Relic weapon.

[Kietsu]

The scholar relic is good even at lvl 59 since scholar weapons from new dungeons are useless if you meld the relic with crit.

They nerfed the hell out of secondary stats, crit included. 50 crit reportedly boosts your crit rate by an astounding... 1.165%
Meanwhile, the level 59 codex has 14 more Mind than the Last Resort Zeta. That's not useless.

At any rate, once you hit 60 you can just toss your old book out, and hitting 60 is faster and cheaper than getting a Relic together.

[Khyan]

They nerfed the hell out of secondary stats, crit included. 50 crit reportedly boosts your crit rate by an astounding... 1.165%
Meanwhile, the level 59 codex has 14 more Mind than the Last Resort Zeta. That's not useless.

At any rate, once you hit 60 you can just toss your old book out, and hitting 60 is faster and cheaper than getting a Relic together.

Still prefer more crit and less mind than no crit. But I see your point though.

[BushWookie]

Still prefer more crit and less mind than no crit. But I see your point though.

Why would you ever take crit over mind?

Crit is useless on a healer.

[Khyan]

Why would you ever take crit over mind?

Crit is useless on a healer.

You're right. Totally useless on a scholar. lol.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Adloquium

Of course mind is better since it's a major stat, but as a optional stat, crit is still the best option for scholar. Even more in HW with the new skills.

The scholar weapons from new dungeon aren't worth it (51 - 59 dungeons) if you have last resort zeta with full crit/det.
I changed my weapon only at level 60 even if I had all scholar books from new dungeon (51-59, not 60). My zeta was melded with accuracy/crit and det.

The crit nerf is essential, it's just an overall change for new stuff.