Quote Originally Posted by Lemuria View Post
I'm hoping someone smart can do some testing though, especially since spell speed now apparently affects regen spells. It's hard to separate the Mind from the spell speed when it comes to testing.
For damage spells, each point of Spell Speed increases DoT damage by half as much as a point of DET. I don't see why healing would be much different. Assume that every two points of Spell Speed increase a HoT by about as much as one point of DET.

In other words, it's a minimal boost to a small subset of spells, essentially negligable for stat comparison purposes. It's definitely something, but it doesn't change that DET is better for making your skills stronger consistently, Crit is better for making them stronger randomly (and if you have special things that trigger off of Crit), Spell Speed is better for getting them off more often, and PIE is better for being able to go longer before running out of MP.

That said, Crit increases your average damage/healing more than DET, but it's less consistent. Also, Spell Speed's benefits are mitigated by the fact that you are still limited by MP. Thus, Spell Speed is still one of the least desirable stats for healers overall, and since consistency is important, DET is more desirable than Crit for healers. Unless you get special benefits from Crit (like SCH does), in which case Crit is more desirable than DET.