What is Square saying to Smn about spell speed?

[Brianmj]

Will you run out of mp spamming ruin 1 using a ss spec? I really just can't believe it boils down to Square not knowing how stat distribution works. Is there any reason why Smn is worse off in this? Blms seem to love spell speed

[Kamifubuki-Yoakesetsuri]

Well I remember Naoki saying that Skill speed and Spell speed are going to be more important in 3.0 not too long ago so maybe that has some sort of significant meaning.

[Viridiana]

Will you run out of mp spamming ruin 1 using a ss spec? I really just can't believe it boils down to Square not knowing how stat distribution works. Is there any reason why Smn is worse off in this? Blms seem to love spell speed

Last time the topic came up, I asked Bayohne what it was like to design a piece of gear that no one will ever want. I didn't get a response. >_>

[Cynfael]

Will you run out of mp spamming ruin 1 using a ss spec? I really just can't believe it boils down to Square not knowing how stat distribution works. Is there any reason why Smn is worse off in this? Blms seem to love spell speed

BLMs love spell speed because most of their damage comes from continuous hard casts. To put it simply, being able to cast more Fires over the course of a fight matters far more than being able to squeeze in additional (read: unnecessary) DoT casts.