question. BUT to clutter an already disarrayed forums makes it worse.

I know your better then that.

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Originally Posted by Answa

He asked for an attribute, not a stat. I associate attribute with MND, INT, PIE, STR, DEX, and VIT. Otherwise, I would've said MAcc. lol

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Magic accuracy is not a stat? PIE increases your enfeebling magic potency, yes (the only way to increase enfeebling magic potency in fact). However sleep is not governed by enfeebling magic potency, thus PIE has no effect on sleep resist rates what so ever.

The correct answer would be MND then, since MND increases magic accuracy.

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Originally Posted by Coglin

Actually both 2 and 3 have multiple modifiers. Vexerus didn't fix anything, he removed one of the correct answers to add another.
If the OP read the clas forums he would see where we have already had this debate and explaination of its mechanics.

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proof in this dev response

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

JP side has a thread saying there is only sleep spell and there is a stat called Enfeebling Magic Potency Up... so what gives?? and Poice on that thread had a good question so Mocchi (Rep) answered his question.


Poice: Does Sleep or Repose effectivness be affected by PIE - Enfeebling Magic Potency? This is really important for crowd controllers so wanted to check. Also if it was affected by enfeebling magic potency that means Dark Seal > Sleep is useless right?

Rep: Magic such as Sleep/Repose's effect is affected by Magic Accuracy and for additional effects from such as Aura Pulse with Additional "Slow" effect WS's enfeebling effect is affected by Enfeebling Magic Potency. For that Reason "Dark Seal > Sleep" is correctly being affected by Dark Seals effect.

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

I know this probably belongs in the CON forums, but they seem kind of dead...

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Probably because people post posts belonging in there in General. :p

@ OP the first page alone, in the CNJ threads has threads tittles almost identicle to 6 out of 7 of your question, so claiming they are not answered in the thread is either intentional bologna or laziness to research.

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Originally Posted by Coglin

@ OP the first page alone, in the CNJ threads has threads tittles almost identicle to 6 out of 7 of your question, so claiming they are not answered in the thread is either intentional bologna or laziness to research.

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you mad, bro?

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

you mad, bro?

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Nope. Just taking steps to help repel the forums clutter, especially when I was being literal. The first page of the CNJ forums literally had threads of discussion tittled after 6 out of 7 of your question. No need to assume I am mad, I didn't jump to conclissions about why you posted here.

I mean I didn't just ask:

you simple, bro?

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Originally Posted by Coglin

Nope. Just taking steps to help repel the forums clutter, especially when I was being literal. The first page of the CNJ forums literally had threads of discussion tittled after 6 out of 7 of your question. No need to assume I am mad, I didn't jump to conclissions about why you posted here.

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Cuz u seem kinda mad...

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Originally Posted by Vexerus

Magic accuracy is not a stat? PIE increases your enfeebling magic potency, yes (the only way to increase enfeebling magic potency in fact). However sleep is not governed by enfeebling magic potency, thus PIE has no effect on sleep resist rates what so ever.

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Hrm. I derped on the attribute I used. I intended to use the MAcc one from the getgo. I just brain farted. :3

I'll try to answer the questions to the best of my ability, but I have a feeling it's all going to be answered by the time I type this all out. *weak laugh*

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1) Is stoneskin modified by any attribute?

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Stoneskin is modified by the Enhancement Magic Potency stat. Currently, the only way to increase this is through the increase of VIT.

This is referenced in this thread here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/32606

(do a search for ≪Parameters and Their Effects≫)

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2) Is repose modified by any attribute?

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Repose 'accuracy' is modified by the Magic Accuracy stat. This can be increased through the use of equipments, Materia, abilities such as Dark Seal and also through the increase of the MND stat, as referenced by the earlier link under Parameters and Their Effects.

A common misconception people have is the difference between the Magic Accuracy stat and the Enfeebling Magic Potency stat. Magic Accuracy affects the ability to 'land' spells, where Enfeebling Magic Potency affects the chance for additional effects to activate after an ability (such as the chance to inflict a Bleed effect after Aero or a Heavy upon a target after Stonera). This is referenced in this thread here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...%9B#post499398

Repose 'potency', on the other hand, I'm not sure with. I'm not even sure if it even exists because it may be (and most likely be) treated on the same scope as Sleep/Repose in FFXI in which its accuracy was the only measure of potency as its full duration was always static.

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3) When I'm filling a main healer role, what attributes would be best to stack and in what order?

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This is actually a difficult question to answer as it really depends on your play-style.

If you want to play it safe, stacking Enmity- is quite important. Because enmity in this game is calculated through raw damage and healing numbers (example: Say if you heal 1000 HP on another person without any Enmity-, the mob will have 1000 enmity on you, which can only be neutralized through another person doing 1000 damage, 1000 healing, or abilities that generate equivalent amounts of enmity), keeping the mob's enmity as low as possible so the mob does not come after you is a key thing to remember for any mage.

Healing Magic Potency, increased through equipments/Materia with Water Magic Potency (unconfirmed), Healing Magic Potency, or through MND which affects Healing Magic Potency is also important as it saves you MP in the long run as well as healing a person's HP as high as possible with 1 spell in a pinch. However, do keep in mind that because of how enmity is calculated, healing more isn't -always- a good thing because it means the mob will come after you faster if you neglect to control your enmity.

Finally, while I'm sure many will try to argue my point, while a maximum MP increase can be beneficial as you can cast more spells without rest from full, I would actually recommend maximum HP as the stat to increase compared to maximum MP if given a choice between the two. There are two reasons behind this. One is attributed to simple survivability. The more HP you have, the less chance you have dying in case something goes wrong. And two is because of how the CNJ's Blissful Mind ability works. When a CNJ is engaged in a long fight, MP management plays a much important role rather than maximum MP. Because the amount of MP you heal through Blissful Mind is dependent on a CNJ's current HP, this means the more HP you have, the more MP you recover, and in a longer fight, this will ultimately win out.

Other than this, there are other stats to keep in mind such as INT and Magic Potency (for raw spell damage), VIT (for Protect/Stoneskin), PIE (for Enfeebling Magic Potency), MND and Magic Accuracy (for accuracy in landing offensive spells or Repose), so there are a lot of things to consider. Ultimately, it is up to you to find out what's right and what works to best accommodate how you play CNJ.

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4) Can cures critical?

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Yes, they can. However, unlike offensive spells/abilities, the log does not display critical hit cures. You can only spot them through seemingly random spikes in healing.

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5) What restores more HP, 2 cures or 1 cura?

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In terms of HP/MP ratio, Cure is -generally- more effective. I will only say generally because it might be possible with a high enough cure potency setup that the situation will reverse. Don't hold my word on this, however.

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6) What restores more HP, sacred prism + cura or curaga?

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Sacred Prism + Cura will restore more HP than Curaga, but there's a huge drawback in the fact that it generates huge amounts of enmity. Because Cura will restore HP even when the character you heal has full HP, this generates enmity. To illustrate my point, let's say you heal 8 characters for 1000 HP each, despite the fact that 6 of them have full HP. This generates a total of 8000 points of raw enmity. Then let's move onto Curaga, where its nature is that it will heal 0 HP if the targeted character already has full HP. Curaga will then heal the two characters that are damaged for a combined total of 2000 HP but heals the other 6 whom have full HP 0 points, thus generating only 2000 points of raw enmity. This is why it's generally a better idea to use Curaga to heal the entire party rather than a Sacred Prism + Cura unless a.) the mob(s) you're fighting is on the verge of death or b.) your entire party is in the red and you need to heal them even if it means having the mob on top of you.

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7) What is the soft attribute cap at level 50?

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I'm not sure how to answer this question as it's not exactly clear what you're asking.

Hope this helps!

- Stanislaw

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Originally Posted by Stanislaw

I'll try to answer the questions to the best of my ability, but I have a feeling it's all going to be answered by the time I type this all out. *weak laugh*



Stoneskin is modified by the Enhancement Magic Potency stat. Currently, the only way to increase this is through the increase of VIT.

This is referenced in this thread here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/32606

(do a search for ≪Parameters and Their Effects≫)



Repose 'accuracy' is modified by the Magic Accuracy stat. This can be increased through the use of equipments, Materia, abilities such as Dark Seal and also through the increase of the MND stat, as referenced by the earlier link under Parameters and Their Effects.

A common misconception people have is the difference between the Magic Accuracy stat and the Enfeebling Magic Potency stat. Magic Accuracy affects the ability to 'land' spells, where Enfeebling Magic Potency stat affects the chance for additional effects to activate after an ability (such as the chance to inflict a Bleed effect after Aero or a Heavy upon a target after Stonera). This is referenced in this thread here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...%9B#post499398

Repose 'potency', on the other hand, I'm not sure with. I'm not even sure if it even exists because it may be (and most likely be) treated on the same scope as Sleep/Repose in FFXI in which its accuracy was the only measure of potency as its full duration was always static.



This is actually a difficult question to answer as it really depends on your play-style.

If you want to play it safe, stacking Enmity- is quite important. Because enmity in this game is calculated through raw damage and healing numbers (example: Say if you heal 1000 HP on another person without any Enmity-, the mob will have 1000 enmity on you, which can only be neutralized through another person doing 1000 damage, 1000 healing, or abilities that generate equivalent amounts of enmity), keeping the mob's enmity as low as possible so the mob does not come after you is a key thing to remember for any mage.

Healing Magic Potency, increased through equipments/Materia with Water Magic Potency (unconfirmed), Healing Magic Potency, or through MND which affects Healing Magic Potency is also important as it saves you MP in the long run as well as healing a person's HP as high as possible with 1 spell in a pinch. However, do keep in mind that because of how enmity is calculated, healing more isn't -always- a good thing because it means the mob will come after you faster if you neglect to control your enmity.

Finally, while I'm sure many will try to argue my point, while a maximum MP increase can be beneficial as you can cast more spells without rest from full, I would actually recommend maximum HP as the stat to increase compared to maximum MP if given a choice between the two. There are two reasons behind this. One is attributed to simple survivability. The more HP you have, the less chance you have dying in case something goes wrong. And two is because of how the CNJ's Blissful Mind ability works. When a CNJ is engaged in a long fight, MP management plays a much important role rather than maximum MP. Because the amount of MP you heal through Blissful Mind is dependent on a CNJ's current HP, this means the more HP you have, the more MP you recover, and in a longer fight, this will ultimately win out.

Other than this, there are other stats to keep in mind such as INT and Magic Potency (for raw spell damage), VIT (for Protect/Stoneskin), PIE (for Enfeebling Magic Potency), MND and Magic Accuracy (for accuracy in landing offensive spells or Repose), so there are a lot of things to consider. Ultimately, it is up to you to find out what's right what works to best accommodate how you play CNJ.



Yes, they can. However, unlike offensive spells/abilities, the log does not display critical hit cures. You can only spot them through random spikes in healing.



In terms of HP/MP ratio, Cure is -generally- more effective. I will only say generally because it might be possible with a high enough cure potency setup that the situation will reverse. Don't hold my word on this, however.



Sacred Prism + Cura will restore more HP than Curaga, but there's a huge drawback in the fact that it generates huge amounts of enmity. Because Cura will restore HP even when the character you heal has full HP, this generates enmity. To illustrate my point, let's say you heal 8 characters for 1000 HP each, despite the fact that 6 of them have full HP. This generates a total of 8000 points of raw enmity. Then let's move onto Curaga, where it's nature is that it will heal 0 HP if the targeted character already has full HP. Curaga will then heal the two characters that are damaged for a combined total of 2000 HP but heals the other 6 whom have full HP 0 points, thus generating only 2000 points of raw enmity. This is why it's generally a better idea to use Curaga to heal the entire party rather than a Sacred Prism + Cura unless a.) the mob(s) you're fighting are on the verge of death or b.) your entire party is in the red and you need to heal them even if it means having the mob on top of you.



I'm not sure how to answer this question as it's not exactly clear what you're asking.

Hope this helps!

- Stanislaw

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Thank you for the detailed answer and not just telling me to look somewhere else. Really appreciated!

For 7 all I was asking is if there's a maximum attribute cap. Like X hundred MND and beyond that you can't get any benefit from stacking it. I guess the question of diminishing returns at a certain level of an attribute would also be worth asking. :P

Edit: also, VIT affects protect? Can you elaborate?

On #7, no known diminishing returns have been reached and reported. Stack away sun!

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

Thank you for the detailed answer and not just telling me to look somewhere else. Really appreciated!

For 7 all I was asking is if there's a maximum attribute cap. Like X hundred MND and beyond that you can't get any benefit from stacking it. I guess the question of diminishing returns at a certain level of an attribute would also be worth asking. :P

Edit: also, VIT affects protect? Can you elaborate?

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post528860

VIT affects enhancing magic potency.

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

Edit: also, VIT affects protect? Can you elaborate?

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Protect is a beneficial magic spell.

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Vitality
•Damage taken
•Enhancement Magic Potency
•Maximum HP
•Damage dealt by marauder arms

All spells that add a benefit are modified by vitality. I was going to post the links to the 3 threads on the first page of the CNJ section that discusse and debate this in more detail, but appearently it angers you to use the prediscussed information already layed out.

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Originally Posted by Vexerus

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Magic accuracy...which is increased by MND. Also, note that PIE increases Enfeebling Potency. I don't know for a fact what that would do for Repose but you might get longer durations. M.Acc/MND is definitely more important though, since that's what determines if the Repose sticks in the first place.

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Originally Posted by WinnipegJet

Edit: also, VIT affects protect? Can you elaborate?

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Like Stoneskin, Protect is also modified by the Enhancement Magic Potency stat. And because the only way to increase this is through the increase of VIT as of right now (if you don't count the CNJ's passive effect that increases Enhancement Magic Potency), it is thus the reason why VIT affects Protect.

Also, as Fiosha_Maureiba has noted before me, there does exist a certain threshold where after a certain point there are diminishing returns from stats. Although people are working on to find out exactly what this threshold is, I don't think anybody has a clear answer as of yet as more testing needs to be done before a conclusion is reached.

All of Stanislaw's info is good, and I agree about prioritizing HP over MP. However I wanted to note that it has been pretty much confirmed that Water Potency does nothing for Cures.

Concerning Magic Accuracy Vs. Enfeebling Magic Potency, it seems best to think about it this way:

Magic Accuracy: The chance of a spell's primary effect being successful.
Enfeebling Potency: The success rate and potency of skills' added effects.

Magic Accuracy will boost your success rate with Repose/Sleep and its duration, as Sleep is its only effect. Enfeebling potency is used for skills like Shadowbind and spells like Aero. Aero's damage is its primary effect with the Bleed damage being a secondary effect. The Aero damage is affected by magic accuracy and is required to land unresisted to start a combo. The extra Bleed effect lands more reliably with higher Enfeebling magic and has a separate chance to land regardless of whether or not Aero itself is resisted, and since it's secondary the Bleed effect doesn't have to land in order for the Aero combo to start.

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Originally Posted by Stanislaw

Healing Magic Potency, increased through equipments/Materia with Water Magic Potency (unconfirmed), Healing Magic Potency, or through MND which affects Healing Magic Potency is also important as it saves you MP in the long run as well as healing a person's HP as high as possible with 1 spell in a pinch. However, do keep in mind that because of how enmity is calculated, healing more isn't -always- a good thing because it means the mob will come after you faster if you neglect to control your enmity.

- Stanislaw

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Water Magic Potency does nothing to healing. And I agree -enmity is better, since abilities can cover the mp part better and +54 mnd only add 60more hp (6%). +12 healing pot ~ 3% increase...way too expensive for that 3% (30hp more for cura)
If you are interested... here has little test

To answer the 7th question, yes, there is certainly one, or at least a point where the threshold to the next obvious change is very huge.

I have a VIT focusing gear set. With 3 VIT rings to bring my VIT as high as possible. (302 VIT)
At this point, my Protect brings my elemental resistances to 404.

Then I try to remove the rings one by one:
To maintain Protect to give 404 elemental resistance, I need 1 ring on me..
Which gives me 288 VIT.. and 421 Enchanting Magic stat.

So,
Either I've reached my cap around 288 VIT, or I have to increase my VIT somewhere higher than 14 to see the next change in elemental resistance.

FYI, with 2 and 3 rings I have 422, 424 Enchanting Magic respectively.

For #7, I intentionally copied this from the official forums so I wouldn't have to go back and find it, but this post is debated somewhere on these forums if you'd like to try and search for it ^^;

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Hello everyone. Kory Zangetsu from Rabanastre SeeD reporting! We just recently posted a Good King Moogle Mog XII strategy on these forums to help people out so I thought it would be a good time to release this information.

As you may know SE released information on stats for auto attack bonus. These stats won't seem very effective until you pass certain thresholds. The magic number to get your AA stats to at 50 is 280. Then if you have the time and patience to go even further you can use forbidden materia to reach the next threshold at 340. When you get both AA stats to these thresholds you will see a significant increase in damage.

After much testing we have determined that this doesn't only apply to AA. For example if you reach 280 INT you will see a damage increase compared to just packing on magic attack.

Defense if a bit different but every 100 defense gives you a damage cut. From testing we did it appears that DEF is superior to VIT for damage reductions.

There are threshold for more than just the few I mentioned but I will let everyone have fun and discover them.

I hope this helps people out.

- Kory Zangetsu of Rabanastre SeeD.

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So what I think he means is that you will see a general increase as your stats go up, but these "thresholds" will see the most significant differences (or maybe even a slight bump at these thresholds?).

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For #7, I intentionally copied this from the official forums so I wouldn't have to go back and find it, but this post is debated somewhere on these forums if you'd like to try and search for it ^^;

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Hello everyone. Kory Zangetsu from Rabanastre SeeD reporting! We just recently posted a Good King Moogle Mog XII strategy on these forums to help people out so I thought it would be a good time to release this information.

As you may know SE released information on stats for auto attack bonus. These stats won't seem very effective until you pass certain thresholds. The magic number to get your AA stats to at 50 is 280. Then if you have the time and patience to go even further you can use forbidden materia to reach the next threshold at 340. When you get both AA stats to these thresholds you will see a significant increase in damage.

After much testing we have determined that this doesn't only apply to AA. For example if you reach 280 INT you will see a damage increase compared to just packing on magic attack.

Defense if a bit different but every 100 defense gives you a damage cut. From testing we did it appears that DEF is superior to VIT for damage reductions.

There are threshold for more than just the few I mentioned but I will let everyone have fun and discover them.

I hope this helps people out.

- Kory Zangetsu of Rabanastre SeeD.

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So what I think he means is that you will see a general increase as your stats go up, but these "thresholds" will see the most significant differences (or maybe even a slight bump at these thresholds?).

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I seen this post as well, but never seen any good hard data behind it. Were any parses done to confirm this? Sorry to throw your quote into doubt, but after years of XI there have been many claims like this that are just flat out wrong.

EDIT: I haven't noticed a threshold like potency increase with INT on THM, but I will check it out tomorrow on some 50 drubbers. It just doesn't make sense that SE would make a threshold based system like this, as it would clearly render most stats useless except the one you are going all out for.

EDIT2: Went ahead and went to the 50 drubbers, took off some INT to get under the so called "340 threshold" in that guy's post. The closest I could get was 336 INT, which I did a few Thunders with, then I put a ring back on to put me at 343 INT, then I tried again with my usual 363 INT:

336INT: 527, 516, 496, 492, 521, 516, Avg: 511.3
343INT: 530, 528, 508, 548, 527, 546, Avg: 531.1
363INT: 532, 534, 532, 548, 549, 556, Avg: 541.8

There aren't nearly enough nuke samples there to come up with a concrete answer (out of 6 nukes with each setup, the jitter could easily throw the average a bit high or low), but I think we can easily call shenanigans on this theory as far as INT goes.

1) Vitality, since Stoneskin is enchancement magic.
2) No, but the hit rate is your m.acc vs its passive resistance.
3) Healing Potency, Magic Crit, Mp. (Mind has a 4:1 ratio for healing potency vs healers hand materia which gives 1:1. You should focus on this materia on your mh and head. Magic crit on the hands produces larger crit cures, and mp for extended fights.)
4) Yes.
5) Both are about even, given they dont crit.
6) Trick question. Curaga, hypothetically if a party memer is in dire need of healing and other members are barely scratched; The base for Curaga can be more potent under the correct conditions but it doesnt Crit as opposed to Cura which does. Otherwise it would be Cura + sacred prism in the majority of circumstances.
7) +250 on any stat is what I've been told.