Concerns about Content Finder, Drops, and Difficulty Settings for EG.

[Amsai]

5 MP increase across 5 peices of gear is +25 mp. What can you do with 25 MP.
Increase in 3 INT for (at best) 5 peices of gear is 15. You don't notice 15 INT.
I can keep going but you get my point.

Look at the difference between any crafted gear even +1 and a double meld and then look at Darklight. Darklight is still ahead. You got +1 Raptorskin Gloves with 50 Attack Power from a double meld? Darklight Gauntlets have that, and more. This is what I'm talking about.
In this game small stats don't make a big difference, you need big changes to see anything. However, in 2.0 things may change and small changes like +3 here +5 there may actually mean something. Then and only then will it be acceptable.

The only thing I will agree with is HPs and MPs and Defense, those do need a bit more of a punch up, but the base stats always matter. Saying +15 INT is not noticable is simply not true.

[Dragon]

The only thing I will agree with is HPs and MPs and Defense, those do need a bit more of a punch up, but the base stats always matter. Saying +15 INT is not noticable is simply not true.

+15 INT is even less noticeable in FFXIV than it ever was in FFXI; at 50 my BLM has 269 INT, just +15 isn't going to do enough to make it worth getting.

(Just an FYI: you're sounding like an elitist telling us how that small change is worth it...)