The current battle system mainly calculate everything from Your Rank vs Mob Rank

[Peregrine]

dlvl is a part of the equation, but it is not the only factor, or i would not see my dmg change attacking a mob 20 levels higher than me. If dlevel was the determining factor every mob that much higher would yeild the same results.

another test+
pug 42
vs level 70 gobbue
weathered hora 10-12 heavy strike
boarskin cesti 20-25

that essentially shows my weapon being twice as effective, this means if we were all fighting something 28 levels higher than us, my weapon is making me twice as effective at dps.
Im not questioning that dlevel matters, im saying gear still matters, if you have a situation where it doesnt, it has nothing to do with dlevel.

edit so in response to what peregrine is saying, basically since everyone has the same gear, and capped stats, only your level matters, but you are all the same level so nothing matters. doesnt sound like a problem with gear/stats, the probelm is you all have the same gear and stats.

I dunno how gimp you want to be, but a jade crook+3 with 120 int and pie is not the same gear and stats as a jade crook and 80 int and pie.

What you just said is that 85 attack increases your damage by 10 points. Wow lol...in ffxi it took about 16 attack to do that.

Thanks for proving my point. Even if you ARE mining for fish and being completely stupid about your setup, it just doesnt' matter that much.

Lol you gain 85 attack points and your damage goes up by 10. If you didn't test a lame straw man setup, you'd see that anything over 80 attack is pretty much "good enough." If you gained a level, your damage would probably go up by 15.

You basically just argued that if you're an idiot, something other than level actually makes a difference.
So....what about all the people who aren't idiots? What about real players?

Oh. That's right. Level's pretty much the only difference no matter what they equip. We all know that.