SMN questions

[Havenchild]

It's certainly not what most folks were hoping for, but it's definitely increased both DPS and sustainability. Between that and replacing Dreadwyrm book with Zeta, my DPS in Final Coil has jumped by about 20~30 on each turn.

I also noticed a solid 25-30 DPS jump on all turns. The sustainability especially noticeable where I can now swap egis mid-fight and still be perfectly fine. No Energy Drains need unless under extreme circumstances.

[Judge_Xero]

I also noticed a solid 25-30 DPS jump on all turns. The sustainability especially noticeable where I can now swap egis mid-fight and still be perfectly fine. No Energy Drains need unless under extreme circumstances.

Yeah, I can appreciate this especially for T13 where I SC Garuda during Divebombs in preparation for the add phase with Twintania.

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I'm curious if anyone can tell if SE further buffed the effect of INT/DET on pets. Which may account for some of the DPS increase.

I ask because I was trying to determine the stat weights of Pets because I thought it would be worth while to calculate SMN/Pet separately.

For Ifrit I came up with something that looks like this.

MD 2.5
INT 1
DET 0.25
Crit 0.09
SPD 0

I didn't do much pet stat specific testing prior, but currently it looks like INT/DET give huge gains for Ifrit.

Calculations
1 - MD 1% Damage Increase
2.5 - INT 1% Damage Increase
10 - DET 1% Damage Increase
28 - Crit 1% Damage Increase

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I've slowly been working towards this gear set.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PZFB

Which I used my Ifrit Stat weights for, just to see what kind of damage I see. Probably pointless, but since Expansion isn't till June.....may as well play around.

Plus I'm curious how high I can push Ifrit's Damage.