Stat priorities for white mage?

[Gopher113]

Hi I am nearing lvl 50 on my white mage alt and I was wondering what the stat priorities for white mage are?

My best guess is mind > determination > piety > spell speed = crit just from my intuition, but I am not sure tbh.

[Rhindas]

Spell speed doesn't have a huge noticeable effect and WHMs already have a spell speed ability for those bad moments so it's true to have it on the low end of the priorities. MIND and DET are definitely your top priorities though. WHM actually has a lot of natural Piety and when you get up to 50 the gear just gives you tons more. It's rare for a WHM to run out of MP with Shroud of Saints and/or a bard, and even without one, if you're constantly on the low end of MP that's not necessarily your fault (so long as you're not spamming Cure II!) so I don't value Piety very highly. I personally value crit over spell speed and piety for WHM just to help with the MP efficiency.

[Bigpurpleharness]

Spell speed as a rule gives VERY small returns. Piety increases static mana regen, but IIRC it's DMG > MND > DET >>Crit > piety > spellspeed.

Weapon damage affects everything the most, then MND then secondaries, you're focusing on DET over other throughput stats as we aren't getting huge bonuses on crit like SCH, only threat and overhealing mostly. Spell speed is ineffecient, which is why it's at the bottom, at least piety will help on hard fights if for some reason you don't have a bard. Or justify opening with a nice nuke, whatever.

[Estellios]

Crit is pretty low priority for WHM, since they don't have any mechanics revolving around it like SCH does. Spell speed is worth it if you have the option of getting it on all of your gear and a spell going off sooner could save a run. If you start getting it in large amounts the difference is noticeable.