Selenian Cap - Pet: Regen testing resultsFollow

Logs

[16:51:30]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 153 points of damage.
[16:51:32]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:51:35]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 162 points of damage.
[16:51:36]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:51:40]Garuda scores a critical hit!
[16:51:40]The Cactuar takes 179 points of damage.
[16:51:40]The Cactuar hits Garuda for 7 points of damage.
[16:51:44]The Cactuar hits Garuda for 14 points of damage.
[16:51:46]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 166 points of damage.
[16:51:48]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:51:51]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 171 points of damage.
[16:51:52]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:51:57]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 162 points of damage.
[16:51:57]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:00]The Cactuar hits Garuda for 15 points of damage.
[16:52:02]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 165 points of damage.
[16:52:03]Garuda scores a critical hit!
[16:52:03]The Cactuar takes 182 points of damage.
[16:52:05]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:07]Garuda misses the Cactuar.
[16:52:09]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:13]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 162 points of damage.
[16:52:13]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:17]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:18]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 158 points of damage.
[16:52:21]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:24]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 147 points of damage.
[16:52:25]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:28]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:29]Garuda misses the Cactuar.
[16:52:33]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:34]The Cactuar readies 1000 Needles.
[16:52:34]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 177 points of damage.
[16:52:39]The Cactuar uses 1000 Needles.
[16:52:39]Garuda takes 226 points of damage.
[16:52:39]Kegsay takes 500 points of damage.
[16:52:40]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 171 points of damage.
[16:52:41]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:45]The Cactuar hits Garuda for 9 points of damage.
[16:52:45]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 168 points of damage.
[16:52:49]The Cactuar misses Garuda.
[16:52:50]Garuda hits the Cactuar for 180 points of damage.
[16:52:51]Garuda defeats the Cactuar.
[17:05:11]Garuda 100% HP

Damage Taken:
7
14
15
226
9
TOTAL: 271


Time Taken:
START:16:51:40
END:17:05:11
Difference: 13min 31secs.
Difference in Seconds: 811
Number of ticks: 270.3

HP/tick:
1 hp per tick.

Well, that puts my mind a bit more at ease that I chose Haste and -dmg for a solo piece.

I wouldn't get the hMP augment specifically for hMP, only by incident if I wanted MAcc for whatever reason (there really isn't a reason, either).

Sure, it's nice to get hMP+3 for BLM, but Goliard and Oracle's are all of 1 hMP less. WHM and SMN can equip Mirror Tiara which is hMP+3. Granted, neither are as easy to get as Selenian depending on player circumstance, but you're better saving augments for potency since there are comparable mp recovery options.

For that matter, I wouldn't split the two augments up between jobs. While SMN gets several unique augments here, it's the only job that can walk away with one augment that isn't diluted to the point of be replaceable by other gear.

The few biggest mage augments don't work well alone. Cure+3% is only 10-20 extra HP, MAB+2 is beaten by current AHable gear, and INT+4 and MND+4 are matched by BLM and WHM AF respectively. Generally, the mage augments only become worthwhile when paired up together unless you're thinking of some esoteric situational piece.

In general, you shouldn't have to request gear just because you made an intermediate piece that is eventually replaced. Unless you're just into that sort of thing and really want Inv-1 right now.

Melee made out awesomely because several augments on their own beat current gear and when paired up (I'm looking at you, STR/WSAcc/Acc/Att) get awesomer. I've seen people make primary ranged WS pieces with STR/WSAcc & RAcc/RAtt and it's still the best WS piece for other jobs because Weapon Skill Accuracy +15 is that awesome.

Edited, Jul 30th 2009 4:42pm by jlejeune

Quit making sense and costing me gil! >:O

But I admit you're right and you've raised several good points- I think I'll totally dedicate my hat to SMN. ^^

Hmmm. Nothing unexpected here, but I'm going to keep my cap as DT- Regen I think. It's too nice throwing up Shining Ruby in campaign and seeing Carby lasting just a little bit longer with "double" regen and not taking much in the way of damage... soloing got a lot more comfortable.

Now, if we could get campaign mobs to last longer than 30 seconds again, we'd be all set. >_>;

I didn't compare what WHMs are doing, only how much extra HP each item gives. Can't change maths.


Haste lets you get in more HP than 3% extra on Cures, period.

MND, even on Cure V, is literally the difference of a couple HP. Going from 109 MND and 70 VIT to 114 MND and 70 VIT (Adding a Goliard Hat) is TWO HP on Cure V. You will get miles more HP healed using Haste.

Cure+3% and MND is technically more MP efficient... by a few HP per MP. But Selenian already has Conserve MP, and the extra amount Cure+3% and MND will save are phenomenally minimal.

If you want -Enmity, which is only a concern during extended fights and hardly constitute the entirety of someone's FFXI career, there are equal and better options. Mirror Tiara, Goliard Chapeau, etc.

Fast Cast alone won't save even a second on a Cure. Recast on the Fast Cast is even shorter than Haste.

Any of these augments, by themselves, are matched or beaten by current gear.

The Pet: Stats are unique. By themselves, each augment can provide something we didn't have from before. But if you get a single Pet: Augment, you might as well not bother just one augment for another mage job since they are matched or beaten by current gear. Keep or get the current gear and get another Pet: Augment.

Which again brings me back to my point, you need to use both augments for Selenian to have an impact on mages.

Edited, Aug 7th 2009 10:52am by jlejeune

Seeing as I showed exactly how Haste+5% can provide a significantly larger amount of HP than either 5 MND or Cure+3%, how neither Conserve MP+3 or Cure+3% combined will improve your HP per MP by more than one (in fact, depending on the combination of cures, Haste can do more HP per MP than cMP+Cure), and how it's plain as day -enmity means exactly nothing when things die you know fast, I fail to see how I'm the confused one.

Edited, Aug 8th 2009 9:06am by jlejeune