Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[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.

[Garotte14]

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

I've done the Math on it, and it would be a loss. Assuming the stat weights I'm currently using are at least even slightly accurate. My full 240 BiS would put me at 1860.766 Intelligence, not including the weapon. I kept left side the same and went full pentamelded on right side so we keep the Vitality. I stuck everything into SS first, then Crit and Det last. I gained 64 SS, 105 Crit, and 14 Det. I lost 50 Intelligence, putting me at 1852.404. Yes, the stat weights aren't 100%, but they are pretty close. And that was using all Tier Vs. Even if the stat weights are a little higher, it'd only get close and it's not worth Gil you'd spend.

[Maero]

Well this is currently my melds on chest and other gear
I hate math so am not about to calculate, lol
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/TZL6
I am not 100% fully melded yet and just got new gloves (hailstorm) yesterday but need Quicktongue V materia

[IceSpear]

Could someone tell me the acc cap for AS8? I've heard numbers ranging from 594-608 but I can't find a definitive answer. :/

[VitalSuit]

It's 594 from what I've been told.

[Lavitz_]

Could someone tell me the acc cap for AS8? I've heard numbers ranging from 594-608 but I can't find a definitive answer. :/

It's 594 from what I've been told.

I've been using exactly 594 and no misses yet, I've heard 593 as well.

[OneWingedSora]

can confirm 593 no misses as well

[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.

[MariaNyan]

Any tips for improvement on the A8s SSS-dummy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2i913dvhxA