Best in Slot for SMN after 2.1?

[Zheri]

T0rin, I'm also having some trouble with your calculations and was hoping you or someone else who understands the numbers better than me could offer insight. This week I'm in a position to buy either the +1 relic or pants* and tried running the numbers through a spreadsheet to see which one is actually a bigger upgrade. Accounting for base stats and food, the +1 gives me a crit-modified base damage value of 105.467958 and a weighted int of 1072.667559. Buying the pants gives me a base damage of 105.244842 and weighted int of 1093.005167. So I have a higher damage with the +1, yet higher weighted Int with the pants. I know that SS is not a factor since I actually lose 17 by going with the pants. Just to double check myself, I also ran the same numbers you used through it (71 WD, 499 Int, 262 Det, 565 Crit, and 378 SS) and got the same results as you. I'm curious as to how this is possible in the first place, and which purchase would actually benefit me more.

For reference, here's the numbers I used
________WD_____Int_____Det_____Crit_____SS
Control___71_____499____262_____565_____378
Relic +1__69_____461____319_____447_____413
Pants____66_____475____315_____470_____396

*Normally, the +1 would be a no-brainer, but due to accuracy issues I'm forced to use a few i70 pieces in place of i80/90 that I have from gearing BLM.