Substat question!

[Cetonis]

If you have a bunch of crit (such that it's better than det), a pentamelded crafted piece will likely beat out an i390.

I use Det as a baseline here. There's a Det entry in the damage formula that roughly / not precisely amounts to dmg = (damage before Det) * (100 + addedDet/166.66)%. In other words, each 166-185 points of Det (diminishing returns) increases your damage by 1%.

At 3000 INT, it takes 30 INT to add +1% to your damage, so we have let's say 180 Det = 30 INT, or 6 Det = 1 INT in a worse case. That means you wouldn't trade off 72 Det for any less than 12 INT.

Since DH is nearly always as-good-or-slightly-better than Det, and Crit also tends to be once you have enough of it (varies by job), you can use that 6:1 as a sane rule of thumb for questions like this.

[Kaozurei]

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Thank you! Stuff like this is basically what I was wondering. In my head, it's hard to justify giving up a large amount of one stat for a smaller amount but I know that primary stats are weighed a lot more heavily than secondary stats when it comes to damage output.

Sorry for taking over the thread or for the dumb question. However, I have a question @Zerathor, does this apply even to BLM? I like the faster cast times and I still feel that 2.8sec cast time is too slow (in my opinion).

I believe that this is more up to personal preference. I know BLM's "optimal" spell speed is 1450, but you can go up to 1800 or as low as 1200 or so. Personally I use 1450 for my BLM and think it's just fine.