Materia melds

[Chrono_Rising]

Isn't skill speed the way to go for WAR and PLDs now or something? For WAR it makes sense because you don't need DH as much any more due to Inner Release change, but I think PLDs are also benefiting much more from not using DH now too or something.

The short answer is that it depends on your stats. If your gear has approximately 1700 crit then Crit melds are the way to go, for paladin and dark knight they should still meld Direct Hit in the places crit is already maxed out. Below 1400 crit and it seems pretty clear to meld direct hit. In between those values its difficult to tell.

Warriors are melding skill speed not because it benefits their dps directly, but because it benefits their ability to hit 5 Fell Cleaves (or 5 GCDs depending on what you are doing) in one Inner release use and depends more on the users connection than in game formulas.

Dark Knight might see some actual benefit from skill speed melds because of blood weapon, but at the time of writing this is an open question.