So is 1.19 the patch that will make stats matter?

[TirionCrey]

If they won't fix stats to some degree in 1.19, they might as well wait to implement the materia system til 1.20, cause w/o stats doing ANYTHING, materia is just as useless as stats are...

I'm really looking forward to 1.19 and especially the materia system, but if stats won't do anything STILL with 1.19...materia has no reason to exist.

@Rydin: PIe is supposed to affect DoTs, they don't at some point it doesn't matter how much PIE you have, it won't change anything. MND is supposed to raise your cure potency and magic defense...right now it's not even slightly noticable...

There are other things besides DMG taken and dealt...

[Rydin]

@Rydin: PIe is supposed to affect DoTs, they don't at some point it doesn't matter how much PIE you have, it won't change anything. MND is supposed to raise your cure potency and magic defense...right now it's not even slightly noticable...

There are other things besides DMG taken and dealt...

Mind raises your cure potency... you can directly test it and the results are very clear...
The increase has been documented by several different people

I'm not sure why you think defense against magic isn't obviously a part of the damage formula... Magic damage is still damage. Therefore, redoing the formulae that govern how damage is received from player actions as well as MOB actions should encompass every attribute

Piety for DoTs is in fact, a part of the damage formula. "Damage formula" is kind of a blanket term. But it affects the success of every action taken against the MOB as to whether it will be successful...

You have to think the "Damage algorithms" aren't prohibited to just melee damage