iLv needs to change

[lyndwyrm]

... if the devs really don't have their own means to determine the stats' relative weights.

I'm sure they could, I mean look:

public int getPlayerItemLevel(Player player)
{
	float AIL = 0;
	String MainStat;
	if(player.class == Class.healer())
	{
		MainStat = "Mind";
		AIL = calculateItemLevel(player, MainStat);
		AIL *= SomeNormalizationConstant;
		/*The normalization constant would probably be picked such that the current numbers
 		 *wouldn't change much around some number*/
	}
	else if(player.class == Class.DPS())
	{
		if(player.class.job == Class.Job.MNK() || player.class.job == Class.Job.DRG())
		{
			MainStat = "Strength";  // more realistically this would just be an integer.
			AIL = calculateItemLevel(player, MainStat);
			AIL *= SomeNormalizationConstant;
		}
		else if (player.class.job == Class.Job.BRD() || player.class.job == Class.Job.NIN())
		{
			MainStat = "Dexterity";
			AIL = calculateItemLevel(player, MainStat);
			AIL *= SomeNormalizationConstant;
		}
		else if (player.class.job == Class.Job.BLM() || player.class.job == Class.Job.SMN())
		{
			MainStat = "Dexterity";
			AIL = calculateItemLevel(player, MainStat);
			AIL *= SomeNormalizationConstant;
		}
	}	
	else if(player.class == Class.tank())
	{
		MainStat = "Vitality";
		AIL = calculateItemLevel(player, MainStat);
		AIL *= SomeOtherNormalizationConstant;
		/*The normalization constant would probably be picked such that the current numbers 
		 *wouldn't change much around some number, which would differ for tanks
		 *since VIT numbers are a bit higher*/
	}
	
	return AIL;
}

public int calculateItemLevel(Player player, String mainStat)
{
	int AIL = 0;
	//Where player.gear[i] from 0 to 10 represents the 11 gear slots
	for(int i = 0; i<11; i++)
		AIL += player.gear[i].getAttribute(Mainstat);
	AIL += player.weapon.getAttribute(Mainstat);
	AIL *= (0.1 + player.weapon.WD()*.0032);
	AIL += player.weapon.WD()*.4162;
	return AIL;
}

And that took maybe half an hour(and I don't even code much), though I wouldn't joke that I know how their code is structured. This is roughly based on the damage formula from Valk, though I'm sure they have exact numbers they know.