Quote Originally Posted by Rydin View Post
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.