Why are SMN being LOADED with spell speed when its next to useless?

[HamHam]

It's probably because all the new primal drops have accuracy as a stat on them.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/9c4bf0b3b11/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/13f2ad2e23b/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/39221763bd6/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/ae4b8c028c5/

They were working fine earlier ;/
But le search function them since the recent fail.
THEY SHOULD BE WORKING NOW


Yeah they are working in the other thread, and I apologize for them not, but only one of them has spell speed, and all the others have accuracy. I still agree that it's useless.



Doing the math myself at the moment.

???

So, going by this, everytime they intruduce a new item, or a bunch of them, a job is going to get nerf, or another piece of equipment already in the game, is going to get changed as well, or both. Ok, good to know!

[Waliel]

Considering they're not changing the stats on the boots, BiS can only be better.

???

I'm pretty sure Yoshi said in the patch notes stream that the boots will be changed back. Pretty sure.

[Nemhy]

If spellspeed worked with pets I can see it being pretty nice! But sadly I don't think it does

[MakotoNano]

I'm pretty sure Yoshi said in the patch notes stream that the boots will be changed back. Pretty sure.

Source? for this

[tiberan]

I don't see where you're getting SMN is being loaded with Spell Speed from. Only 1 of the new accessories has SS on it and it probably won't be worn anyway. The new book actually has less SS than Relic+1. I view the new book as a weapon for people that haven't spent the 900 myth for Relic+1 to get. It also adds a bit of ACC which again might be useful for people that aren't close to what is considered "BiS".

Arguably our best set will be:
Weapon: Allagan
Head: Summoner
Chest: Summoner
Gloves: Summoner
Belt: Allagan
Legs: Allagan
Boots: Allagan
Neck: Hero
Earring: Tremor
Wrist: Hero
Ring: Vortex
Ring: Hero

This set ends up with 448 ACC, 565 CRIT, 378 SS, and 268 DET. Changing the book still keeps our SS at 415 (Relic+1) or 404 (EM) keeping everything else the same. I don't consider either of those numbers being "loaded" on Spell Speed. These calculations take into account the boots being hot-fixed. I'm sorry I don't have the source for that information though.

[Jigsaah]

Yea, they can't change the ticks...it's on a global timer. This really sucks. I would think they would raise the potency of Fester or make it auto-crit.

[varaville]

I'm pretty sure Yoshi said in the patch notes stream that the boots will be changed back. Pretty sure.

they're being changed back in a hotfix later on, JP patch notes were edited, not sure about the rest.

[MakotoNano]

You are forgetting that every new SMN book added at ilvl90 has SS. The accuracies I was wrong on, but the books I was not.

[Eulogee]

Just read that Spell Speed may now effect Garueda... may increase its viability. However if that is the case it further removes our choice as to which pet to summon.... poor infret.

[Madoka]

415 spell speed takes garuda down from 3s to 2.91x

I'm not even sure if the AI could take advantage of it