Quote Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra View Post
Did some testing yesterday on PGL and I can say that there is no magic number as far as AA stats go. The idea simply remains to be that increasing either of the AA stats grants higher damage, however crossing any threshold does not give a sudden rise or bonus of any sort.

The following is my parse breakdowns versus the static Lv 54 Gigantoad spawn near Turning Leaf.

289 STR and 278 INT = 567 Total


286 STR and 288 INT = 574 Total


Granted the sample sizes are not large, but I was in a hurry and squeezed this in prior to a Moogle run. Even with this size I think it's safe to say that there is no bonus for having a stat simply pass the 280 mark. The only thing to take from OP it seems like is that stats do give increases up to 340.
I think what the OP means, but cannot conclude since he doesn't do any of his own testing, is that when he pushes this range in attributes he sees a major difference because it pushes up against or exceeds mob VIT. When I was gearing up for moogle, I got the same thresholds he got, but I never worried about getting both of them up.

What needs to be confirmed is the attack power part of this and to see how much this adds to your DMG consistency and how effective it is. A lot of LS members have SS of parses for our moogle runs with different gear builds. Some high attack, some high DEX, and some high PIE. What my current theory is right now before looking at all of this is not very different to how it worked before really. When you reach a particular area in your attribute modifier you start to soft cap and when is needed to be done at that point is push the attack through for consistency.

It is said on official postings that things like STR and DEX for archers is attack power for those classes and that is simply not true. They are supporting roles for your attack power. This is why many have trouble with the stats when testing for melee as opposed to a mage. You have to factor in base DMG, attribute, attack power, and dLVL. Simply raising a attribute and giving it a glance over isn't concrete information.