skill-/spellspeed, why is it still here?

[Welsper59]

It'd be interesting if it is revealed some day that it served a double purpose. The first being what we all already know, it's essentially a Haste stat. But that the second purpose was as an equalizer to stat budget on equips in order to prevent overstacking of crit/det for a given item level tier. It has (at least) a small potential benefit to a player, but is primarily there to balance ourselves out.

[CYoung187]

They could just find a way to make it relevent. When I first started I went oooooo skill speed, that will help alot. JK, it doesn't give any benefit at all.

[Raenryong]

Skill Speed actually benefits MNK the same as everyone else, due to how the GL GCD reduction is calculated. Det > Crit > Speed for both MNK and DRG (though Speed is a lot closer to Crit for MNK).

[LastDream]

Let's talk about elemental resistance then.
I've been adding full water resistance to my gears for Leviathan, but it doesn't seem to help a bit.
YET when i get a dash stack reducing my resistence, then i really really get hurt.
That is racism.

[Penguinmayhem]

I've actually never noticed Spell Speed have any effect on anything ever. Does it even do anything?

[Alkimi]

I've actually never noticed Spell Speed have any effect on anything ever. Does it even do anything?

After your base of 341, every ~25 spell speed reduces both casting times and GCD recast by 1%. Really good for BLM, semi-ok for WHM, meh for SCH, avoided like the plague by SMN.

[Yukiko]

(..) avoided like the plague by SMN.

Really that terrible? um... i like your comment, its fitting
Still strange that SE try to give us SS equip, maybe because we share equip with BLM

[Lunavi]

Really that terrible? um... i like your comment, its fitting
Still strange that SE try to give us SS equip, maybe because we share equip with BLM

Yes, that is why.

I have said it before SE and I say it again: Please give BLM and SMN different gear! Atleast coil drops should be separated. As it is now BLMs and SMNs are the DPS jobs having the hardest time getting geared as they have to compete with another class for gear.

Also, we do not look different at all... I am glad SMNs got good looking gear now, but still :/ Please let the gear be separated.

[jars]

I've actually never noticed Spell Speed have any effect on anything ever. Does it even do anything?

your main dps skills are dots and garuda, neither of which benefit at all from spell speed

[tOnni3]

^ Egi's basic atk speed scaled by spell speed