Quote Originally Posted by Rydin View Post
30 Att is the highest you can get...
the Base for Att is like 500
That means the best Att materia increases your "Att stat" (remember, it increases the stat. Not to be confused with your damage) by 6 percent
The damage you deal isn't derived just from your Attack Stat
In fact weapon "Damage Output" is by far the most important stat for figuring your damage.
So a materia that adds a 6 percent increase to the stat that isn't even the most important stat when calculating damage dealt...
A Tier IV Heaven's Fist is actually pretty paltry overall
This is not true. This is back to what Kaeko was saying in that so much is situational. Base DMG is important in the sense that it cannot be made up with really any other stat. Attributes affecting AA are increased when those stats push against or over mobs VIT (see above chart on Attribute Thresholds).

What we have after attributes are capped against your target (which the cap changes based on MOB LV) it more so becomes attack power dependent. Your AA and WS attributes are supporting roles to your attack power. You need to get over that VIT wall in order to have attack proficiently combat mob DEF. Everything is situational as this changes based on VIT rating. Moogles are generally pretty low. Ifrit's is pretty high.