The Ultimate Black Mage Resources with Damage Calculator

[possiblythinking]

I'm 2 items away from SET B...now you tell me SET D is better...I hate you .

meh I will stick to set B since I like big numbers more anyway.

Set D is Set B with more Myth gear, except for the 2 Hero accessories that you replace with Coil gear. Unless you started with those, you don't lose anything. Even if you did, unless and until you've got the Coil drops, that accessory will still be an upgrade for you.

How much better is spellspeed than crit?

At Max gear about 4 DPS if you use the spreadsheet linked to compare BiS non-SS and BiS SS, with SS being the higher value.

[TempestZane]

I made a spreadsheet myself to compare gear choices between Allagan and Myth. With full Allagan + hero ring, you basicly have 406 acc.

Btw what I find weird is that if i use the values you gave on stats converted to theoretical int, I get a BiS set that is actually not on your spreadsheet, since you have BiS sets that were based on the data you had before you SS research, and you have sets focussed on SS, but you dont have a purely BiS set with the new data.

The set I found as BiS was: (assuming stardust+1 as weapon, i did not look at allagan weapon)

Head: Myth
Chest: Myth
Gloves: Allagan/Myth (depends on how much accuracy you want)
Pants: Allagan
Belt: Allagan
Boots: Allagan/Myth (the same boots)
Necklace: Allagan
Earring: Allagan (only 0.6 theoretical int difference with myth)
Bracelet: Allagan
Ring1: Myth
Ring2: Allagan

Where the Allagan necklace/bracelet both are +1.42 theoretical int compared to myth

[PuroStrider]

Don't feel discouraged just yet. I'm almost finish with my super in-dept 10 page essay on Crit vs Spell Speed based on new data.

I will then update BiS gear after that.

Hang on just a little longer.


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@Zenithx - Crit net worth varies depending on your average damage per cast in a fight. Spell Speed net worth varies with both your average damage and GCD number. So, their net worths will fluctuate depending on your gear. Spell Speed will always worth just a bit more every all cases though. Keep in mind that this is just a theoretical number. I wouldn't jump to any conclusion until you've looked at their effect in real-world application since the difference is very minute.

[PuroStrider]

Finally finished my Spell Speed vs Crit analysis. It's over 13000 words long so I'm not gonna post it 13 times here.

Here's the link: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...ed_with_super/

Have fun

[Jeh11]

Hey, thank you for your big and amazing work, in any case it seems to me it is. I say that because English is not my first language and its a little hard for me to follow... so i only have one question for you, Is this the Set B (Crit) or the Set D (SS) who is the best for DPS in general? To which one should i go now for the most efficient DPS in the majority of the encounters of the game for now, please?

[Warchild_Zek]

So is it pretty much confirmed that there are no diminishing returns on stats?

[Psykloned]

What do you all consider BiS for BLM? I get mixed information that 2 star craft accessories are BiS for us, other say nay.

[Exstal]

What do you all consider BiS for BLM? I get mixed information that 2 star craft accessories are BiS for us, other say nay.

No crafted gear is BiS but you can make a strong argument for replacing Allagan Ring with Astral ring

Set B is the set I would like most because it's the "did you see that?!" set.

[TempestZane]

I know the gear section is under a revamp, but i still find it funny that your set 'poop' has higher dps than set A and C :P

[NeoAmon]

IMHO, I would always go for SET B as the end of all BiS.

My reasons are as follow:

1- Easy to switch to SMN as soon as it is confirmed BLM will be the only job in the game to receive half ilvl95 weapon (no ilvl90 shield, no alternative for Relic +1).

2- I really think Burst is the most important thing BLM can bring to the table. Conflag is just an example, when 2 of the 4 DPS have to go under a fast Conflag and it is up to you to get them out, dat Fire III 1.55k Crit will make the difference.

3- SS can be replaced with experience and skills IMHO. On the other hand big numbers are only achieved through mixture of WD, INT, DET & Crit.

4- Myth is precious .