Quote Originally Posted by Rongway View Post
You're misinterpreting BLM. The reason BLM likes spell speed is that every single offensive action is on the GCD, instant or not. 30~35% of RDM damage is done either oGCD or via weaponskills. That is the difference; not that one has more "instant" casts than the other.
1) I was addressing the idea that instant casts reduce the value of spellspeed. BLM Instant cast a -lot- more than people think, and they love spell speed, as the only damage that isn't really affected by it is their Xenoglossy timer. That's not a misinterpretation; that's saying 'BLM has instas and also loves spell speed, so instas are not the reason one would not want spell speed.' Which is true.

2) I know that 30-35% of RDM is unaffected by skillspeed, you'll notice I mention that in the very post you quoted:

Quote Originally Posted by Gruntler View Post
1) Fleche, Contre Sixte, Enchanted Riposte/Zwerchau/Redoublement, Enchanted Reprise, Engagement, Displacement, and Corps-a-corps are -completely- unaffected by spell speed. This is over a third of your damage output, so having a stat that does not help 1/3 of your damage is going to heavily devalue that stat.
1/3 being calculated by looking at my own parses and pulling out a calculator and coming to approximately 1/3. Close enough to make the point.