(10-20-2013, 01:11 AM)Larsonient Wrote: I had been wondering this myself, so thanks for the info and having the gumption to post this thread. I hazarded a guess (I'm also going scholar) so I closed my eyes and dumped all my attribute points into mind. Then I opened then and put them into mind again because I couldn't see where I was clicking before.I'm not at endgame yet, so I may be dead wrong here, but at the low 40s at least, I've noticed very little dps issue at all when running around as a summoner. Heck, I often have to space my damage over time spells a bit to avoid ripping aggro sometimes, especially if I'm using bane to spread them to multiple targets. My understanding is that pet damage (which is a VERY substantial part of our damage output) is based off of weapon damage, not off the caster's int. The the reduction in our damage from having a lower int is lower than it would have been had we been, say, black mages, since our spell damage is not the entirety of our damage output.
Now I feel less worried about it, although until I hit 30 and do my scholar quest, I'm going to feel bad about my lower dps in rando dungeon groups and guildhests. Good thing I already did Ifrit as a conjurer.
