Quote Originally Posted by Quor View Post
Did the Balance factor in the multiplicative nature of buffs? Because the numbers I've seen put the new Midare/Ogi auto-crit damage at barely on par with raid-buffed non-crit Kaiten+Midare/Ogi damage, and far less than Kaiten+Midare/Ogi crit damage.

Maths here:
For the one posted in the previous message, no raid buffs are factored in. However, the balance did another comparison, factoring in certain buffs.

What this does affect highly are crit-based comps - Using the same examples as before with the following buffs enabled:
Devilment (7.2s first usage)
Technical Finish (6.5s first usage)
Standard Finish (affects all GCDs)
Dragon Sight (5.2s first usage)
Battle Litany (7s first usage)
Chain Strategem (7.7s first usage)

The comparison changes to 10533.939 vs 10212.023, a 3% nerf compared to a 3 DPS nerf (these numbers include the Kenki potency dump)

So old Sam performs significantly better with crit buffs, but I think we all knew that already.