Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[StouterTaru]

I'm still wondering if the loss of Int from getting a pentameld 220 piece over a 240 piece is worth it.
So far, I've been gearing up towards this: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/T8K1

It's pretty close on the accessories, assuming you overmeld with IV materia. The trade off would be 10 INT for 27 secondary stats, and a shuffle around of the secondary stats. If you are shuffling out DET and excess Acc for SS and Crit, then it's worth it.

[Waliel]

It's pretty close on the accessories, assuming you overmeld with IV materia. The trade off would be 10 INT for 27 secondary stats, and a shuffle around of the secondary stats. If you are shuffling out DET and excess Acc for SS and Crit, then it's worth it.

That would mean 0.37 weighs for the secondaries which seems too high to me.

[StouterTaru]

That would mean 0.37 weighs for the secondaries which seems too high to me.

If you ignore the secondary shuffle, then yes. That's why it's not a yes or no answer.

If your 240 accessory has a load of SS/Crit/Acc (assuming you're not well over acc cap), then it's not worth using a pentamelded 220 in that slot.
If your 240 accessory has 51 Accuracy you don't need and 36 DET on it, then the 220 pentameld will whoop it's butt.

Visible armor is a much bigger loss of INT for a much smaller gain in secondaries. The secondary shuffle will rarely make up for that.

[Waliel]

If you ignore the secondary shuffle, then yes. That's why it's not a yes or no answer.

If your 240 accessory has a load of SS/Crit/Acc (assuming you're not well over acc cap), then it's not worth using a pentamelded 220 in that slot.
If your 240 accessory has 51 Accuracy you don't need and 36 DET on it, then the 220 pentameld will whoop it's butt.

Visible armor is a much bigger loss of INT for a much smaller gain in secondaries. The secondary shuffle will rarely make up for that.

Why did I forget the secondaries also change to something useful? Thinking is hard sometimes.