What stats should I put in my gear

[Calva]

My ast is 70 and iv gotten some good gear for her. I put in determination for now, is that ok or is there another one I should be putting in

[MercuryAcetylene]

nobody really knows right now. for AST it also depends on which stance you'll take. however, you can never go wrong with a bit of Crit.

[NocturniaUzuki]

Personally I went DET and SS for the most part. I've never liked Crit because I prefer reliability. No point getting a crit on 2/8 players with Helios when you'll just need to use Helios again anyways to finish healing the other 6 players. And a healer should never rely on a crit heal to save someone's life either. This is one of the reasons why I feel SCH is such an annoying class. It has a lot of focus on getting crits, despite the fact that healers should never rely on crits. It's not just crits, actually. WHM also has issues because of RNG as a healer. Healers need control over their class' basic functions. A bit of RNG as a bonus (*cough*ASTcards*cough*) is nice, but it should never be mandatory to make the class worthwhile.

The one time I do rely a bit on crits is during large mob pulls, as the odd crit will help to maintain the tank's health when I'm having to spam nothing but Benefic II to keep him/her alive. There's also the crit-oriented Lv68 traits, so I put one or two Crit materia on my gear, but no more than that.

[Kethic]

We don't have enough data yet. Crit seems to be favored. Det is usually decent during early patches. I personally like SpS, but I'm WHM so I see a lot of benefit from it across the board, plus our stock gear is really slow. I went SpS, Crit, Det, and have had no issues with Healing or DPS on all the current content.

[magnanimousCynic]

I'm trying Direct Hit for now. It's more consistent than Crit so my healing/damage feels higher overall while not feeling too RNG constrained.

[Kethic]

Direct Hit doesn't apply to healing, sadly.

[LathusWHM]

Direct Hit doesn't apply to healing, sadly.

o.o yes it does.

[Sebazy]

o.o yes it does.

Are you sure about that? I'm pretty confident it doesn't.

[magnanimousCynic]

: (

Well at least I only used the cheap G5 Materia the MSQ gave me.

Good thing it wasn't a complete waste since it increases my DPS. \o/

[AmelieR]

I yet have to see a heal landing a direct hit. Makes sense since direct hit is the replacement for accuracy. I yet had to see a tank avoiding my heals or me missing with them.

BUT! There's currently some kind of bug which causes the fairy to heal more (about +3000 mind you) when you at least meld +2 direct hit into your gear.