Quote Originally Posted by JackFross View Post
Strictly on stat weights from the OP, the Gordian boots are "better" but it's really less black-and-white than that.
I find the stat weights sorta misleading on this one.. I mean, if you don't need the extra skill speed, the only real additional damage is going to be from DoT ticks. At least Det affects every attack. I'm not sure exactly how 58 skill speed affects the gcd, if it's .015 that's still 66ish moves before you get an extra attack, or every 2.5 mins or so. So 4 or 5 extra attacks in most fights (if that, really, given disconnects), also how do you determine which attack is extra? Is it 4 full trusts, or 4 true thrusts? Makes a big difference.

Thought experiment on "paper":

4 x 150 = 600
4 x 360 = 1440

Let's average and say 1020 extra potency from the 58 skill speed

39 Det..

In 10 mins there are approx 250 attacks. So 39 det would have to increase each attack by approx 4.08 potency, just to make up for the additional hits granted by skill speed. Skill speed increases dot damage, but det will increase AA damage and dot damage..

So.. IDK how all that balances out, but I don't see 39 det contributing 4 potency per attack. So maybe the weights are right on.. Or I should just give up on math >.<

Using skill speed formula in OP using boots to go from 650 skill speed to 708 reduces gcd from 2.39 to 2.37.. So that just messed everything up.. But I don't feel like erasing my hard (even if incorrect) work lol