Spellspeed Sucks for HoT

[Nyalia]

Huh? You expect SS to be worth 1.0 eMND? That's... that's not how it works. Secondaries are generally somewhere in the 0.10 to 0.35 range depending on the class. Look up "FFXIV stat weights" to see how it works for other classes. According to your data, each point of SS is worth 0.134 eMND. That's on the very low end of the scale (down there with SS on DRG in ARR)... if that were the only thing SS did. Because SS also increases cast times and lowers recast times, you would have to factor that in as well when comparing it to crit or det to get the full picture. But usually you don't chain-heal as WHM, so it's hard to value the speed increase of SS. And, SS only increases HoTs, not other heals, making it even harder to compare.

But, have you compared SS vs DET and CRIT for how they affect HoTs? That's the valid comparison. Not MND. Of course MND is better - it's a Primary stat. Those are always better.

It's like saying that 200 Weapon Damage matters more than 200 MND... Of course it does. That's just how things work.