Are the numbers too high?

[Estellios]

Well after melding all my gear and double-melding some pieces i have definitely noticed a difference in my character's abilities. Grinding company leves on my CNJ with my current gear versus my old gear, I don't pay attention to the numbers but it takes 3 nukes to kill something vs. 4 or 5 like it used to, and it doesn't seem to be much but it does add up and is MP saved over time. After I finished melding my Archer gear I noticed myself clearing the bonus conditions for the "kill race" leves (killing 4 of each enemy instead of 2) with 2-3 minutes to spare on average whereas before I was constantly cutting it close with 30 seconds on the clock or so.

It just feels like improving your gear is more incremental instead of huge jumps, which is how it should work imo.

[Rydin]

Well after melding all my gear and double-melding some pieces i have definitely noticed a difference in my character's abilities. Grinding company leves on my CNJ with my current gear versus my old gear, I don't pay attention to the numbers but it takes 3 nukes to kill something vs. 4 or 5 like it used to, and it doesn't seem to be much but it does add up and is MP saved over time. After I finished melding my Archer gear I noticed myself clearing the bonus conditions for the "kill race" leves (killing 4 of each enemy instead of 2) with 2-3 minutes to spare on average whereas before I was constantly cutting it close with 30 seconds on the clock or so.

It just feels like improving your gear is more incremental instead of huge jumps, which is how it should work imo.

And thats the feeling I want... to just feel like I'm doing more damage when I upgrade and it not be a placebo effect
Let me ask you this, though
Could shaving 2 minutes off your time possibly be that you're getting better (And not your stats)? or just pure luck?

[Estellios]

And thats the feeling I want... to just feel like I'm doing more damage when I upgrade and it not be a placebo effect
Let me ask you this, though
Could shaving 2 minutes off your time possibly be that you're getting better (And not your stats)? or just pure luck?

Sometimes it's pure luck (its rare but sometimes the game just will not pop that last enemy you need) but I have done a lot of these guildleves before melding materia and after melding my materia, and on average I got much faster so it isn't just me getting better. Especially with CNJ since there really isn't much to manaburning. Kaeko has posted in this thread already and he's always tested out stats and stuff and there have already been tons of tests done with results that yes, stats do work now, so there are numbers to back it up.