Question about damage Dex vs. (Str + Attack power)

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Very interesting results. I was having problems with the parser but was able to eventually read the logs by manually removing them after each test. It seems dex does have an effect but nearly as much as atk does in equal ratio. I did 3 tests and Min/Max dmg as well as Avg. dmg all increased by ~6 when adding to my DEX or ATK stats. I did add an extra 2 DEX to my last test but that's because the atk gear had 2 dex on it so I couldn't really prevent that but 2 dex should have had a very minimal if any effect on the test. I'm currently lvl35 Arch fighting lvl30 bombs, I know it was mentioned that fighting normal mobs is useless but being so close to level I don't think I was hitting the damage cap by far since I've done over 732dmg on weaker mobs. I would ignore the dps as it's clearly off due to the way the experiment is carried out and total dmg may as well be off and I'm thinking this is due to the way FFXIV logs data, I.E. start, stop.

Results.

T1: DEX: 175

STR: 129

PIE: 136

ATK: 250

Atks: 49

DPS: 73.76

Crit: 10.20%

Min: 138 Max: 162

Avg: 150.97

CrtMi: 192 CrtMa: 207

DMG: 5728



T2: DEX: 145

STR: 129

PIE: 136

ATK: 250

Atks: 50

DPS: 53.83

Crit: 13%

Min: 132 Max: 155

Avg: 142.88

CrtMi: 182 CrtMa: 201

DMG: 5531


T3: DEX: 177

STR: 129

PIE: 136

ATK: 261

Atks: 50

DPS: 16.45

Crit: 20.90%

Min: 144 Max: 169

Avg: 156.37

CrtMi: 199 CrtMa: 224

DMG: 8194

Conclusion, while Dex does seem to have an effect on overall dmg, the ratio of DEX needed to Dmg increase is lower compared to Atk needed to increase dmg. It looks something around DEX5: DMG1 vs ATK2: DMG1. Not sure the cap on either though and I'm interested in doing or seeing someones results with STR, PIE and a lot more ATK. Would also like to see a more thorough experiment on normal mobs near same lvl since that is whats most important to me at this time as I'm solo lvling Arch.