What makes RDM an easy DPS?

[SaberMaxwell]

Paladin's Clemency has a higher potency, but thay doesn't necessarily mean it's capable of more.

RDM heals off it's INT stat, which is real high.

PLD heals come from, what, Mind and Tenacity?
It doesn't get much Mind with that being a healer stat.
And Tenacity scales weird, plus it's kinda poop so, unlike a RDM and Int, we don't stack it.

We can't just look at the potency to see which heal is "better." We'll need to test it in game (and probably unequip gear when doing so).

That's like saying "Holy Spirit doesn't hit hard because it scales off of Int," or the same with Ninjutsu. Where did you get that Paladin's heals come from Mind and Tenacity? I'll grant you the potencies cannot necessarily be compared 1 to 1, however it's evident for anyone who's ever cast Clemency that it's stronger than Vercure. Especially if you cast it on a party member where it then gains another 600 potency worth of cure, but to self instead of target.

I logged in to test: my Clemency at i495 hits for 30,465. STR 4,665 / MND 338 / TEN 809. At i426 in my WAR's lv78 gear, STR 3,466 / MND 338 / TEN 1,230, my Clemency hit for 23,678.

My Vercure at i530 hits for 18,923 for reference.

[ItMe]

I logged in to test: my Clemency at i495 hits for 30,465. My Vercure at i530 hits for 18,923.

Excellent.
Thank you for those numbers~

[SaberMaxwell]

Excellent.
Thank you for those numbers~

You're welcome. I repeated a few times and took into account some more stats. Clemency is most likely to scale off of strength.

One thing PLD lacks that all three casters have is Maim and Mend 2, which increases healing output by 30%. So vercure would have a more real comparative potency of 455 potency.

[ItMe]

You're welcome. I repeated a few times and took into account some more stats. Clemency is most likely to scale off of strength.

. . . STRENGTH!?
W... why?
That's so bizarre.
Has it always been like that?

[SaberMaxwell]

Yup. Back when it crossed cure over, it needed to be Mind, but when Clemency was made into a main PLD thing it started scaling off of STR. Summoner is actually the oddball in having its cure's (physick's) potency *not* rely on its main stat.

[ItMe]

Yup. Back when it crossed cure over, it needed to be Mind, but when Clemency was made into a main PLD thing it started scaling off of STR. Summoner is actually the oddball in having its cure's (physick's) potency *not* rely on its main stat.

I had no idea.
Thanks for the info ; )

[SaberMaxwell]

I had no idea.
Thanks for the info ; )

Of course! Sorry for being a bit abrasive, long day at work but that's no excuse.