Potential Merit Question

[Nekio]

Do we have any parses showing that the -4% crit is a subtractive calculation and not a divisive one?

For example, if you take 10% crits as a base (100/1000 hits), -4% as a subtractive calc would result in 6% crits, while -4% as a divisive calculation would only yield 9.6% (96/1000).

[RKenshin]

I have -4% crits taken merited and I love it. Since the pool of crits taken is already small, 4% is a solid chunk of those. Very very handy for fighting chariots where a double-crit can cause havoc.

For dedicated HNM tanks, enmity+ is clearly the way to go. For melees that take melee hits here and there, -crit seems like the only thing worth meriting.

Actually on that topic have you noticed that Chariot bosses seem to crit more often? I feel like as someone mentioned earlier, most mobs are around 10%... But chariots feel a little higher, like maybe 15% or so.

Or maybe that's just a placebo effect on my part from getting hit more often with shadows constantly getting cleared on MNK and/or dealing with Seigan on SAM. Not too mention when those things crit you really, really notice it.