Quote Originally Posted by Snow_Princess View Post
Leveling gear? just meld some IV or V DH/crit (whatever is cheaper, at one point DH V was like 2k so i melded it in leveling gear, now that it varies between 7-14k I use DH IV)
Whatever the highest sub stay on a gear is is cap so just meld the opposite of what you can't

Also in general Ilevel > sub stats, and you really do not need to meld leveling gear to begin with, unless you have some obsession in max in whatever you do (I do to an extent so I do meld leveling gear)

"keeping Crit and Direct Hit at about roughly the same number for the optimal Critical Direct Hit"

not sure if that is a thing, not something I heard of anyway. Pretty sure it is still ilevel > that concern.
I've seen some people talk about that if Crit and Dir are close in numbers the chances of Critical Direct Hits are higher. I would need to test it but this gives me a chance to test. I mostly melded gear so that I have a decent DPS second stats.