Physical Potentcy

[Ewok]

I was reading a little on this over at Alla, and it got me wondering. Has anyone noticed a relative difference meriting this up? Apparently no one can conclusively find what this does for dmg. I still plan on putting 5 into magical acc, but I'm thinking on going with my original plan of putting 5 into CA recast, if in fact physical potentcy has too little an effect on spell dmg.

 

[Taerra]

all I heard are people eyeballing results saying they did not see any difference with or without potency.

I did see a basic test on the alla forum concerning the addect effect of spells NOT affected by potency.

I myself did not notice at all, potency was the first thing I merited and my output varied too much since then to come to any conclusion.

I know a few blus who, without conclusive testing, much prefer 20 sec reduction for chain affinity.

 

[K. Ishitar]

why merit chain affinity, that means that they're able to get a quick build sooner unless they're using wings for some event right? I always wanted to see the tp build with cobra when I got up there since it has a pleothra of it

 

[Redshift]

BG and Alla testing shows at this time, Physical Potency does nothing at all for damage.

 

[Ewok]

why merit chain affinity, that means that they're able to get a quick build sooner unless they're using wings for some event right? I always wanted to see the tp build with cobra when I got up there since it has a pleothra of it

It's easy enough to get to 100tp in under 2 minutes. If I'm doing any casting (rarity) I can do 2 vorpals almost w/o interfering with my solo sc's (bare in mind this was while attacking walls in campaign, lol). But yeah, with SA being only 1 minute, this helps with dmg output as blu/thf as well.

 

[K. Ishitar]

what's your tp setup if you mind me asking that lets you do that?

I've never leveld a dual wield job that high so, I'm interested in anything to help us increase our DoT more

 

[Ewok]

Currently don't have a body to tp in but:

Wal. Turban
Dusk Gloves
Swift Belt
Homam Gamb. (feet)
Cobra Subligar
Rajas Ring
Chiv Chain
Brutal Earring

haste +15%
store TP +10

This is what I had equipped during that campaign for increased tp gain. I may have had Store TP job trait set as well, I can't remember if I was blu/nin or blu/dnc. Keep in mind I don't have Homam ? (pants) yet. Haste>store TP because it still increase tp gain, and it increases dot and lowers spell recast.

 

[Redshift]

Wouldn't bother equiping spells for STP since it doesn't help one handers as much as it does with two handers.

I don't have a good body like Homam, AF2 or Morri so I just use AJ until then.

 

[K. Ishitar]

what do people think of using nashira as a tp body? I know it's a bit far fetched since you're giving up a body slot just for that 3% haste but would it be possible assuming other spots don't take a hit as far as tping go?

i disregard spells since they would use different gear setups that doesn't normally require haste

 

[Icewolf]

It's not an option, because of the gayness factor.

 

[K. Ishitar]

It's not an option, because of the gayness factor.

lol yeah i haven't seen it on many mages, much less blu guessing it's fairly rare to get, but then so is homam body?

It would look weird seeing nashira with a dusk/homam build though lol

 

[Redshift]

Depends on your current ACC% and haste, if your getting march, haste spell and have some pretty decent haste gear and capped ACC, I could see it being better.

Otherwise, just let the BLMS lot it for dark magic spells.

 

[Ewok]

It's not an option, because of the gayness factor.

lol

Seriously, I have considered it, but it's probably one of the few times that you can consider other options before haste. Refresh pieces, for example, are the best for body slot (Vermy**, Morrigan's, and BLU Relic). And even Homam (acc +15, in addition to triple attack +2.5%, which is similar to haste for you dps/tp gain) tends to win out over it. If I wasn't going for any of the refresh pieces, I would probably tp in Enkidu's Harness once I get that, which is the closest BLU gets to Hauby-like gear (STR+5 acc+10 att+10).


**Should be noted you really should only melee in Vermy if you are in need of extra MP at that time. It has saved my ass plenty of times, getting a total of 2mp/tic helps with recasting head beat when you have no MP.

 

[Ewok]

lol yeah i haven't seen it on many mages, much less blu guessing it's fairly rare to get, but then so is homam body?

It would look weird seeing nashira with a dusk/homam build though lol

Nashira is much rarer, due to the fact most ls's do 9238457983579 omega runs for every 1 ultima run, lol.

 

[Zeldageek]

The devs mentioned at the last fanfest that potency was simply an accuracy bonus, total of +10 for all 5 merits.
I'd say that it is worth it, you could remove some other acc gear for casting and throw more str on!

 

[Ewok]

Holy Necro Batman! lol

Nah, when I get around to meriting again I'm doing Magical acc and CA recast. Most of my STR gear has acc tacked on now anyway (Morrigans Coronal, Mirage (legs), Chiv Chain, etc).

 

[Zeldageek]

CA recast is especially potent when pairing it with enchainment in group 2, i was thinking of doing that myself, but almost all of the group 1 and 2 choices are excellent choices in certain situations (except lol burst affinity>.>)