Quote Originally Posted by Tman View Post
This leads me to believe 1 of 3 things, A something is going on behind scenes I don't know about, such as my low stats hindering my dps (highly possible). B max hp doesn't increase potential dmg as much as I had thought (highly doubtful). Or C max hp bonus to SW's dmg caps out early (this I believe), which would thus mean that pld's were never ment to have a huge hp pool, only adequate hp to tank.

I don't run a parser so these are all eyeballed, writen down, then avg'd out.

A quick side note, after grinding golden bazaar I have noticed an increase in SW's dmg on the cactuar after switching from hp gauntlets/boots to militia gauntlets/boots. Roughly 170 increase even though I lost a total of 131 hp and only gained a mere 10 mnd
Well it's entirely possible the maximum bonus you gain from HP could also scale with STR and/or MND as well. I gained +14 MND along with the 180hp and got about a 200 damage increase with the Militia Gauntlets/Armet. My STR and MND are alot higher than yours even without the 14 MND, but I showed greater returns with less HP unless the +14 MND adjusted my WS damage that greatly, but either way it would warrant further testing.