Benefits:
1. Unaspected Damage
2. Instant cast (See Tools and limitations to understand why this is a benefit)
3. SCH can use this (See tools and limitations)
Tools and Limitations
1. FFXIVAPP's Parser
There didn't seem to be an option to filter by spell, so *any* damage would appear within the results. To avoid this, you have to spam Ruin II and avoid other spells. Due to this limitation, SCH helped make casts consistent (Pixie cures) and instant casts supported the avoidance of TP moves. In short, if you use the parser, expect to do controlled tests instead of "on the fly" parses.
The other issue seemed to be the lack of a save button? Keeping this parser up in case there is one, but the save button said chat onry, so whether this saves parses is questionable atm.
Tests:
Stats
Ruin spam against these enemies
LV1 Striking Soldier (The ones outside the minicity by Western Thanalan)
LV10 Peiste
LV36 Onary Karakul
LV38 Red Horn Ogre
LV39 Taurus
Results:
May adjust the link since the folders are temporary (Hadn't decided the format compared to the XI folder)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fjx49zv3m...amage/Stat%201
Striking: The striking soldier
Parser Stat 1/2: Parser data for the rest of mobs
For every mob except Taurus, the range was 57 to 63 DMG with an average of roughly 60 damage.
For Taurus, the range was 55 to 60 DMG.
Analysis/Opinions:
Since the range stayed the same until the mob exceeded cast level, this seems to indicate that dSTAT and stat comparisons (ex: Magic Defense) don't affect Ruin II's damage.
Since the range changed when the mob exceeded caster level, this seems to indicate that dLV affects damage.
Since the average appeared to hover at 60 damage and the range is from 57 to 60 damage, the range appears to be 0.95/1.05 the average damage in this case. We'll need more samples to determine if this is universally true, but the simplified mechanics suggest this is the case. Furthermore, damage range seems much more tame than XI's range, so there's that as well.