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    Finals's Avatar
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    Livvy Finale
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Arcanist Lv 50
    I'm about to disagree with everyone in this thread. For this reason, I will be providing actual numbers. An overmelded HQ Vanya is superior to a Royal Vest.

    Please refer to http://valk.dancing-mad.com/methodology/ for all calculations used.

    First, let us go over the gains and losses of a Royal Vest vs. an overmelded HQ Vanya:

    Gains from Royal Vest
    5 MND
    3 Spell Speed

    Losses from overmelded HQ Vanya
    27 Critical Hit Rate
    18 Determination

    A loss of 27 Critical Hit Rate is a loss of 1.88% chance to critically heal. This is a large factor. Thus, let us now take a look at the average heal with both armors with critical heals averaged in:

    Crit Adjusted Heal (Royal Vest)
    945.81

    Crit Adjusted Heal (overmelded HQ Vanya)
    952.23

    Hence, we come to our conclusion. An overmelded HQ Vanya gives an increase of 10.57 absolute healing or a 0.67% increase to healing.
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    Player PArcher's Avatar
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    Gridania
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    Kytre Ashaer
    World
    Gilgamesh
    Main Class
    Warrior Lv 70
    Quote Originally Posted by Finals View Post
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    Except you cannot rely on crits for healing. At all. Sure, your overall HPS is increased over a long period of healing...but when you need to heal something in a tight spot, bigger heals is always better than hoping to get a crit (which is why I get annoyed at some SCH insisting crit is the best stat, no exceptions. Yeah, Adlo can give a double shield if it crits...but relying on that to keep your tank safe is a great way to kill your tank)
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