Hi everyone! I know this question has been asked to hell and back but I was wondering if anyone could straighten out which secondary stats I should be going for as a NIN. Some people tell me that melding for crit is only worth it if you can get over 2k after melds while others have told me to go full on Crit/DH regardless of either value and meld det whenever I can't do either. It's the same with food, some people have told me to get shakshouka while others tell me to instead always get salmon muffins, it's left me feeling rather confused.

I used to not really care much for this stuff but I had the chance to try my hand at current endgame raiding last night (first time I've done so in this or any MMO ever) and got my first Suzaku EX clear, though the logs the group uploaded afterwards made me realize I still have a lot of work to do. Straightening this out is the first step of many I want to take to hopefully improve my ability as both a NIN main and as a DPS is general, so any advice is greatly appreciated!