What does everyone think about those AST buffs?

[Ghishlain]

I'm testing them in game with the exact same gear, and adding 130% to my A.Bene's is about 100 healing~ less than doubling Adlo. If I'm doing my math wrong, then I'm wrong. But it seems to me that A.Bene is still weaker.

To be fair to you, no one has actually proven that abilities that state "Nocturnal Sect Potency = w/e" actually gets the boosted amount from the Sect bonus. It would make logical sense if it did, but this is S-E we're talking about here who can do weird things with their programming.

Does your AST have the exact same MND / DET / MD as your SCH? There could be a minor MND difference because different jobs and the weapon secondaries could affect your DET value. This could explain that 100 healing difference. Screenshot of your stats + heal amount would be nice to see too.

This has been something that's been itching at the back of mind for a little bit so it's something I was intend to test for a while but never got around to it. Now's better than never to prove something, lol.

[Eudyptes]

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Stats are identical, gear is identical, and weapons are the same ilvl. Sch actually has 12 less mnd than ast (sch is 908 mnd, ast is 920), but still getting about 100 points more (it's not 100 potency, but rather A.Bene is about 3.9k~ in total while Adlo is just over 4k).

[Ghishlain]

Stats are identical, gear is identical, and weapons are the same ilvl. Sch actually has 12 less mnd than ast (sch is 908 mnd, ast is 920), but still getting about 100 points more (it's not 100 potency, but rather A.Bene is about 3.9k~ in total while Adlo is just over 4k).

Any DET on either weapon? Same ilvl doesn't actually mean same secondaries.

With that being said the 12 MND less but doing more healing kinda proves a point at this juncture. I'll probably end up messing around with this tonight just to get something more concrete.

[Eudyptes]

Any DET on either weapon? Same ilvl doesn't actually mean same secondaries.

With that being said the 12 MND less but doing more healing kinda proves a point at this juncture. I'll probably end up messing around with this tonight just to get something more concrete.

Det, and everything else for that matter, are identical on my character attributes. Though for the record, the two weapons give the same secondaries anyway.

Edit: If I were to guess, I would say noct stance's 5% bonus isn't triggering for A.Bene. That or I got unfavorable rng and only pulled from the low end of my healing range on ast, while highs on my sch. Which is possible.