The Arcanist Thread.

[RoninWoof]

Oh, that's good to know. So the previous STACK CRITRAWR!!!! was just a marginal advantage this whole time? O_o

[Sodalitas]

Even with 2.1, there were some simulations that suggested that a DET-focused build was very marginally better than a Crit-focused build. IIRC it was something like 0.5% better.

Having said that, I remember reading on reddit that with the increases in primary stats from i110 gear in 2.2, Crit may now scale better than before. I'm no expert on damage formulae, but I too am just going with focusing on capping Acc, and going with as much Crit/Det while minimising Spell Speed. There are some niche cases where i100 may outperform i110 for SMN. For example, Mog Ex caster neck vs HA caster neck.

[Niiro]

Crit scales linearly, like everything else.

There's no "better" part of a linear line.

[Raldo]

Does Determination increase in power as your base damage goes up? If not, crit wins as you get more powerful (because it multiplies your base damage by... 1.5x, I think?). That is the point they were trying to get across.

[Spider-Dan]

AFAIK, it doesn't multiply base by 1.5, it multiplies net by 1.5.