Quote Originally Posted by Ryuni View Post
Actually jewelry bonus IS huge. 8 strength on necklace is equal to 8 strength on chest piece.
While weapon damage has the biggest boost when it comes to stats, primary stats aren't far off. If you compare a person with no rings at all with a person that has 2 rings that give 6 str/dex/int/mnd each, then that will be equal to two weapon damage. That's huge.
Not to mention also that the level 49 gear for the whm above for example, also adds 38 spell speed (level 30 jewelry for comparison, has none at all) which means they will be able to put out more heals of greater potency over the course of the fight than the level 30 geared whm. Same for tanks with parry, melee with crit. And as you said, 15 of a base stat is nothing to be laughed at in this game. If they go the extra step and get a few items from WP or AK as well the difference is huge.