skill-/spellspeed, why is it still here?

[saber_alter]

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there is a best way to play a class. min-maxing exists. perfect rotations/flowcharts exists. saying there isn't is aspiring to mediocrity.

oh, you have solo healed titan EX? big deal. its been done before, its been done a myriad of times. it will be done again.

its a mediocre build because it focuses on a stat that doesn't support you in a drawn out fight. unlike the other stats (like critical hit rate) all skill speed does is drain your mp/tp for what? so you can cast spells/attack slightly faster than normal...its a dps/hps increase, but it makes you incredibly bursty because you drain all of your resources faster than everyone else.

whats the phrase? "a fire that burns twice as hot burns for half as long." the faster you attack, the faster you use your assets, and the faster you run out of said assets to use.

the same goes for any job that isn't black mage.

From what I can tell in this thread the primary reasons speed is hated is because it doesn't make numbers go big. Which is funny and sad. BLM while being burstiest benefits the most from spell speed. People just can't seem to get why.

I think I would have better luck asking the Eye of Sauron if he can see why kids love cinammon toast crunch.

its hated because its utterly detrimental. i don't want a stat that results in me being TP starved not even half way through a long fight.

why do you think all the monks are crying? greased lightning boosts skill speed, they end up tp staved if they lapse in tp regulation for even half a dozen GCDs.