PLD viable for speed runs?

[SwordCoheir]

Our test sample was far too small to formulate a concrete and definitive opinnion of the matter. At best we did 10 SW's, a mere fraction of what could be considered an observation at best.

I can vouch for Ace that damage done by spirits is affected by your current HP levels (amount or percentage I'm not sure), I cannot however confirm (at the moment) that having a higher hp pool would yield more potential damage with Spirits.

There IS an easy way to find out however, Simply go take your pick of any overworld NM like Gluttonous Gertrude, spam about 10 or so Spirits combos at full HP recording the damage and averaging it out, then get a full party and go Spirits the exact same NM recording the damage, averaging it, and making the comparison. The 300+ HP from the full party bonus should make enough of a difference to accurately test these findings.