Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[T0rin]

Derp. That would explain it!

He sent me a message on reddit with a number of questions, and I felt it would be easier just to start up a twitch stream and answer his questions through the game in real time. After we were done, I think we were more confused than ever.

What I gathered is that SS does not affect pet attack speed or damage, but it does seem to affect Ifrit AA intervals, which explains the desync we started to see the longer the Ifrit parse went on.

lmao, honestly, not following the pack of sheep isn't something good I assume. All of this is literally not rocket science, but if it'll make you feel better then sure. And yes I can see that there is nothing to prove. Finish it and let's see how your model will reflect on smns.

Dervy I don't believe is not trying to be as harsh as he may be coming off, but I will mirror something he's said: You've been spending a lot of time trying to counteract the notion that SS _might_ be better than Crit, with no proof at all other than anecdotal explanations. In the mean time, people like Dervy and Chary have been doing a lot of work to gather data and turn that into a working model that will prove how much stats are worth, so we can _all_ benefit from that knowledge and factor that into how we gear. But even after they are done, we'll still need to put together some simulations with real rotations before we know for sure, given how SS has a non-weight value in the game.

In the mean time, it seems all you have done is talk about how this isn't worth the time spent to figure it out and how we should just all go with your gut feeling that crit is better, because you did some parses. If you do continue posting in the discussion, try not to derail the efforts people are making. It's fine to spend your time on dummies doing parses and trying to come up with your own conclusions, but please don't let it detract from the overall effort to figure this out analytically.

[Charybdis]

He sent me a message on reddit with a number of questions, and I felt it would be easier just to start up a twitch stream and answer his questions through the game in real time. After we were done, I think we were more confused than ever.

What I gathered is that SS does not affect pet attack speed or damage, but it does seem to affect Ifrit AA intervals, which explains the desync we started to see the longer the Ifrit parse went on.

Well I'm about done (two or three more tests when I'm on later) with the Spell Speed/Pet test and we'll just have to take the data as is from there!