(08-08-2013, 03:42 PM)Myxie Tryxle Wrote:It matters to progression guilds or people who want to do content on Extreme, or get through Crystal Tower where Yoshida suggested having every point of DPS mattered when trying to clear the different phases. 15 points is the difference between whether I'd pick you or a White Mage fully spec'd into Mind, or even a Scholar that's just the same, if I were trying to do progression runs. This game doesn't really require twitch reflexes like a lot of other games, so while skill will matter, gear and build will play a large part as well.(08-08-2013, 03:23 PM)Ashren Snow Wrote: as far as doing a 15/15 split between Mind and Intelligence, that's what I meant when I said you could do this to be average (at best), while if you wanted to be optimized in a role you'd have to pick being good at one or the other, there's no way to play an Arcanist and be optimized in both because even if you try to do things to cover the disparity, you'll still be worse than someone who didn't bother and just spec'd for a single Job.
As far as using Cleric Stance, it's possible for Scholar, but for Summoner they use THM as their sub.
My point was that if a 9 point disparity from race is not significant, a 15 point disparity from flex stats is going to be insignificant as well. Â At level 20 on the beta on my THM with normal crafted gear and empty materia sockets, 15 points of int would have boosted my magical attack stat which determines spell damage by only around 15%. Â By level 50 with decent gear and rank 4 materia, 15 points of int will be such a small difference you probably won't even notice it without a DPS meter to analyze the data (which I don't think will be available, anyhow). Â In my MMO experience, player skill makes up 90% of a player's capability anyhow.
As far as cross class skills go, we'll have to see what those are, but every job gets cross class skills from one additional class outside their sub. Â For example, warrior sub is gladiator, but they get cross class skills from gladiator and pugilist. Â I wouldn't be surprised if scholar got conjurer and thaumaturge cross class skills, since white mage gets thaumaturge and arcanist cross class skills.
Whoops, I missed summoner! Â Not sure what their cross class skill pool will be. Â Black mage gets arcanist and archer, so maybe they'll get the same?
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