So I'm seeing a lot of back and forth and numbers that I don't entirely understand where they are originating. I never gave a ton of thought to gear as I'm not much of a raider and tome gear was pretty much the only path otherwise. But now with decent crafted gear and materia melds to tome and raid gear, I'm not entirely sure how I should be gearing moving forward. Looking to break into soft/casual raiding and want to at least be somewhat competitive. With that in mind:

- I know 3.0 saw a certain relevance brought to spell speed. Is this a stat worth melding? If so, what sort of cap should I be shooting for.
- Simple version; crit vs. det? Is this just a personal preference or is there a stand-out reason why I should go with one over the other?
- What food should I be looking at now as SMN?


(I apologize if this was covered, but I just didn't want to wade back through 135 pages of comments.)