Quote Originally Posted by Thorauku View Post
How is 1 crit would be more DPS than 17 DET, when infact based on what you're claiming, 17 DET increase the lowest possible damage and highest possible damage by a constant, while 1 crit, as we all know might not evein increase your CRIT chance by 0.001%. Unless you can provide on how much 1 CRIT can give, then there's no way in hell that 1 CRIT is more than 17 DET.
I think you misunderstood me here. I meant 1 more critical hit during the fight, not "1 Crit" as an exclusive stat.

The allagan legs, for example, give 34 more Crit than the myth ones. Stacking a significant amount of crit in one gearset over another leads me to believe you will [probably] get at least 1 extra critical hit out of it (as opposed to someone using a non-crit set that focuses spell speed and det).

I believe it's something like ~18 crit to = 1% more crit chance. However, this fact is based on another "theorycraft" formula that others have come up with, so it can and may be incorrect. A source for the outdated formula can be found here where the author found:

Crit Chance % = 0.0693 x CRT – 18.486
While others have criticized me throughout this thread for not having solid numbers, I'd just like to point out that there are no solid numbers besides what you see in combat. I can't say with confidence what the exact amount of a certain stat must be to = 1 damage or 1% of a rate, because no one outside of SE actually knows the real formula.

I'm not sure why exactly they won't just release that info to us (official denial of allowing us to see crit % in the gear window), but that's how it is.

Quote Originally Posted by EasymodeX View Post
I like how you say that "gambling" on a static increase in damage is risky, but gambling on a 2.3% increased chance to increase damage by less than the alternative is "reliable".
It is not a static increase because the way damage works in this game everything hits in a "window range" and is not guaranteed to hit a certain amount in that window.

There is no "gamble" with DET, you're right. It's guaranteed. Well, guaranteed to barely do anything. If someone (and their garuda) gets a few extra critical hits, they will surpass the damage that 51 more DET would "consistently" produce. That is my point.

If I stand next to you on a dummy, and we sit there spamming ruin, the moment I get that extra critical hit I've done more damage than you.

Focusing on DET "bets" that I will be insanely unlucky with crit procs and that it will take so much time for me to hit one that the slight few points of increased damage on the window edges will add up to hundreds of damage more than me before I get one.

This DET focus also bets that garuda will not get an extra crit proc by that time either, or perhaps will end up with less "enhanced pet actions" spell speed procs than the guy with 51 more DET. (Because if garuda procs spell speed more, he will gradually get in more attacks throughout the fight.)

But hey, what do I know.