Am I missing something about Novus?

[slokav]

Novus also gives you the stats you want over what the end game high allagan provides. Such as the case for my whm, I do not like ssp and could use something other than crit, so a novus with pie/determ far suits me better even if the high allagan has 2 spell power more.
And since there isn't a large gil sink for people who craft/obtain most items they want, dropping a few million isn't such a bad thing. In addition the live letters have stated the relics will eventually be the best thing in game like the "Excalibur" for your class. So working toward that eventual goal could prove useful while a majority of the player base is at the same pace/place IE atma and fates. Trying to do fates for atma now takes weeks where as when it first released hoards of ppl crushed fates making it possible to get all 12 in 20hrs or less.

[givemeraptors]

Let's say for a moment I want to do the Wiyu Novus. Outside of Det and Crit, what else could be used if i wanted to go say 30/30/15?

Accuracy.

SMNs need higher accuracy for their Egis to be at 100% so Novus is a great way of squeezing in an extra accessory's worth of acc.

[Makado]

This logic scares me. What is the point in spending any time and effort at all then? Just leave it as Animus, put it in your retainer and call it a day. You're only wasting your own time and gil if you're not upgrading it correctly. It's not that difficult to do hunts for myth/alexandrites and SB gear for the proper materia ya know. At least do 25/25/25 like the OP mentioned, 4 stats is just butchering it.

Upgrading it correctly? That made me lol.

[Makado]

Accuracy.

SMNs need higher accuracy for their Egis to be at 100% so Novus is a great way of squeezing in an extra accessory's worth of acc.

While yes that is true, a pet who only misses a couple times is only losing literally a couple dps. Its more important to just have yourself capped and add more damage for you.

[JustPlainLucas]

For me, I love Crit, so that's getting maxed. I know I could raise other stats, but I love seeing occasionally high Festers. The rest is going into Det, and as much as I don't like spending the gil... why on earth do I craft so much if I'm not going to be spending my gil on anything?

[givemeraptors]

While yes that is true, a pet who only misses a couple times is only losing literally a couple dps. Its more important to just have yourself capped and add more damage for you.

Det IV on my server is at 650-800K. That's about how much I would spend on the entire Accuracy set lol

Also secondary stats are a bit easier to push around. I can exchange accuracy on another piece of gear instead.

Really the bonus to Novus is that it avoids the typical stat weights, so maxing out Det or Piety allows you to get the most out of your weapon. For instance, take a look at Unweathered Book of Spades vs. Crit/Det Novus. You can add in 13 more points of crit. That's significant, but is it 10 mil gil significant? Up to you...

[Makado]

I just mean its usually a better idea as smn to not worry about pet acc cap in general. For price though and if your doing novice it probably isn't a bad choice or you can change another piece from something that had acc to something that has 2 dmg stats.

[Soruchi]

OP: you sir are thinking correctly.

Anyone who thinks those 6-10 ish stats are worth the cost of T4 balls are silly. Besides, Yoshi said that we'd be able to reset our novus stats in the future.

[Edeline]

Actually Novus is SCH's BiS until you get High Allagan tome, for example. And let's be honest, it isn't easy. Everyone's talking about High Allagan weapons as if they were accessible to everyone. So yes, even if it costs you a lot, I would rather make the best of it than a half assed stat one.

[Nutz]

I never understood trying to make the Novus weapon BiS in and of itself. You have all that armor to consider as well. If you can get all the accuracy you need from your amror, then great. If not, go ahead and put accuracy on your weapon. Probably a better idea if you can change some armor around and put accuracy on your weapon and save a few million gil and end up with the same stats overall anyway.