Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
Stats supplement skill and enhance performance. They play a solid role, they just aren't crucial to success. However, with good enough gear you can make up for what you lack in skill, and achieve better results if somebody likes that sort of thing. Speedruns can be interesting especially if the game encourages you to do them.
A solid role? lol... when I do 1,000 less damage over the course of the moogle fight when I wear 0 gear opposed to my double melded gear, then I would argue stats hardly make a difference.

1000 damage is nothing in a dynamic fight like this... 5 light shots or 1 barrage.