Novus Vs the Un-Weathered Weapons...what gives?

[ispano]

Since you can easily attain Accuracy cap with only armor and accessories while focusing on another primary stat, any weapon with a lot of accuracy has a fair chance to be far from optimal.
And DPS wise, skill speed boost is pretty low compared to Crit or Deter.

It's still minimal, again, 5% at best.

I've compared Weathered Conqueror and HA Great Axe while keeping the rest of my gear the same using this calculator :http://valk.dancing-mad.com/calculat...ut-calculator/
The difference between the two, DPS wise, is 6%

Would you skip high-allagan weapon ?

Thing is High Allagan is i115, so it has a Weapon/Magic Damage and Primary Stat bump, which outweigh ANY sub stat combination they may have in comparison to an i110 weapon.

[Reynhart]

It's still minimal, again, 5% at best.

I've compared Weathered Conqueror and HA Great Axe while keeping the rest of my gear the same using this calculator : http://valk.dancing-mad.com/calculat...ut-calculator/
The difference between the two, DPS wise, is 6%

Would you skip high-allagan weapon ?

[Hyrist]

I've compared Weathered Conqueror and HA Great Axe while keeping the rest of my gear the same using this calculator : http://valk.dancing-mad.com/calculat...ut-calculator/
The difference between the two, DPS wise, is 6%

Would you skip high-allagan weapon ?

Same point applies.

By the time most people get an High-Allegan weapon, a superior weapon that is easier to get will show up. So yes, they would skip it.

The Relic/Zodiac weapon path is mainly for those who want customized stats and a weapon they'd like to keep for the long haul.

[Vaara]

I've compared Weathered Conqueror and HA Great Axe while keeping the rest of my gear the same using this calculator : http://valk.dancing-mad.com/calculat...ut-calculator/
The difference between the two, DPS wise, is 6%

Would you skip high-allagan weapon ?

That's completely irrelevant though, as there is a jump in weapon damage. You would be better off comparing a Novus to an unweathered weapon.

Secondary stats on weapons only aren't going to make any significant difference in DPS (apart from accuracy in certain situations). Even 5% is rather generous given what you have shown above.

This is why you are better off getting a soldiery weapon and just doing whatever activity provides a new weapon rather than going through the pain of relic for 0.5% increase in DPS.

[Reynhart]

That's completely irrelevant though, as there is a jump in weapon damage. You would be better off comparing a Novus to an unweathered weapon.

When I say "I've compared", of course I took into account the increased weapon damage in the calculation. The difference is still "only" 6%.

The OP asked if Novus is worth it :
- Is it better than unweathered ? Undoubtedly, even if the difference is not groundbreaking
- Is it worth the gil spent ? A cheap Novus is still better, and there's not much item to spend lots of gils into anyway, so yes, it's worth it.