Are the numbers too high?

[Rydin]

I believe SE not replying these damage calculation threads has its reason,
like Coca Cola doesn't mention what makes its cola its favor.
The clearer they reveal how a certain stat is influencing the damage calculation,
the more they're leaking out their market competitiveness.

INT does help damage in the case of THM at least,
I have a double melded lightning brand and a circlet which is single melded with INT
there's roughly 50 more damage by Thundara, and without them it's roughly 400 damage on successful hits.
10% more damage here, if every DD can increase their damage by 10%, it's already 10% quicker to kill Ifrit.

And 280 is certainly not the cap of the stats, it's just the cap of the threshold which everyone can approach with single melded gears. My CNJ's Enchanting Potency continues to rise with increasing VIT from 288 to 302, but performance of Protect stops at 288 VIT.. It explains there's a threshold higher beyond I need to reach.

Every DD can't do this......
Thaums don't have Base Damage output to contend with...
A melee DD cannot increase their Damage 10% without getting a better weapon. I contend that it cannot be done

[Karleguarth]

Every DD can't do this......
Thaums don't have Base Damage output to contend with...
A melee DD cannot increase their Damage 10% without getting a better weapon. I contend that it cannot be done

For now, yes you're right.. I can't increase damage output to overcome the huge effect from weapon base stat..
(I made another thread in ARC section.. which was about the Yew vs Ifrit's Bow)
I'll try those out again in the next patch, maybe with Attack Power focusing gears (which I haven't tested yet) to see how it goes.