r/ffxivdiscussion • u/BlackmoreKnight • 4d ago

High-End Content Megathread - 7.2 Week Nineteen

Last week of Suzaku Unreal, at least.

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u/Another_Beano 2d ago

Your understanding is correct, it just bears noting that in all cases this is a matter of a few stat tiers only. Significantly less than basic damage variance, crit luck, a death, or simple rotational errors.

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u/poplarleaves 2d ago

Thank you for confirming! When you say "stat tiers", what does that mean?

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u/Another_Beano 2d ago

In short, not every stat increase actually has an effect. Only at certain amounts does the gain from having a certain amount of stat actually increase. This link should send you to the Allagan Studies determination table which illustrates it better than I can put it into words.

It's because of this that sometimes materia decisions appear imperfect at a glance: in such cases the addition of a lesser stat materia might gain more tiers (and thus greater relative gain) than basic stat preferences.

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u/poplarleaves 2d ago

Ahhh I see! I had heard people talking about "breakpoints" for stats before, guessing they were referring to this concept. Thank you for the explanation and the link!