The way I interpreted is that they did not want to answer which in the end they didn't. They also in that reply did not specifically say that they might change it. They said it changes all the time and it's up to the community to test, calculate and figure it out. This, according to Yoshi-P, is one of the fun parts of an MMO. So basically: google it.

HakuroDK is on point. SE does everything to prevent minmaxing. It's unfortunate it takes away most of the fun stuff too.