Best in Slot for SMN after 2.1?

[Maelwys]

So, we've got this damage formula: (WD*.2714745 + INT*.1006032 + (DTR-202)*.0241327 + WD*INT*.0036167 + WD*(DTR-202)*.0010800 - 1) * (Potency/100)

Yup, that's the same one I've been using and it certainly seems accurate.

The formula I am using, which again, I have verified with large data sets in game to be accurate with my selection of gear sets is: 0.0693 x CRT – 18.486. This formula came from Valk's work and has been independently verified by multiple people.

I'm aware of Valk's original formula for Crit chance (indeed, it's still listed on his methodology pages) but it's actually been tweaked slightly since then:

Critical Hit Rate Formula Updates

• Updated formula is 0.0697xCRT – 18.437 (old formula was 0.0693xCRT – 18.486).

It's not vastly different, but might be enough to skew stacked stats in favour of one BIS item or another.

What I came up with was 2 sets, identical except for 2 specific slots, that had identical stat contributions and thus identical stat weights. These two sets are:

(Item lists snipped)

And that's why the new sets are BiS.

Did you consider a Melded Astral Ring? I make it better than the Hero or Allagan one using the above formulas, especially since you can meld Vit and Acc onto it.

The ideal melds on such a HQ Astral would probably be Mk4 Vit, Mk3 Crit, Mk3 Crit and Mk2 Acc... plus either a Mk4 Piety or Mk4 SS for the final slot if you're megarich.
(The stats would end up at 9 Mnd, 7 Vit, 9 Int, 12 Acc, 12 Crit, 8 Det... plus either 6 PIE or 9 SS)

Indeed, I'm aiming at the following gear for my (very eventual) BIS SMN:
+ Hero's Neck
+ Tremor Earring
+ Hero's Wrist
+ Vortex Ring
+ Melded HQ Astral Ring
+ Allagan Weapon
+ Allagan Head
+ Myth Body
+ Allagan Hands
+ Allagan Sash
+ Summoner Legs
+ Allagan Feet
+ HQ Buttons in a Blanket

With the above, I make it a total of 449 Acc, plus an additional +222 Int, 165 Crit, 111 Det and either 32 or 41 SS from gear (depending on whether the 5th Meld on the Astral Ring is Piety or SS)... with HQ Buttons in a Blanket and in-party, my Seawolf would end up with 505 Int, 516 Crit, 328 Det and be sitting at a hair under 4900HP.

Technically maximum DPS could be achieved by picking the Heros Earring over the Tremor one... but we'd need a little more accuracy in order to cap out the pets (433 Acc with Heros compared to 449 Acc with Tremor). A compromise would be to take the Heros Earring but swap the Allagan belt for the Heros Belt (444 Acc and a slightly lower reduction in DPS) if you think that's enough to cap your accuracy.