Quote Originally Posted by Stalkster View Post
Well HQ caps Prim stats.
Using the math on the op I get.
Onion Armor(ignoring the Acc) Total: 28.066
Darksteel Haub(18Det meld) total: 30.254
Well, you're ignoring the +ACC, lol. Technically, the Darksteel Haubergeon can be slightly better offensively, but not as much as you're estimating. If you want something more apples-to-apples, you'll have to meld at least 3 Heaven's Eye IV to get 27 (cap, can't get 30), and you sure as hell aren't melding 2 Savage Might IV (+12 DTR) on top of that -- you'd spend 5 million gil failing melds. Realistically, you'd probably meld 1 stat (crit's capped, so +6 DTR) and the rest will be HE4 + 3x HE3 to hit +27 accuracy. That would be -3 accuracy, -5 STR, -5 VIT, +2 SSPD, +6 DTR, and +27 CHR. Nevermind the ACC and VIT losses, your net DPS gain from that formula would be 5 - 5.932 = 0.932. Regardless, it's not going to be a wide swing one way or the other.