Pere, you are the one so rabid that +1 str is insigifigant. So why don't you take the initiative and go parse it yourself instead of demanding it from everyone else?
lol what makes you think idiots would believe parse data from a thief? They already think their monks are special, so I say let them use their monks if they think it'll matter. I know how insignificant 1 strength is to my DoT. Let them find out on theirs where they claim it matters more.
Who cares if +1 str could or could not beat someone having 10% higher accu against a mob? That isn't a factor in this discussion because neither piece give different accu bonuses.
Oh yes it factors in. My opposition is flawed enough to say that 1 strength point was enough to outperform 10% increase in absolute accuracy. They claimed that +1 strength can compete with 10% accuracy--that Forager's mantle counters 10% absolute improvement in accuracy. They're simply morons if they believe that.
The fact is though, +1 will change your dmg.
BY HOW MUCH. I swear you all only think in absolutes. Signs of a teenager. Honestly, psych 100. Word of the day, kiddos, is: Insignificance.
It's just like charities, giving a quarter isn't much on its own and losing a quarter won't hurt much individually, but they all add up.
You don't combine with the +1 of 300 other monks. It's just +1 on you, and when it's +1 on you...it's worth no more than that dime.
You can't pick a brick out of the wall and call it uneeded just because the wall still stands.
I could take the brick out of your wall and you'd never know the difference.
The effect is there, perhaps to small to see with the naked eye, but that is the way of many things until you view it on the large.
Then admit it. You're wearing a vanity piece that confers no real improvement. If it's too small to see, why did you just pay 1.3 million gil for it? Tiya seems to think that +1 strenth "would PWN" the competition. Skaw seems to think that it would beat +10% acc. You, one of the few sensible people in the thread, say it's not visibly detectable. That's what the parser would show--no difference.
So why did you pay for no difference? Let me guess: to add it to all the other +1's. Therein lies my second challenge. Pick the thief. Any day, any time. We'll see how much their +1's translate into. You say +1's across the board will make a big difference, but you never back it up. A party of NQ-ers could go xp-for-xp with a group of HQ'ers.
Do you really think 5 strength is going to add much to a weaponskill? Please. You have no CLUE as to the extent of improvement. You're just wishfully thinking post-purchase. All you do is hope that the millions that you spent matter in the end.
It's vanity at its worst. There is "A" difference? Big deal, genius. Duh. When I jump up the earth is pushed away from me. But by how much? You people have no idea how much your investements AREN'T paying off. You just point at some nebulous gimp somewhere that you outdamage.
Again, 2nd challenge. Any thief, any time. My gimp ass will statistically eat away at your +1 whore until there is nothing left to brag about. My parties will get your xp. Your +1 strength will disappear under several degrees of insignificance.
Forager's mantle is a waste of human time.
