Quote Originally Posted by Daerthalus View Post
As for Skill Speed I was not suggesting it was a useful stat. I was simply saying that every tick you are losing MP, so the slower you swing the worse the overall MP drain is. Obviously if you optimize MP regen via Skill Speed you run into worse TP drain issues.

I see what you are saying. Your argument for Skill Speed is to increase the ratio of GCDs to ticks so that it appears your time is used fitting in as many GCDs in as few MP ticks as possible. It is still a placebo effect. Until we know more about the DPS increase from the changes made to Skills Speed, it should only be used in two scenarios.
  1. If you have a hard cap to meet to fit in an extra GCD (Berserk, Blood for Blood, Trick Attack).
  2. If TP is not a concern.

SS results in a direct DPS increase; more moves, more damage. By my calculations, DRK is the worst job for TP management at the moment.